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OF ALMA MATER. 



Prof. E. S. BREIDENBAUGH, CI 
J. B. BITTINGER/D. 1)., 
* THEODORE A STECHER, 
ADAM HOY, Esq., 
Rev. E. S. JOHNSTON, 
Rkv. Pres. H. W. ROTH, 
Hon. F. E. BELTZHOOVER, 
J. HAY BROWN, Esq., 
Rev. J. CROLL BAUM, 

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



Pres. M. VALENTINE, D. D., Class of '50, Chairman. 
D. A. BUEHLER, Esq., " '39, 

GEORGE DIEHL, D. D., " '37- 

W. M. BAUM, D. D., " '46. 

I'KOF. C. A. STORK, D. D. 



PREFACE. 



At the Annual meeting of the Akimni Association of Pennsylvania 
College, June, 1879, it was ''Resolved, That a Committee be ap- 
pointed to propose a plan to be presented to the Association for the 
celebration of the semi-centennial of the College in 1882." The 
report of the Committee, at the meeting in June, 1880, was adopted, 
and the committee authorized to carry into effect their plans. Among 
the suggestions of the committee was the publication of The Penn- 
sylvania College Book. The chairman of the committee was 
appointed by the committee General Editor, and empowered to 
arrange the details of the volume. 

The object of this publication is to place in a permanent and ac- 
cessible form the history of our Alma Mater, and the public transac- 
tions of the Societies which form part of her organization ; to gather 
together suitable recognitions of the character, ability, and successful 
and arduous labors of the men to whom we owe the healthful and 
continuous development of this institution of learning; to record 
briefly the more important facts in the history, to this date, of the men 
who have obtained in Pennsylvania College the mental discipline 
which has enabled them to become, in many instances prominent, and 
we believe in nearly all instances, useful citizens. 

The Pennsylvania College Book will fail to accomplish its full 
purpose unless its perusal stimulates us all to a more correct appre- 
ciation of our intellectual indebtedness to our Alma Mater, and 
thus induces us to labor more zealously for her welfare. The Church 
will see m these pages evidences of the great value Pennsylvania 
College has been to her, in preparing for the work of the church, 
in the pulpit and the pew, the men who have been most active 
in advancing her interests. We express the sentiment of all the 
friends of the College when we say that we hope and expect the semi- 
centennial date will not so much mark an epoch of the past, greatly 
successful as it has been, but an epoch of a future more successful and 
more fruitful in good work for higher Christian education. 



\iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Rk\-. a. MARriN, A. M I73 

Rev. c;. F. Spikkkk. By Prof. H. E. Jacobs, D. D ." . . . 173 

SKETCHES OF THE DAUGHTERS OF PENXSYLVANIA COL- 
LEGE 174-185 

WiTTKNKERG Coi.i.Ki;K. Pv Piof. IL R. Gciger, Ph. D 174 

RoAKOKE COLI.EGE. By Piof. S. C. ^Ve^s, Ph. D 176 

Nkwkerry Coi,LEGE. Editor . 178 

North Carolina College. By Rev. Prof. P. M. Bikle 178 

Illinois State University. By Prof. L. H. Croll 179 

Ml iiLKNiiERG College. By Rev. Prof. ]NL H. Richards 179 

TiUEL College. Piy Rev. Pres. PL W. Roth iSi 

CARTHi\GE COLLKGK, By Rcv. Prol". J. \V. Ricliard 1S4 

THE PENNSYLVANL'V COLLEGE jNIOXTPHA'. By Rev. Prof. P. ]\L 

Bikle 186 

Ills TORICAL SKETCH OF TPIE ORGANIZATRiN OF AND LIST OF 
TLH-: PATRONS AND TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE, l^y D. A. 

Buehler, Esq ' 1S8 

PERSONAL RECORD OF THE STUDENTS OF PENNSYLVAXLA 

COLLEGE. Collected and arranged by Prof. E. S. Breidenbaugh. . . . 195 

INTRODUCTORY NOTE 195 

ALUMNL Arranged according to year of graduation 197 

Brief sketches of the following deceased Alumni appear in this list : President, Y). F. Bittie, D, r>. 
(35) : by Prof. S. C. Wells, Ph. D. President, Ezra Keller, D. D. (35I : by Rev. E, Breiden- 
baiigh. T. Stork, D. D. (35): by Prof. C. A. Stork, D. D. D. H. Bittie, D. D. (43); by 
Prof. T. W. Dosh, P. D. Prof. U. Diehl, D. D. (44) ; by G. Diehl. D. D. Rev. Prof. C. J. 
Ehrehart (50) ; by Rev. Prof, J. R, Dimra. Rev. Prof. H. Reck (50); by Rev, Prof W, F. 
Eyster. T. A, Stecher (51') : by Rev. W. H. Steck. Rev. Pres. D. L. Tressler, Ph, D. (60) : 
by Rev. Prof, J. W. Richard. 

ROLL OF 1881-2 321 

GYMNASIUM STUDENTS 332 

STUDENTS WHO DID NOT GRADUATE : 
Introductory Note and ExrL.\NATiON of the Abbrevlvtions L'sed . . 336 
List ok Those Who Left While Members ok College Classes. Ar- 
ranged according to year of entrance 337 

List of Those Who Lekt~ While Preiwratorlvns. Arranged according 

to year of entrance 3S3 

SKETCH OF CO. A. (College Company) 26 R. P. M. By E. W. Meis- 

senhelder, M. D . 420 

MEMORABILIA. Edited by J. B. Bittinger, D. L") 427 

DUnCAL INDEX 447 

IXDEX OF XAMES OCCURRIXG IX THE PERSOXAI. RECORD . 452 



TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Genkral View OK Coi.i.KGK Griunds 

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Co.vr of Arm.s oe Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, (=•) and 
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Rev. F. J. Collier, i.e(;ate 

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19. J. B. McPherson, Treas. 1832-9, and Pres. 1843-57 . 

20. David Gilbert, M. D., Sec. 1835-52 

21. Hon. M. McClean, Pres. 1857-70 

22. D. A. Buehler, Es(,>., Sec. 1852-67; Pres. 1870 — . . 

23. A. D. Buehler, Treas., 1856 — 

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HISTORY 



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PENNSYLVANIA COLLnCE. 



BY PRESIDENT M. VALENTINE. 



A NATURAL interest attaches to the beginning and progress of 
every organization or institution that attains honorable promi- 
nence or becomes efficient in valuable service. Its present worth 
invests its origin and all its growth with importance. Enter- 
prises which quickly die, or continue only in littleness and use- 
lessness, invite to no historical inquiry, as they merit none. 
Their disappointed projectors and supporters take no pride in 
them. They secure no friends whose love and gratitude impels 
them to make their memorials permanent. But when an institu- 
tion has done and is doing a creditable and worthy work, and 
holds a large place in the hearts of hundreds and thousands of 
earnest friends, when its past is gratifying and its future assuring, 
the interest is strongly prompted to gather up and dwell upon 
the facts of its origin and the work it has accomplished. On 
this principle the history of Pennsylvania College is now called 
for. It has more than deserved the honor of such a memorial. 
A half-century of honorable existence and fruitful work, of 
healthy growth and enlarging usefulness, has created at once 
the materials of the account and an interest that will welcome it. 
The Alumni and friends of Pennsylvania College, therefore, take 
pleasure in marking this semi-centennial date, among other 
things, by the publication of a history of the institution. 

The necessarily limited space in the College Book, of which 



2 HISTORY 

this history forms the opening part, requires that it be given 

without unnecessary lengthening by way of minute details. The 

interest which connects itself with varied quotations from official 

records, particularly of statements concerning individuals, and 

abundant incidents and reminiscences, must be foregone in the 

interest of a becoming brevity and directness. The central and 

essential current of the institution's history alone can here be 

traced. Nor is this limitation to be greatly regretted; because 

the arrangement for the College Book has provided for the 

needful broader variety, in special histories of societies, personalia 

and incidents. 

I. ITS ORIGIN. 

Pennsylvania College -wdiS founded in 1832. Six years before, 
in 1826, the Theological Seminary of the General Synod of the 
Lutheran Church had been established at Gettysburg. The need 
of a classical school to prepare young men for theological study 
was soon felt. To meet the want, such a school was begun 
under the direction of Rev. D. Jacobs, A. M., in 1827.* In 1829 
a scientific department was connected with it under the care of 
his brother, Rev. M. Jacobs, A. M., and the name of the school 
was changed to that of the Gettysburg Gyinnasi7im. After the 
death of Rev. D. Jacobs, in November, 1830, Rev. H. L. Baugher, 
A. M., was appointed to the charge of the classical department, 
April, 1 83 1. 

The number of students and general prosperity of the Gymna- 
sium encouraged its friends to enlarge the institution and place 
it on a permanent basis as a College. A charter was therefore 
obtained from the State, signed by Governor Wolf, April 7, i832.t 
In accordance with the provisions of this charter, the institution 
was organized in the following July, under the style and title of 
" Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg." Its origin was thus 
marked by a relation very peculiar. Among the educational 
institutions of our country, there are numerous instances in which 
the work of a College has led to the organization of a theological 
school. But the cases are very few, if this does not stand abso- 
lutely alone, in which the order has been reversed, and a Theo- 

* June 25. -|- Laws of Pennsylvania, 1831-1832, p. 365. 



ITS ORIGIN. 3 

logical Seminary has led to the founding of a College. However 
distinctly separate they became in their corporate capacity, the 
two institutions sprang up on the same spot, the instruction and 
exercises of the Seminary and the Gymnasiurn being conducted 
in the same building, till the former moved into its new edifice in 
the fall of 1832.* But both the Preparing School and the 
College arose out of the operations of the Seminary, and the 
leading enterprise and purposes of those who were working in it 
or with it. 

The original corporators, named in the charter, and mentioned 
as "the subscribers to the funds of said institution, by whose 
private contributions the said funds have been raised and its 
present edifice purchased," were John B. McPherson, Thomas 
C. Miller, Thomas J. Cooper, Samuel Fahnestock, Samuel S. 
Schmucker, Ernest L. Hazelius, David F. Schaeffer, John G. 
Morris, Benjamin Kurtz, William Heim, Charles P. Krauth, 
Frederick D. Schaeffer, J. George Schmucker, J. F. Heyer, Jacob 
Martin, Abraham Reck, William Ernest, Jacob Medtard, Lewis 
Eichelberger, Michael Meyerheffer, Jonathan Ruthrauff, Jacob 
Crigler, John F. Macfarlane, Robert G. Harper, and John Herbst. 
Thes^ persons were constituted a " body politic and corporate," 
under the title of " The Patrons of Pennsylvania College in Get- 
tysburg, in the county of Adams." An annual meeting was 
required, and its perpetual succession in deed and in law was 
provided for through elections, to be held in the body itself, filling 
all vacancies occurring from death, resignation, or other cause. 
In view of their original subscriptions to the funds, a special 
privilege of the patrons in the advantages of the institution, en- 
joyed first in the Gymnasium and continued in their acceptance 
of the College charter, was the right" to gratuitous tuition of their 
sons through the whole course. 

These " Patrons" and their successors were authorized to elect, 
from time to time, from their own number or elsewhere, a Board 
of twenty-one Trustees. They were to determine the length of 
time for which these Trustees should hold their office, and to be 
responsible in law for their acts. The charter, however, makes 

* Lutheran Obsen>er, October 15, 1832. 



4 HISTORY. 

this Board of Trustees, as a Committee of the Patrons, " able and 
capable at law and equity," and " liable to all the responsibilities of 
bodies politic," and puts into its hands all the business and control 
of the institution, the reception of moneys or other effects by gift, 
conveyance, will, or any other way, the holding of its property, 
the management of its funds, the election of Principal and Pro- 
fessors, and the enacting of ordinances for its government and 
discipline. The regular term of service of the Trustees was fixed, 
by standing resolution of the Patrons, at three years, one-third of 
the number going out of office every year. 

At the time of the organization of this institution there was 
no College in the State — nor in the United States — under the 
auspices of the Lutheran Church. There was a wide field for 
the work of an institution for the higher education in this con- 
nection, and the organization of Pennsylvania College was called 
for by a large need and the most inviting prospect of usefulness. 
This prospect was such as probably to justify the sanguine 
greeting given by the editor of the Lutheran Observer — one of 
the corporators, soon afterward a member of the first Board of 
Trustees, and a member still at the end of half a century — to the 
news that a charter was obtained : " We expect in a very short 
time to see Gettysburg the Cambridge of Pennsylvania, with its 
academic halls crowded with orderly and diligent students." As 
was natural under the circumstances and included in its design, 
the control or management of it was given to a Board of Trus- 
tees, a majority of whom were Lutherans. But though the 
institution has been established under the auspices of the Luth- 
eran Church, no religious condition is connected with the posi- 
tion of Patron or Trustee, the charter declaring : " At elections 
for patrons, or trustees, or teachers, or other officers, and in 
the reception of pupils, no person shall be rejected on account 
of his conscientious persuasion in matters of religion, provided 
he shall demean himself in a sober manner, and conform to the 
rules and regulations of the College." The institution is, there- 
fore, non-sectarian, as are most American colleges established 
under church auspices, the denominational relation expressing 
only the fact that the College has been organized and is carried 



ORGANIZATION AND EARLY WORK. 5 

on under the special patronage and efforts of the Lutheran 
Church, and for' the purpose of bearing part in the work of the 
higher Christian education. No restriction is imposed by the 
charter in any way Hmiting selection of Trustees to residents of 
the State, and from the first a considerable number have been 
from beyond its bounds. No control in the management of the 
institution is in any way exercised by the State, or by any 
authority outside of the Board of Trustees. 

II. ORGANIZATION AND EARLY WORK. 

The formal organization of Pennsylvania College took place 
July 4, 1832. No more fitting celebration of the Nation's day 
of freedom could have been planned than the establishment of 
an institution for the education of the people. It was connected 
with interesting and impressive ceremonies. The following brief 
account of them is taken from the Gettysburg Sentinel: "Agreea- 
bly to previous arrangement, a procession was formed at half- 
past 10 o'clock at the Academy, under the direction of Gen. T. 
C. Miller and Col. M. C. Clarkson, marshals of the day, in the 
following order: i. The Gettysburg Guards; 2. The Strangers 
and Citizens; 3. The Invited Strangers; 4. The Students of the 
Gymnasium; 5. The Students of the Seminary; 6. The Teachers 
and Professors; 7. The Clergy; 8. The Patrons; 9. The Orator 
of the Day, accompanied by the Officiating Clergyman. In this 
order the procession moved to the Presbyterian church [then on 
Washington street near North], and the line being opened, the 
orator and officiating clergyman passed in, followed by the 
patrons, etc., in inverted order. An appropriate hymn was sung 
by the choir, accompanied by instrumental music, after which 
a fervent prayer was offered up to the Throne of Grace by the 
Rev. Wm. Paxton, D. D. An address was then delivered by the 
Hon. Calvin Blythe, of Harrisburg. After another hymn by the 
choir, the ceremonies were closed with the benediction by the 
Rev. Dr. Schmucker, of York. The procession then moved to 
the Court-house, and was dismissed." 

The address of Judge Blythe was published. It passes finely 
from the national memories of the day to the importance of edu- 



6 , • HISTORY. 

cation in its vital relations to the maintenance of our free civil 
institutions, and makes prominent the moral and religious ele- 
ments that must mark true culture for its right value in these 
relations. It presents with vigor the fundamental ideas that 
should underlie our whole system of both public and collegiate 
education. It concludes : " The institution organized this day, 
there is every reason to believe, will prove a valuable auxiliary 
in the great cause of education. Located in a healthy country, 
in the midst of an active and intelligent people, under the direc- 
tion of men of approved learning and ability, it may with confi- 
dence be predicted that it will receive, as it assuredly will deserve, 
the public patronage." 

In the afternoon a meeting of the Patrons was held, and the 
first Board of Trustees was chosen, as follows : Hon. C. Blythe, 
of Harrisburg ; Hon. A. Thompson, Chambersburg ; Rev. J. G. 
Morris, Baltimore, Md. ; Rev. J. G. Schmucker, D. D., York; 
Rev. D. F. Schaeffer, D. D., Frederick, Md.; Rev. J. Baker, D. D., 
Lancaster ; Rev. A. Reck, Middletown, Md. ; Hon. D. Schaeffer, 
Petersburg ; Rev. J. F. Heyer, Somerset ; Rev. E. L. Hazelius, 
D. D., Gettysburg ; Rev. S. S. Schmucker, Gettysburg ; T. C. 
Miller, Gettysburg ; J. F. Macfarlane, Gettysburg ; R. G. Harper, 
Gettysburg; J. B. McPherson, Gettysburg; Rev. C. P. Krauth, 
Philadelphia; Rev. J. Ruthrauff, Hanover; Rev. J. Medtard, Mar- 
tinsburg, Va. ; Rev. B. Kurtz, Chambersburg ; Rev. E. Keller, 
Mechanicsburg ; Rev. A. Lochman, Harrisburg. 

The first meeting of the Trustees was held at the Academy, in 
the evening of the same day, and the Board was organized by the 
appointfnent of Hon. C. Blythe as President, Rev. J. G. Morris, 
Secretary, and J. B. McPherson, Treasurer. They at once pro- 
ceeded to the election of a Faculty. By resolution, the professors 
in the Theological Seminary, Drs. Schmucker and Hazelius, were 
requested to fill professorships in the College until other persons 
could be elected. Including these with the professors regularly 
elected, the first Faculty was constituted as follows : S. S. 
Schmucker, D. D., Prof of Intellectual Philosophy and Moral 
Science ; E. L. Hazelius, D. D., Prof of the Latin Language and 
German Literature; Rev. H. L. Baugher, A. M., Prof of the Greek 



ORGANIZATION AND EARLY WORK. 7 

Language and Belles Lettres ; Rev. M. Jacobs, A. M., Prof, of 
Mathematics, Chemistry, and Natural Philosophy; Rev. J. H. 
Marsden, A. M., Prof of Mineralogy and Botany. 

With the Faculty so constituted, Pennsylvania College, accord- 
ing to order of the Board, went into operation November 7, 1832, 
in the Academy or Gj^mnasium building on the corner of Wash- 
ington and High streets. As showing the creditable standard of 
work the institution proposed for itself, as well as affording 
opportunity for interesting comparison with the curriculum at 
later dates, we give the " Course of Instruction" as then adopted 
and published : 

S. S. SCHMUCKER, D. D., Professor of Intellectual ami Moral Science. 

JUNIOR YEAR. 

I Term. Lectures on Intellectual Philosophy. 
II Term. Hedge's Logic. 

SENIOR YEAR. 

I. Natural Theology and Evidences of Revelation. 
II. Moral and Political Philosophy. 

E. I-. HAZELIUS, D. D., Professor of Latin Language and German Literature. 

FRESHMAN YEAR. 

I. Orations of Cicero. Horace expurgated. 
II. Sallust. 

SOPHOMORE YEAR. 

I. Livy. 
II. Cicero de Officiis. 

JUNIOR YEAR. 

I. Cicero de Oratore. German. 
II. Cicero de Oratore. German. 

SENIOR YEAR. 

I. Tacitus. German Literature. 
II. Tacitus. Hebrew. 

H. L. BAUGHER, A. M., Professor of Greek Language and Belles-Lettres. 

FRESHMAN YEAR. 

I. Xenophon's Cyropedia. English Grammar. Greek Exercises. Compo- 
sition and Declamation throughout the Course. 
II. Grceca Majora, Vol. I. Exercises. 

SOPHOMORE YEAR. 

I. Groeca Majora, Vol. I. Tytler's History. 
II. Graeca Majora, Vol. I. Greek Exercises and Prosody. 



8 HISTORY. 

JUNIOR YEAR. 

T. Blair's Rhetoric. Homer's Iliad. 
11. Philosophv of Rhetoric. Grteco Majora, Vol. II. 

SENIOR YEAR. 

I. Greeco Majora, Vol. II. Philosophy of Rhetoric. 
II. Gi"a"ca Majora, Vol. II. Elements of Criticism. 

M. JACOBS, A. M., Proft'ssor of A'afural P/ii/oso/>/iy, Owinisfiy, and Mathematics. 

FRESHMAN YEAR. 

I. Colburn's Algebra. Playfair's Elements of Geometry. 
II. Playfair's Elements of Geometry completed. 
SOPHOMORE YEAR. 

I. Lacroix's Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. 
II. Gummere's Surveying. Lacroix's Algebra. 

JUNIOR YEAR. 
I. Turner's Chemistry, with Experiments. Conic Sections. 
II. Cambridge Calculus and Vince's Fluxions. Mensuration. Navigation. 

SENIOR YEAR. 

I. Cavallo's Natural Philosophy. Keith on the Globes. 
II. Gummere's Astronomy. Say's Political Economy. 

J. II. MARSDEX, A. M.. Professor of Mineralogy ami Botany. 

JUNIOR Y'EAR. 

I. Comstock's Mineralogy. 
II. Nuttall's Botany. 

SENIOR YEAR. 

I. I-ectures on Mineralogy. 
II. Lectures on Botany. 

The German and Hebrew languages, together with !MineraIog}-, 
Botany, and Navigation, were made optional studies. Provision 
was made for the French language, as optional, under ]\Ir. E. T. 
H. Friederici, who was empiloyed as teacher of the Preparatoiy 
Department. 

Fronf the scant}' records left us, it seems that the institution 
began with three Juniors, eight Sophomores, tweh'e Freshmen, 
and forty Preparatorians. The first matriculation of students 
took place December 15, 1832. September 18, 1833, Rev. C. P. 
Krauth, of Philadelphia, was elected Professor of Intellectual and 
?*Ioral Science, and April 13, 1834, unanimoush' appointed 
President of the College. His inauguration took place at the 
opening of the next collegiate year, in the following October. 
The exercises were held in the German church. The Svnod of 



ORGANIZATION AND EARLY WORK. 9 

Philadelphia (Presbyterian), in session in Gettysburg at the time, 
adjourned and joined in the procession and exercises. Prayer 
was offered by Dr. Cuyler, of Philadelphia, after which President 
Krauth was inducted into office, and delivered an appropriate 
inaugural address. The moderator of the Synod, Dr. Ashbel 
Green, of Philadelphia, closed the exercises with the benediction. 
At the time of the first Commencement in 1833, there was no 
class for graduation. The first graduating exercises took place 
Wednesday, September 18, 1834. The Baccalaureate discourse, 
by President Krauth, was delivered in connection with the con- 
ferring of the Degrees. It appears from the records that the 
Commencement exercises of the institution were held on Wed- 
nesday till 1844, when a change was made to Thursday. 

In the records of the third meeting of the Faculty, November 
5, 1832, we find the first arrangement made for the religious ser- 
vices of the institution on the Lord's day. These were con- 
ducted in the college chapel every Sunday morning, the Pro- 
fessors preaching by turns. This arrangement seems to have 
been continued until the fall of 1836, when the Faculty accepted 
the invitation from the newly organized Christ's Church, that the 
Professors and students should worship with that congregation. 
In connection with this, they acceded also to the request to unite 
with others, who were expected statedly to officiate, in filling the 
preaching appointments of the Church. This was the beginning 
of a service carried on by the clerical members of the Faculty 
from that time to the present. The fact deserves to be men- 
tioned in this record, because it exhibits a relation in which the 
Professors have voluntarily and cheerfully done a large amount 
of work on behalf of the institution and in the service of religion. 
The Professors of the Theological Seminary, to which the church 
charter in 1838 gave the right of the pulpit in the forenoon of 
every alternate Sabbath, united in this labor with the College 
Professors. In addition to this preaching. Dr. Baugher sus- 
tained the relation of Pastor for an aggregate period of about 
sixteen years — all the pastoral service of the congregation being, 
after 1839, fulfilled by some member of the Faculties of the two 
institutions. The advantages to the College of this close relation 



10 HISTORY. 

SO early formed with Christ's Church have been important. As 
the church was erected with a special view to the needs and 
accommodation of the institutions, special privileges were natur- 
ally granted to them. Since 1843 the students have had the free 
occupancy of the entire western tier of pews, generously set 
apart by the Church for their use. In addition to this, the 
charter provides : " The Church shall likewise be at the service 
of the Faculty and students of the College, if desired by them, 
on such other days in the week, or the evenings of such other 
days, as may be appointed for public Commencements, anniver- 
sary celebrations, and other public exercises of societies con- 
nected with the institution, and conducted under the responsi- 
bility of the Faculty." 

Pennsylvania College was founded without any public grants 
of money, lands or other property, depending on the personal 
contributions of its patrons and friends, and the encouragement 
and aid expected from the Church under whose auspices it was 
established. Subsequently, however, on application of the Board 
of Trustees, and chieil}' through the disinterested and earnest 
exertions of Hon. Thaddeus Ste\-ens, then a representative of 
Adams county in the State Legislature, with the co-operation of 
other Iriends of education, an appropriation of §iS,000 was 
obtained for the institution from the State. The act of appro- 
priation, bearing the signature of Gov. A\'olf, February 6, 1834, 
granted the College §3,000 in June, 1834, and ^3,000 annually 
thereafter for five years — on several conditions : First, that the 
first 33.000 should be applied exclusivel)' to the purchase of a 
site and the erection of a building; second, that the Trustees 
should cause gratuitous instruction to be given to fifteen young 
men annually (if that number should apply from this Common- 
wealth), in the elementary branches of an English education, in 
such manner as the Trustees should deem best calculated to 
qualify them for teachers of Common Schools; and third, that 
the Trustees should, on or before the first Monday of the follow- 
ing June. gi\e security to the Commonwealth, to the satisfaction 
ot the Governor, to raise and appropriate a like sum to the same 
object from other sources. The conditions were complied with. 



ORGANIZATION AND EARLY WORK.. I I 

By this aid, and under an economical and vigorous manage- 
ment by the Board, as well as through the careful and thorough 
educational work of the Faculty, the institution rapidly attained 
prosperity and an honorable standing among the colleges of the 
State. Later, additional aid was received from the State under 
the provisions of an act of the Legislature, approved April 12, 
1838.* "To encourage the Arts and Sciences, promote the 
teaching of useful knowledge, and support the Colleges, Acade- 
mies and Female Seminaries" within the Commonwealth, an 
appropriation of $1,000 annually, for ten years, was made to 
each of the Colleges and Universities, and smaller sums to 
institutions of inferior grade. This yearly grant was enjoyed 
by this College, in common with the others of the State, for 
seven years, the last annual appropriation being reduced one-halt 
by the act which repealed the law. 

As to instruction in particular studies, the act of incorporation 
contains but a single special requirement. This is, that in addi- 
tion to the customary professorships in other colleges, "there 
shall be in this institution a German Professorship, the incumbent 
of which shall, in addition to such other duties as may be as- 
signed him by the Board, instruct such young men as may resort 
to the institution for the purpose of becoming qualified to be 
teachers of those schools in which both German and Fnglish are 
to be taught." 

This provision for a German Professorship was at that time 
something unusual in American colleges. Most of the best 
colleges of the country, however, now recognize the importance 
of the study of this language, and have provided for it as of 
prime value to the scholar of our day. It was included in the 
arrangements of this institution from the very first, on account of 
its natural relation to the large German element in the Church 
under whose auspices it was founded. For, besides the general 
object contemplated in its organization, the promotion of the 
great cause of academic and scientific education under pure 
Christian influences and direction, the founders of Pennsylvania 
College desired to interest and engage in educational movement 

*La\vs of Pennsylvania, 1837-1838, p. 333. 



12 HlsrOKY. 

that lar£i-c class of our population which was of Germanic origin, 
aiui coiuicctcil principalh' \\ith the Lutheran Church. This is 
ad\ei-te«,l to in the charter, anJ torniei.1 a distinct tcature in the 
understatuiini;' under which the appropriation was graiited to the 
institution b\- the State. It was deenied fair and wise b\- the 
Legislature that such aid And encouragenient to the work o( 
education should he alVordcd to this tuuucrous And important 
portion ot' the citizens o( the State. 

The anus of its t'ounders, both general and more specific, have 
been, to a very high and gratifying degree, realized. The large 
number of >'oung men — some statistics of which will be hereatler 
giN-en — from this and other States, who ha\ e been educated in 
the College, and the eaiiiest impulse gixen b\- it to the work of 
education throughout the 1 utheran Church, are exidence both of 
the wisdom of their purpose .uul the success of their plans. 

The tribute of a grateful lemembrance is due to the fu--seeing 
and enterprising men whose counsels and labors founded this 
institution. It is impossible here to name them all, or indicate 
their relative share in the work in which they self-sacrificingly 
took part. Among those most prominentl}- acti\e in it, mention 
must be made of Dr. S. S. Schmucker, Chaimian of the Faculty 
of the Theological Seminary; Rev. M. Jacobs, one of the teachers 
in "the Gymnasium,'' and afterward, till his death. Professor of 
^Lithematics and Natural Science in the College; Rev. H. L. 
Baugher, also a teacher in the Gymnasium, and subsequently 
Professor in the College, and its President from 1850 to 1868; 
Dr. E. Hazelius. Professor in the Theological Seminar\-; Rev. John 
G. Morris, Baltimore, Md.; Re\. C. P. Krauth, Philadelphia, and 
indeed all the "Patrons" whose names are in the act of incorpor- 
ation, and already given. The name of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens 
must also be included in the list of its most prominent and active 
early friends. He was at that time a citizen of Gettysburg, and 
took an earnest interest in the College. In the records of the 
Board for April 15, 1834, we find, for disinterested exertic-»ns in 
obtaining the appropriation from the State already referred to, a 
resolution of thanks " to T. Stevens, Esq., Mr. ^Middlecoff, Gen. 
Miller, Prof Schmucker. and others." !^Tr. Stevens w as a member 



ORGANIZATION AND EAKLV WORK. I 3 

of the Board of Trustees from 1H34 until his death in 1868, and 
took, especially in its earlier years, a conspicuous part in its 
business, and manifested to the last his interest in efforts for the 
success of the institution. He remembered it in his will, making 
a bequest of a thousand dollars. Among the portraits in the 
Linnrtan Hall is one of him, painted in his earlier life, and pre- 
sented by a friend since his death. 

After the full organization of the College, the first great ne- 
cessity was a larger and more suitable building. The Academy 
on High street was too small to accommodate the enlarged num- 
ber of students, and furnish rooms for recitation, library, etc.; 
and the work could be carried on there only until funds could be 
secured and a proper building erected. This need was in view 
in making the application to the Legislature for aid. The effort 
to collect money for this purpose was prosecuted vigorously 
through the personal exytions of the Faculty and by agents, 
until at the meeting of the Board, April 23, 1835, the amount 
secured was such as to justify proceeding to the erection of the 
College. 

There were four different sites proposed besides that of the 
Academy, and considered by the Board — we.st of Carlisle street, 
where the Preparatory Building stands ; the hill now known as 
Cemetery Hill ; the elevated ground opposite the National and 
Citizen cemeteries, on the left of the Baltimore pike ; and a field 
owned by Mr. Stevens, north of the borough. The site on the Car- 
lisle road was first chosen. The Committee appointed to make 
the purchase, however, failing to conclude a contract satisfactory 
to Mr. McClellan, one of the owners, the Board selected, September 
16, 1835, the fourth site mentioned, and purchased of Mr. Stevens 
six acres at $88 per acre. A plan for the building, prepared by 
J. C. Trautwein, architect, Philadelphia, was adopted, and a 
Building Committee appointed, consisting of J. B. McPherson, 
T. C. Miller, S. S. Schmucker, T. J. Cooper, and D. Gilbert. A 
contract for the erection of the College was made with Henry 
Winemiller, of Chambersburg, by whom it was built 1 836-1 837. 
The operations of the institution were transferred to the new 
building in the fall of the latter year. Mr. Winemiller's contract, 



14 I1IS1\)UY. 

howcNH-r, U'ft tin- upper story and the east wing unfinished. The 
unfuiishc-d pail inchided forty-three rooms. April i8, 1838, the 
Hoard oicK'red [he (.-onipletion of ihe buildint;", which was accOm- 
plisliod that year throus^h a contract with Samuel Hunter. The 
woi-k of the I'reparatory Department was not transferred to the 
new t-dilue till in iS:;S. 'Hie old Academy was sold in 1 844. 

The Collei^e edifice is a chaste specimen of the Doric order of 
ai'chitecture, consistiuL;- of a centre building- and two wings, with 
end proiections. The wluile length is 150 feet. The building is 
four stories high, surmounted by an octagonal cupola 17 feet in 
diameter and 24 feet high-, with observatory on top. The entire 
iVoiil o( centre building is occupied by a portico consisting of 
loui- lluted columns, 2J'j feet high, resting on abutments raised 
to (he lieighl oi' (he seccMul stor)'. idle edifice is of brick, and 
the whole exterior is painted white. It contains Recitation 
RiHMUs, Cdiapel, Halls o\' Literary Sojjieties, Librariies, Reading 
RotMUs, as well as rooms for the occupancy of students. By 
reference io the oUl recortls, it appears that its original cost, in 
the sexeral contracts and extra expenses, was about ;$i8,ooo. 
The smallness of this sum is surprising, \iewed in the light of the 
great cost of building in our times. 

in. rUOC^RKSS-Ml^nTFICWTION OV CHARTER. 

.■\tter the erection of the College edilice, the Building Commit- 
tee, under order of the Board, proceeded to ha\e the " Campus," 
the name gi\ en to the grounds about the institution, somewhat 
giMiled and le\ eled. h^'om the amount of money spent, and the 
time occupied in this work, a great deal must have been needed. 
The lust contract w as made w ith Mr. John Slentz. and fulfilled in 
1838. This left the grading eastward of the College yet to be 
done. I'nder another contract — whether with Mr. Slentz or 
some one else, we cannot discoxer — this was graded in the 
spring of 1839. In their report to the Board, April 17. 1839, the 
Connnittee state that the>- had 160 trees planted, as they were 
authorized, in connection with the lexeliug of the grounds. It is 
suggesti\e of the uncertaintx" felt as to the success of the plant- 
ing, that the Chairman of the Committee was allowed 2,7 /''■i cents 



PROGRESS MODIFICATION OF CHAKTFK. I 5 

for each \.ntG.," he ensuring their grmvthy This was the befjin- 
ning of that improvement of our "Campus," which has resulted 
in our present dehghtful college grove. That first effort, how- 
ever, would not have amounted to much, had not the work been 
afterwards taken hold of by enterprising students. Their com- 
mendable work in this connection. will be noticed, when we come 
to give some account of the Linna;an A.s.sociation. 

The College wells were dug, one between September, 1835, 
and April, 1836, the other between September, 1838, and April, 
1839. That at the janitor's hou.se was made first. 

The educational work of the institution was carried forward 
by the Faculty with high aims and self-sacrificing devotion. 
The Faculty underwent but little change — the original incum- 
bents of the different chairs continuing their services with a 
steadiness that contributed greatly to the success of the College. 
The relation of Drs. Schmucker and Hazel ius was understood to 
be but temporary. Prof Marsden resigned April 23, 1835. 

Rev. Wm. M. Reynolds, who had been for some time previ- 
ously ofiFiciating as Principal of the Preparatory Department was, 
April, 1834, elected Professor of the Latin Language and Litera- 
ture. In 1837, Herman Haupt, A. M., was appointed Professor 
of Civil P2ngineering and Architecture. He resigned in 1839, 
receiving the thanks of the Board "for his valuable and gratuitous 
services." In September, 1838, Rev. H. I. Smith, A. M., of Bos- 
ton, Mass., was called to the Professorship of German Language 
and Literature and French. He served till 1843, when he re- 
signed, and soon after became Professor in Columbia College, 
New York. Provision was also made at this time for instruction 
in Anatomy and Physiology, by the appointment of D. Gilbert, 
M. D., as lecturer in that department. On a motion of Mr. 
Thaddcus Stevens, in 1839, the Board commenced a movement 
to establish a Laiv Department in the institution. Hon. Daniel 
Durkee, of York, was elected as the Professor. His removal to 
Getty.sburg, though not e.s.sential, was represented as desirable. 
Judge Durkee, however, failed to accept, and the Law Depart- 
ment never became a reality. 

M. L. Stoever, A. M., of the class of 1838, after having been 



1 6 lUSTOKV. 

frotu iSm Tutor, and from September, 1841. Principal of the 
rroparator)' Department, was, September JO, 1S43, appointed 
Professor of Histor}-. At this same date Dr. J. G. Morris, of 
Baltimore, was appointed lecturer on Natural Histor}'. After the 
resiL;i\ation of Prof Smith, the German was taug-ht for a while by 
one of the (.uhcr instructors. The professorship of the German 
Language was hlled again, September, 1S44. b\' the appointment 
of Rev. C. A. Hay, A. M., of the class of 1830, who for several 
years after graduation had studied in the L"ni\-ersities of Berlin 
and Halle. He occupied the position, in connection with a pro- 
fessorship in the Theological Seminary, till September 16, 1847, 
when he i-osigned. 

In the spring o\ 1S45, ^^^^' lumiber of instructors was increased 
b)- the election oi 11. Haupt, A. ?kl., as adjunct Professor of Math- 
ematics, Hrawing and French. 

A MOPiKKwnoN OF UHE CHARTER took place In 1850, under an 
act of the Legislature incorporating Franklin and Marshall Col- 
lege, Lancaster.* In 1787 a College had been founded at that 
place uiider tlie name of l-'ranklin College, under a Board of 
Trustees, one-third of whom were to be of the Lutheran Church, 
one-third of the German Reformed Church, and the remain- 
ing third t'rom other denominations of Christians. It had been 
originated and carried on in the interest of higher education, 
among the citizens of the State " of German birth or extraction." 
In 1S50 an arrangement was completed b\- which another institu- 
tion of ihe Reformed Church, Marshall College, was removed to 
Lancaster, and the interest in F'ranklin College belonging to that 
Church was united with it, under the name of " Franklin and 
Marshall College." whilst the interest of the Lutheran Church in 
it was transferred to Penns\-hania College. The act of the Leg- 
islature, approved April 19th, 1850, transferring this one-third of 
the value of tlie real estate of Franklin College to Gett}-sburg, 
provides that the fund thus paid over shall be permanent!}- in- 
vested by the Board of Trustees of Penns}-lvania College "for the 
support of a separate professorship in said institution, to be st}-led 
' The Franklin Professorship.' of which the first incumbent shall 

*Ev. Review, Vol. X.. pp. 530-550. 




PHOTOGRAPHED BY W. H, TIPTON, 

SAMUEL S. SCHMUCKER. 



GETTYSBURG, PA. 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FACULTY. 1/ 

be Professor of Ancient Languages, and be elected by the exist- 
ing Lutheran members of the Frankhn College Board, and the 
right of nominating the subsequent incumbents shall be vested 
in the old Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania; the in- 
terest only of said fund to be used at any time for the support of 
the incumbent of said professorship." It also provides "that the 
Lutheran Trustees of Franklin College shall be added to the 
existing Trustees of Pennsylvania College, who shall together 
constitute the Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania College, and 
shall hereafter perpetuate their own number by a new election 
when any member vacates his seat by death, resignation, or non- 
attendance for three successive years," and repeals "so much of 
the Charter of Pennsylvania College as is inconsistent with the 
twelfth and fourteenth sections of this act." 

By the modification thus made, a number of important changes 
were effected in the organic law of the institution : First, the 
corporate body, chartered as the " Patrons of Pennsylvania Col- 
lege," by which the Board of Trustees were elected from time to 
time, for a limited term of office, ceased ; Second, the Board of 
Trustees became a self-perpetuating body, filling vacancies in its 
own ntimber by elections, whenever they occur from the three 
causes mentioned ; Thii'd, the number of Trustees was increased 
from twenty-one to thirty-si.x ; Fcnirtli, the right of nominating 
for the incumbent of the Franklin Professorship was fixed in the 
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania. 

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM— FACULTY. 
The course of study, as already indicated, was from the first 
arranged after the best recognized conception and standard of 
American collegiate education. It was meant to embrace, in 
well-balanced combination, thorough classical, literary, math- 
ematical, and scientific instruction. An honorable grade of prep- 
aration has always been required for entrance, and the work of 
the different departments has been conducted with a controlling 
view to accuracy and an energetic development of the mental 
powers. Though the corps of professors was for some time 
small, yet by their varied and self-sacrificing labors and great ^ 
2 



1 8 HISTORY. 

earnestness in their respective departments, they soon secured for 
the institution a highly creditable position among the best col- 
leges of the State and the country. It is interesting to trace in 
the records of both the Board and the Faculty, in rules adopted 
for examinations and dropping incapable or unsuccessful students, 
the frequent evidences of a fixed purpose to make the work 
thorough and grade it up to a high standard. And hampered as 
the institution has generally been, by want of funds to secure 
desirable appliances, it has constantly aimed to keep abreast with 
every true advancement in collegiate education in the country. 

A statement has already been given of the several changes in 
the Faculty, and the additions made till 1845. In April of this 
year, Rev. W. H. Harrison, a graduate of the class of '43, was 
appointed Assistant Professor of Languages for a year. Half of 
his time was devoted to the work of strengthening the Parent 
P^ducation Society, which was then an important agency in pro- 
moting ministerial education in our Church. 

April 18, 1850, Prof Reynolds resigned the chair of Latin 
Language and Literature, Mental Philosophy and Logic, having 
accepted a call to the presidency of Capital University, Colum- 
bus, Ohio. The vacancy was provided for in the fall of that 
same year by a transfer of the Latin Language and Literature to 
the charge of Prof Stoever. Prof Stoever's professorship still 
included History; and Intellectual Science was re-connected 
with the department of the President, to which it had belonged 
up to 1846. 

At the close of the collegiate year in 1850, Dr. Krauth re- 
signed the presidency of the College, and accepted the professor- 
ship of Church History and Philology in the Theological Semi- 
nary. This terminated an administration of sixteen years. It 
had been marked by great ability, zeal and success. He gave to 
his work the devotion of high talent, fine scholarship and earnest 
faithfulness, and contributed greatly to the establishment of pub- 
lic confidence in the institution. The resolutions adopted by the 
Board of Trustees, in accepting his resignation, attest the high 
esteem in which his long and self-sacrificing services were held. 

Dr. Baugher was, September 19, 1850, unanimously elected as 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM — FACULTY. 1 9 

Dr. Krauth's .successor, and entered on the duties of his office in 
the fall of the same year. Having been connected with the insti- 
tution from its foundation, Dr. Baugher brought with him into the 
office the ripe fruit of large experience in College work, and a 
devotion that could not fail to carry it successfully forward. His 
acceptance of the presidency vacated the professorship of the 
Greek Language and Literature. The Board of Trustees at 
once appointed to this professorship Prof F". A. Muhlenberg, of 
Franklin College, Lancaster, which was about to be dissolved. 
Prof Muhlenberg took charge of this department at the opening 
of the following term, October 24, 1850. In February, 1853, he 
resigned the professorship of the Greek Language and Litera- 
ture, in order to accept the appointment as "Franklin Professor 
of Ancient Languages," made by the Lutheran members of the 
Franklin College Board, in accordance with the terms on which 
the Lutheran interest in that institution was transferred to Penn- 
sylvania College. In the Franklin Professorship thus established, 
Prof Muhlenberg taught with marked ability and success till 
August, 1867, when he resigned, in order to assume the presi- 
dency of Muhlenberg College, just organized at Allentown. 

In 185 1, at the request of the Board of Trustees, preferred 
through Dr. Baugher, the Synod of Pennsylvania undertook the 
endowment of a " Professorship of the German Language and 
Literature" in the institution, the right of nominating the incum- 
bent to belong forever to the Synod. In 1854 the necessary 
funds were reported as collected. Rev. W. J. Mann, of Philadel- 
phia, was nominated and elected to this professorship, but felt it 
his duty to decline. A year later, in 1855, Dr. C. F. Schaiffer, of 
Easton, was chosen, and in the spring of 1856 he assumed the 
duties of the position. Only about one-half of his time, how- 
ever, was given to the College. In accordance with an arrange- 
ment developed during the work of securing the endowment, 
and insisted on by the Synod of Pennsylvania, the professorship 
was made to do duty in the Theological Seminary. The Pro- 
fessor himself being strongly inclined to this, the Synod of Penn- 
sylvania in 1858 desired to know of the Board "on what terms 
the German Professorship might be released from duties in the 



20 HISTORY. 

College." The College, however, declined to consent to any 
change which would reduce the amount of German instruction, 
or make the professorship in the College subordinate, or a mere 
adjunct to another. The status of the German in the College 
remained for some years indefinite and uncertain. In i860, 
however, this was settled by the adoption in the Board of Trus- 
tees of the following resolution: "That the Faculty of the Col- 
lege be instructed to introduce the study of the German Lan- 
guage and Literature as a part of tlic regular College course, 
special cases excepted, of which the Faculty shall be judge — 
provided that in cases where the parents or guardians of stu- 
dents may request in writing an omission of the study of Ger- 
man, it shall not be made obligatory." By this action the 
original design of the College in this direction was put in the way 
of better accomplishment than at any earlier time. Provision 
had always been made, indeed, for the study of the German to 
some fair degree; but in constituting it "part of the regular 
course," it received a new and worthy position; and the institution 
became one of the first in giving this language the status in 
American collegiate education which so many other colleges 
have since accorded it. 

In September, 1852, the Board appointed H. S. Huber, M. D., 
of Gettysburg, lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology in the place 
of Dr. D. Gilbert, who had removed to Philadelphia. No further 
change took place in the corps of instruction till the resignation 
of Dr. C. F. Schseffer, September 12, 1864. Dr. Schseffer re- 
signed in order to assume the duties of a professorship to which 
he had been called in the Lutheran Theological Seminary which 
the Synod of Pennsylvania was then organizing in Philadelphia. 
After his withdrawal, which took place suddenly just before the 
opening of the first term of 1 864-1 865, the officers of the Synod, 
in accordance with the desire of the Faculty, made temporary 
provision for the instruction in German, appointing Mr. G. F. 
Spieker, then a student in the Theological Seminary, Gettys- 
burg, as a special Tutor for that purpose. In consequence of the 
fact that the Synod's nomination. Rev. G. A. Hinterleitner, to 
the professorship, presented to the Board August 9, 1865, was 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FACULTY. 21 

submitted with the understanding that the Professor was not to 
give instruction in the Theological Seminary, the Board deferred 
an election until the rights of the Seminary should be decided, 
and requested a continuance of temporary provision. The 
officers of Synod failing to make such provision, Mr. Spieker was 
continued another year under appointment by the institution. 
August 8, 1866, the Synod having nominated Rev. J. F. Wilken, 
of Wartburg, Tenn., for the vacant professorship, in place of Mr. 
Hinterleitner, who had withdrawn his name, the nomination was 
confirmed by the Board. The Board, in proceeding to ballot, put 
on record the distinct statement that in doing so it did not 
" design in any wise to decide upon or affect the claims of the 
Theological Seminary in said professorship." Since that time, 
however, the professorship has done no service in the Seminary. 
In 1864 two new professorships were endowed — the Graeff 
Professorship of the P2nglish Language and Literature, and the 
Ockershausen Professorship of the Natural Sciences. By the 
liberal help thus given to the College by the persons whose 
names these professorships bear, and by other worthy contribu- 
tions to its endowment from many friends of the institution, the 
course of study was considerably enlarged, and additional ad- 
vantages were Secured to the students. It had long been felt that 
the proper demands of the belles-lettres branch of instruction 
could be met only in a special professorship devoted to that 
department. The awakened interest, too, then manifesting itself 
in the natural sciences all over the country, made the additional 
provision in these sciences very opportune. April 19, 1865, Rev. 
Dr. J. B. Bittinger, of Sewickley, Pa., was elected to the Chair of 
English. At the same time. Prof Alfred M. Mayer, of Balti- 
more, was chosen to the new professorship of the Natural 
Sciences. By the latter appointment, the subjects before included 
in Dr. Jacobs' department were divided. Dr. Jacobs retaining 
Mathematics and Astronomy, and Chemistry and Physics forming 
the department under charge of Prof Mayer. The latter entered 
upon the duties of his position at the opening of the collegiate 
year 1865-1866. Dr. Bittinger felt it his duty to decline the 
professorship to which he had been called, and Rev. C. A. Stork, 



22 IIISTOKV. 

o\' n.illimorr, w.is rKn-tcd April ii, iS(i('). Vmi ho, also, failed to 
si-i- his w.iy rliMi to .uxi-pl. riu- posilicMi was filled by the 
I'K'ilion, ,\ut;ust S, i Soo, of Trof h'.dsall !'"oriior, of Washiiv^ton 
C'olloiu-, Pa. riol'. honior ontoix-d on his ciulios at the he^inninL;" 
of tho st'coiul loiin o[ llu- lu-xt C"olloi.Malc> yeaf. 

On arrminl of ihr f.iihiro ol" Oi". JacoI)s' lu-allh, disahliiiL;' hiiil 
liom wiMk, the Hoaid in iSo(^ (April i \) iOL;i-olhill)- rclicwxi him 
Iiimh tlu- ihiti('s of the prv)fossorship ho had oceu[)ic(.l with oafiiest 
di-\(>ii«>ii and distini^'uished abilil) fioni tho estahlishmont of the 
institution. flu' u-sohition ol'tho Hoaid NMoldini;' to tho norossit)" 
of" this torniin ilion o\ tho rolation, nuikos L;raleful nionlion ol" his 
"\-aluaI>lo and Kmu; rontinnod professorial serx'iees," and aw ards 
him "tho position ol' Trolossor I'juoritus," with an appropriaticui 
i>f ;>! .OlX') annualK , w hioli w as ciintinued till tho mooting; of the 
Board, luno jS, iS;i. To tho \aeane>' thus niado Tiof. 1 .nthor 
11. Croll, an alunnius ol' tlu- class oC 1S55, and t'oinuMl)- professor 
in Illinois State- I'niw-rsilN , Spiini^t'iold, 111., was unaniniously 
olortod, .\piil 11, lS{K\ rio!" L'loll look ohaii^o of tho dopart- 
\\\c\\[ o[ Mattu-niaties auA .\stronoiiu- at tho oponinj;- o\ tho term 
tho lotlowin;; Soplonihor. 

l\o\. Tiof. (.". 1. hhiohart, .\. Al.. of tho class of '50. who in 
18(^5 was oloetoil Trincipal ol' tho ri\-p,iraloi\- Popartniont. w as 
also, b\ tlu- spv-oial action o{ tlu- Ho.uil ostablishini; tho position 
to w hich ho was CviUed, eonslituled a member o( tlu- h^uailly. 
but .1-; his piol'ossorial serx'iees were employed in tho rro'p.ualoiy 
School, tlu- .iccount ^m' thorn bcloni;s to tlu- hisloi\- ot" that 
Pepartnu-nt. 

Trot',-. Mayer resigned tlu- CUaw o\ tlu- Natiual Sciences at the 
close of the second toini of ilic roUoi;iate year 1 S(Hi-i8o7, and 
.iccepiod .1 position in 1 ohij.;h Inix orsit}', at South Bethlehem, 
Pa. .\l the request of the Board of Trustees. -the time in that 
departnu-nt was pro\ ide<.l for bN" the l\u-ulty, without extra 
exiKM\so to tho k"olleL;e, durini; the third term of the )ear. Aui;ust 
7, 1807, Re\. \". 1.. C'onrad. class o\ 'w, o\ New \'ork, was 
unanimously elected to the \,\cant professorship, and in the fol- 
lowing;" September entered on the duties of the (.'hair. 

Prof Muhlenberg-. ha\ inc' been called to the rresidenc\- of 



Di'ivi'.i.oi'Mi'.N'i" oi' riii'. cuKKicui.uM — i'"A(:ui;rv. 23 

Muhlciibci'ij^ College, a new inslittitioii about to he cstahlislicd at 
Allcntovvn, iindc-r tin: auspicc-s of tlu- Ministcriiim of Pennsylva- 
nia, ])rcsente(l his resij^nation of the P'ranklin I'rofessorshii) of 
Ancient Lan<^ua^es, May 22, icSf)/. 'I"he rcisolntions acce])tin<^ 
his resignation speak ofthe ahiht)' and fidelity with which he had 
discharged his duties in connection with the College. As the 
Chair tluis made vacant, according to tin; law which transferred 
the enrlowmenl to this institntion, Ijore, during tlu; lime of its 
first incumbent, tlu' broad designation of the " Franklin Profes- 
sorship of Ancient Languages," it became necessary, in view of a 
nomination and election for a successor, for the l^oard to slate 
distinctly the (k-partment of instruction of which it was to have 
charge. They indicated it as the chair of "the Creek L.anguage 
and Literature," witli "such other studies as might from time to 
time be assigned to it by the Hoard." Dr. Muhlenberg tc-rmi- 
nated his work in the institution with the close of the College 
year in the next August. At tlu; mec;ting of the Trustees, 
August 7, 1S67, a nomination for tlie jjrofessorship was receive<l 
from the Synod of IV'nnsylvania — to which body the right of 
nomination belonged — but it failed to be confirmed in the Hoard. 
The Synod was requested to present a new nomination at as early 
a date as possible ; and President iiaugher and Prof PY-rrier were 
requested to give instruction in the department ofthe (ircek Lan- 
guage until an incumbent should be elected. After the death of 
Dr. Haugher in the spring of l<S6<S, Prof .Sto-ver was asked l)y 
the l-5oard to take the Sf)])homore and Junif)r classes in (ireek. 
During the vacancy negotiations were commenced and carried 
on, through committees, with the .Synod of Pennsylvania, with a 
view to obtain a surrender to the institution ofthe right of nomi- 
nation for the Cerm.an and the P'ranklin Professf)rs]ii])s, on some 
cciuitable terms; but the U'-gotiations were without success. A 
second nomination was sent in for the P'ranklin Professorship, at 
a meeting ofthe Hoard, August 12, i <S6<S. Hut this, too, failed to 
be confirmed, and the .Synod was invited to make a fiirther nom- 
ination. In connection with this request, the Hoard changed the 
de[)artment of study assigned to the professorship from tliat of 
the Creek Language and Literature, to that of" Ancient, Medi;eval 



24 HISTORY. 

and Modern History." The change became necessary, to reHeve 
the instruction in Greek from the inconvenience and disadvantage 
nvolved in a long-continued vacancy of the Frankhn Professor- 
ship, with which it was connected. By the will of Davis Pearson, 
Esq., of Philadelphia, a bequest had been made for the establish- 
ment of a new professorship. This was, by action of the Board, 
constituted the " Pearson Professorship of the Greek Language 
and Literature;" and Rev. H. Louis Baugher, of Indianapolis, of 
the class of '57, was, August 13, 1868, unanimously called to fill 
it. Prof Baugher commenced the duties of his department at the 
opening of the second term, Januaiy 7, 1869 — the instruction in 
Greek through the first term having been divided among the 
members of the Faculty. The Franklin Professorship — for which 
nominations continued to be made and rejected — remained vacant 
until April 19, 1870, when it was filled by the election of Prof H. 
E. Jacobs, of the class of '62. Upon his acceptance of the posi- 
tion, it was made, in accordance with the preference of the Pro- 
fessor elect, the "Professorship of the Latin Language and Liter- 
ature, and of History." Prof Jacobs entered on his work Sep- 
tember I, 1870. 

Dr. Baugher, the President of the College, died in the spring 
vacation, April 14, 1868. Less than a year had passed since the 
death of Dr. C. P. Krauth, who had been the first President of 
the institution, from 1834 to 1 850, and who, after his resignation, 
had been one of the honored Professors in the Theolog-ical 
Seminary. The death of Dr. Baugher, terminating the second 
presidency, closed a long and faithful career of service to the 
institution. For more than thirty-seven years, first in the Gyni- 
nasiinn, then as Professor from the organization of the College 
till 1850, and after that as its Chief Executive, he had been 
actively and earnestly identified with the instruction and ad- 
ministration of the institution, largely contributing to its success 
and usefulness. The Board of Trustees, a special meeting of 
which was called May 15, have put on record in their minutes 
their high appreciation of the faithfulness, ability and efficiency 
of Dr. Baugher's services in his long and prominent connection 
with the CoUeg-e. 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FACULTY. 2$ 

To the vacancy thus created, Dr. M. Valenthie, of the class of 
'50, and Professor of Bibhcal and Ecclesiastical History in the 
Theological Seminary, was elected by the Board at the meeting 
just mentioned. Unwilling to accept the call without tak- 
ing time for its due consideration, the Board secured his consent 
to a temporary discharge of the duties of the position during the 
summer session, while holding the matter under advisement. At 
the regular meeting of the Board in August following, Dr. Valen- 
tine declined the call to the Presidency. He was, however, again 
unanimously elected, and his consent secured. The exercises of 
formal inauguration took place at the close of the first term of 
his regular service, December 21, 1868, in the College Church. 
The inaugural and three other addresses on the occasion were 
subsequently published in a pamphlet by the Board. In these 
addresses the Trustees were represented by their President, Hon. 
M. McClean, the Faculty by Dr. M. L. Stoevei*, and the students 
by Mr. Eldward T. Horn, of the Senior class. 

At the same meeting of the Trustees, August 13, 1868, the 
office of Vice-President was established, to assist the President 
as far as needful and proper ill his duties and labors, and to supply 
his place in case of necessary absence or temporary disability. 
The office was filled by the election of Prof Ferrier, who dis- 
charged its duties for nearly four years, and resigned in the 
spring of 1872. For more than a year the Vice-Presidency was 
left vacant — until August 5, 1873, when Prof Croll, who now 
fills it, was elected to the position. 

The German Professorship again became vacant, by the resig- 
nation of Prof Wilken, August 12, 1868. Arrangement was 
made, however, for instruction in this department, through the 
provisional appointment of Rev. F. W. A. Notz, Ph. D., by the 
officers of the Synod of Pennsylvania. Prof Notz filled the 
professorship during the Collegiate year of 1868- 1869. The 
vacancy was then filled, June 30, 1869, by the election of Rev. 
Prof A. Martin, A. M., of Watertown, Wis., upon a regular nom- 
ination from the Synod of Pensylvania. Prof Martin entered 
upon the duties of the Professorship at the opening of the next 
Collegiate year. 



26 HISTORY. 

June 29, 1 870, Prof. Conrad resigned the Ockershausen Profes- 
sorship of the Physical Sciences, and removed to Philadelphia, 
after having filled the position with earnestness and ability since 
his election in 1867. This created a vacancy in a very important 
department. At a meeting of the Board held soon afterwards, 
August 30, 1870, S. P. Sadtler, Ph. D., of the class of '67, who 
was then pursuing special studies at the University of Goettingen, 
was elected to this position. Prof Sadtler remained in Germany 
till the completion of his intended course, and appeared in the 
Faculty of the institution and took charge of the Professorship 
in August, 1 87 1. During the vacancy, according to request of 
the Board, regular instruction was given in that department by 
other members of the Faculty. This service was performed by 
Profs. Croll, Martin, and Jacobs. 

During the vacation after Commencement of 1870, death took 
away the only one that had still remained in the Faculty of those 
who had so long constituted the corps of instruction in Pennsyl- 
vania College, as the Faculty is fixed in the memory of so many 
classes. Dr. Stoever died, after a very brief illness, in Philadel- 
phia, on the 22d of July. In the various capacities of Tutor, 
Principal of the Preparatory Department, Professor of History, 
and Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, and Secre- 
retary of the Faculty, he had served the institution faithfully and 
ably for about thirty years. The death of Dr. Stoever, thus 
leaving in the Faculty none of its old members, forms a point in 
the history of the College which naturally calls up the whole 
circle of earnest and devoted men by whom its work had been 
so largely carried on during its earlier years. Drs. Krauth, 
Baugher, Jacobs, Stoever, and Muhlenberg — how inseparably 
have these names been linked together with each other and with 
Pennsylvania College, in the minds of the Church and the mem- 
ory of students ! A great debt of gratitude and honor is due 
them for their wise and unselfish consecration to the interests of 
the. College during the years which laid the foundations of its 
success and usefulness. The number of professors being small, 
they yet, by extra labor, furnished thorough instruction for a 
comprehensive and full collegiate course, and established for the 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FACULTY. 2/ 

institution a broad and high standard of scholarship. Hindered 
by want of funds, they worked without adequate compensation, 
and utiHzed poor pecuniary resources for the attainment of rich 
results. This unselfish consecration of time, strength, and ripe 
culture to the establishment and upbuilding of the institution, 
will ever be remembered and honored by its friends ; and the 
names of these men will always be fragrant in the memory of a 
large number of the Alumni and early students of the College. 
Dr. M. Jacobs, Professor Emeritus since 1866, died July 22, 

1 87 1, and suitable memorial resolutions, testifying to the value 
of his long-continued services, were entered on the minutes of the 
Board. 

By the death of Dr. Stoever, the department of Latin was made 
vacant. No election, however, was needed to supply the vacancy; 
but the department was transferred to the charge of the Franklin 
Professorship, to which Prof Jacobs had just been elected, as 
already mentioned. 

Under a request from the Directors of the Theological Semi- 
nary, accepted by the Board of Trustees, some instruction had 
been given in that institution for several years by the President 
of the College, and also by Prof Baugher. This labor on the 
part of the President was discontinued after the Commencement 
of 1872. 

The next change that occurred in the Faculty was the Pro- 
fessorship of English Language and Literature. Prof Ferrier, 
having resigned the Vice-Presidency, as already stated, in July, 

1872, on the 17th of the following October sent to the Board his 
resignation of the Graeff Professorship, which he had now filled 
nearly five years, to take effect at the close of the term. Prof 
Ferrier was, however, specially requested to continue his services 
to the end of the collegiate year, which he consented to do. At 
the regular meeting of the Board, June 25, 1873, J. A. Himes, 
M. A., of the class of '70 (Yale, 1871), was appointed as "Acting 
Professor" in that department. Prof Himes at once entered on 
the duties of the position, and at the next annual meeting of the 
Trustees, June 24, 1874, was regularly elected to the Graeff 
Professorship. 



28 HISTORY. 

Another change took place this year, by which the number of 
the Faculty was increased. Prof. Sadtler, having accepted a call 
to an Assistant Professorship of Chemistry in the University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, resigned the chair of the Physical 
Sciences, June 24, 1874. Under the circumstances connected 
with the election of a successor, and with a view to keep pace 
with the growing educational importance of the Natural Sciences, 
the Board determined to divide the work of that department, 
which embraced quite a number of important branches. Accord- 
ingly, they established a new Professorship, to be called the 
" Conrad Professorship of Chemistry and Mineralogy." Rev. 
Prof P. M. Bikle, A. M., of the class of '66, was unanimously 
chosen to the Ockershausen Professorship, which was constituted 
as the chair of " Physics and Astronomy." Astronomy had 
been connected thus far with the department of Mathematics, and 
taught with ability and success by Prof Croll. The Observa- 
tory, for the building of which the President had succeeded in 
securing sufficient funds, was erected at this time, affording in- 
creased facilities for instruction in that branch of study. Prof 
E. S. Breidenbaugh, A. M., of the class of '68, was at the same 
date, by unanimous vote, elected to the Conrad Professorship. 

The only other change in the Faculty to be recorded in this 
semi-centennial history came with Prof Baugher's resignation of 
the Pearson Professorship of the Greek Language, June 23, 1880. 
On account of the insufficiency of the endowment of the institu- 
tion and the need of all possible economy, it was deemed best 
not at once to fill the vacancy thus created. For a year, there- 
fore,, the Greek and Latin were united in a Professorship of 
Ancient Languages for the Sophomore, Junior and Senior 
classes, in charge of Dr. Jacobs — the Freshman class being 
taught in Latin by Prof Bikle, and in Greek by Prof Martin. 
Some of the subordinate branches of study, less closely fixed 
with any particular professional department, were, for the time 
being, transferred so as to provide fully for the proper instruc- 
tion. At the same time, also, the French Language was con- 
stituted a part of the curriculum in connection with the German 
Professorship, and the Professor was requested to give instruc- 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FACULTY. 29 

tlon in it equal to about one-fourth of the time before given to 
the German language. A year later, at the Commencement of 
1 88 1, a further readjustment of studies was made by the Board. 
The Greek and Latin professorships were restored to their 
proper place as full chairs. The Franklin Professorship, filled 
by Dr. Jacobs, was constituted the chair of the Greek Language 
and Literature; the Pearson Professorship was made the chair of 
the Latin Language and Literature, and assigned to Prof Bikle, 
Astronomy was placed again in connection with the Mathe- 
matical Department uncjer Prof Croll, and Physics was re-united 
with Chemistry and Mineralogy in the Ockershausen Professor- 
ship of the Physical Sciences, in charge of Prof Breidenbaugh. 
Various collateral studies, such as History, Physiology, Zoology, 
Geology, Botany, etc., are well and appropriately provided for in 
connection with the different professorships. Provision has thus 
been made for thorough instruction in the whole curriculum. 
The Faculty and the Departments as at present constituted are 
as follows: M. Valentine, D. D., President, and Professor of 
Intellectual and Moral Science; Luther H. Croll, A. M., Vice- 
President, and Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy; Rev. 
A. Martin, A. M., Professor of the German Language and Litera- 
ture, and Instructor in French; H. E. Jacobs, D. D., Franklin 
Professor of the Greek Language and Literature; John A. 
Himes, A. M., Graeff Professor of the English Language and 
Literature; Rev. P. M. Bikle, A. M., Pearson Professor of the 
Latin Language and Literature; E. S. Breidenbaugh, A. M., 
Ockershausen Professor of the Physical Sciences. 

To exhibit at a glance the various changes in the instruction, 
we add a list of the Presidents and Professors from the beginning 
to the present. The professorship of " Intellectual and Moral 
Science" has, since 1834, always been connected with the Presi- 
dency, except that for four years (1846-50) Intellectual Science 
was taught by Prof Reynolds. The double dates indicate the 
time of entering on the duties of the professorship and the time 
of resignation or death. 

PRESIDENTS. 

Charles Philip Krauth, D. D., 1 834-1 850. 



30 HISTORY. 

Henry Lewis Baugher. D. D., 1 850-1 868. 
Milton Valentine, D. D.. 1868. 

PROFESSORS. 

S. S. Schmucker, D. D.. Intellectual and Moral Science, 1832- 

JO- 

E. L. Hazelius, D. D., Latin Language and German Litera- 
ture, 1833-34. 

H. L. Baugher, D. D., Greek Language and Belles-Lettres, 
1832-50. 

M. Jacobs, D. D., Mathematics, Chemistry and Natural Phil- 
osoph}-, 1832-66. 

J. H. Marsden, A. M., Mineralogv' and Botany, 1832-35. 

C. P. Krauth, D. D., Intellectual and Moral Science, 1833-34. 
Rev. \V. M. Reynolds, A. M., Latin Language and Literature, 

1834-50. 

D. Gilbert, M. D., Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiolog}-, 1837- 

51- 

Herman Haupt, Civil Engineering and Architecture, 1837-39. 

Rev. H. I. Schmidt. A. M., German Language and Literature, 
1838-43. 

M. L. Stcever, A. M., Histor\% 1843-50. 

Rev. C. A. Hay, A. M., German Language and Lit., 1844-47. 

J. G. Morris, D. D., Lecturer on Zoology, 1843-74. 

Herman Haupt, A. M., Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, 
1845-47. 

Rev. W. H. Harrison, Assistant Professor of Languages, 
1845-46. 

Mt. L. Stcever, Ph. D., LL. D., Latin Language and Literature, 
1850-70. 

Rev. F. A. ]\Iuhlenberg, A. M., Franklin Professor of Greek 
Language and Literature, 1850-67. 

H. S. Huber, M. D.. Lecturer on Anatomy, 1S52-65. 

C. F. Schaeffer, D. D., German Language and Literature, 
1856-64. 

A. M. Mayer, A. M., Ockershausen Professor of Natural 
Sciences, 1865-67. 



PRESENT CURRICULUM. 3 I 

L. H. Croll, A. M., Mathematics and Astronomy, 1866. 

Rev. E. Ferrier, A. M., Graeff Professor of English Language 
and Literature, 1866-73. 

Rev. J. F. Wilken, German Language and Literature, 1866-68. 

Rev. V. L. Conrad, A. M., Ockershausen Professor of Natural 
Sciences, 1867-70. 

Rev.'F. W. A. Notz., Ph. D., German Language and Literature, 
1 868-69. 

Rev. H. Louis Raugher, A. M., Pearson Professor of Greek 
Language and Literature, 1869-80. 

Rev. A. Martin, A. M., German Language and Literature, 1869. 

H. E. Jacobs, D. D., Franklin Professor of Latin Language 
and Literature, 1870-81 ; Greek, 1881. 

S. P. Sadtler, Ph. D., Ockershausen Professor of Natural Sci- 
ences, 1871-74. 

J. A. Himes, A. M., Graeff Professor of English Language and 
Literature, 1873. 

Rev. P. M. Bikle, A. M., Ockerhausen Professor of Physics and 
Astronomy, 1874-81 ; Latin, 1881. 

E. S. Breidenbaugh, A. M., Conrad Professor of Chemistry and 
Mineralogy, 1874-81 ; Physical Sciences, 1881. 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS. 

H. Montanus, Teacher of German and French, 1850-51. 
Rudolph W. Deininger, Teacher of French and Hebrew, 1853. 
Charles W. Brecht, Teacher of French, 1854. 
G. F. Spieker, Teacher ot German, 1864-66. 
George S. Eyster, Assistant in Chemistry, 1874-77. 

V. PRESENT CURRICULUM. 
The outline of changes and enlargement of the Faculty thus 
given exhibits facts of great importance and interest as marking 
the growth and progress of the institution. The Faculty oifour, 
with which it began — for Dr. Hazelius' work represented no 
separate chair — increased afterwards by the addition of Prof 
Stoever, has grown to seven, exclusive of the instructors in the 
Preparatory Department. This division of labor has been at- 
tended with a corresponding enlargement of the course of study. 



32 



HISTORY. 



From the first, indeed, the curriculum was marked by honorable 
breadth and thoroughness, according to the standard of the 
collegiate work of the times, the Faculty making up for the 
smallness of their number by the greatness and variety of their 
scholarly labors. But by the establishment, successively, of the 
German Professorship, the'Graeff Professorship of English Lan- 
o-uao-e and Literature, the Ockershausen Professorship of the 
Physical Sciences, a wider and wider range has been given to the 
course, and the advantages gained which always attend a proper 
and wise di\'ision of educational labor. Though always finan- 
cialh' straitened, and always compelled to command fa\'or and 
success, if at all, by good and thorough work, without the show 
and attraction of splendid appliances and buildings, the institu- 
tion has yet been able to keep pace with the advancement which 
College education has been making. 

It will be observed that Pennsylvania College has not been 
led b}' the strong tendency of the times to sink the importance 
of the classical studies. The enlargement has come, not with 
an\- reduction of these, but b)' adding to the number and effici- 
enc}' of the departments which recent educational interest and 
scientific progress ha\-e brought into increasing prominence. In 
this direction we need still to advance. It is the confident hope, 
as well as strong desire of the institution, that this semi-centen- 
nial year will furnish the means especiall\- for the further enlarge- 
ment of the scientific department. 

The instruction in the College is gi\-en, and alwa}'s has been, 
entirely by the Professors. The following schedule presents a 
general view of the studies of the various classes. Equivalents 
for the books mentioned are used b}- the different Professors at 

their discretion. 

FRESHMAN CLASS. 



Cicero's Orations, 

Latin Prose Composition ( Arnold '1. 

Selections from Greek Authors (Boise and 

Freeman), 
Greek Prose Composition (Jones), 
Goodwin's Greek Grammar, 



FIRST TERM. 

Boise and Freeman's Greek Selections, 
Algebra, to Part IIL (Olney's L^niversity), 
Geometiy (Wentvvorth), 
German Grammar (Eichhorn), 
English History. 







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CHARLES PHILIP KRAUTH, 

President 1834-1850. 






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PRESENT CURRICULUM. 



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Livy, 

Latin Prose Composition (Arnold), 

Selections from Greek Authors (Boise 

and Freeman), 
Greek Prose Composition, 
Boise and Freeman's Greek Selections, 

THIRD TERM 



SECOND TERM. 

Algebra, Part IIL (Olney), 
Geometry (Wentworth), 
History of English Literature, 
German Grammar (Eichhorn), 
German Reader (Whitney). 



Livy, continued, 

Latin Prose Composition, 

Selections from Greek Authors, 

Greek Prose Composition, 

Boise and Freeman's Greek Selections, 

Algebra, completed. 

Composition and Declamation throughout the year. 
SOPHOMORE CLASS. 

FIRST 

Cicero, De Senectute, or De Oratore, 
Latin Prose Composition, 
Lysias, 

Exercises in Greek Syntax (Boise), 
Plane Trigonometry and Mensuration 
(Loomis), 



Geometry of Planes and Solids, 
German Grammar (Eichhorn), 
German Reader (Whitney), 
Bacon's Essays, 
Orations of Burke and Webster. 



TERM. 

Conic Sections (Loomis), 
German Grammar (Eichhorn), 
Schiller's Maid of Orleans, 
Anglo-Saxon (Sweet), 
Physiology. 



Odes of Horace, 

Latin Prose Composition, 

Tusculan Disputations, 

Homer's Iliad, 

Exercises in Greek Syntax, 

Surveying and Navigation (Loomis) 

Analytical Geometry (Loomis), 

Odes of Horace, 

Homer's Iliad, 

Exercises in Greek Syntax, 

Spherical Trigonometry (Loomis), 

Analytical Geometry (Loomis), 



SECOND TERM. 

Chaucer 



Canterbury Tales, 
Spenser — Faery Queen, 
German Grammar (Eichhorn), 
Schiller — Maid of Orleans, 
German Composition, 
Zoology, 
Physics, Lectures and Text Book. 

THIRD TERM. 

Schiller — Ballads, 

German Composition, 

Botany (Gray's School and Field), 

Rhetoric (A. S. Hill), 

Physics, Lectures and Text Book. 



Composition and Declamation throughout the year. 
JUNIOR CLASS. 

FIRST TERM. 



Intellectual Science (Porter), 

Quintilian, or Plautus, 

Latin Composition, 

.(Eschylus, 

Differential Calculus (Loomis), 

Goethe — Iphigenia of Tauris, 

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Translation into German (Shakespeare), 
German Composition, 
Dramatic Art : Shakespeare, 
Lectures on Inorganic Chemistry, 
Physics, Lectures and Text Book. 



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HISTORY. 



Intellectual Science (Porter), 

Tacitus — Annals, 

Latin Composition, 

Sophocles, 

Integral Calculus (Loomis), 

Goethe — Iphigenia of Tauris, 



SECOND TERM. 

German Composition, 

Translation into German (Shakespeare), 

Logic (Atwater), 

Physics, Lectures and Text Book, 

Lectures on Inorganic Chemistry. 



Intellectual Science (Porter), 

Lectures on the Sensibility and the Will, 

Tacitus — Histories and Agricola, 

Calculus, continued, or Mechanics, 

Meteorology, 

Gcethe — Herman and Dorothea, 

Declamations and Written Debates throughout the year 



THIRD TERM. 

German Composition, 
Lectures on Mental Philosophy, 
Epic Art : Milton, 
Lectures on Inorganic Chemistry, 
Physics, concluded. 



SENIOR CLASS. 

FIRST TERM. 

I Goethe — 



Natural Theology — Lectures, 
Evidences of Christianity — Text-Book 

and Lectures, 
Terence, 

Demosthenes, or. Plato, 
Astronomy (Newcomb and Holden), 

SECOND TERM. 

Butler's Analogy, with Lectures, 

Lectures on Inspiration, 

Demosthenes, or Plato, 

Tertullian, 

History of Civilization (Guizot), 

Goethe — Faust, 



Faust, 
German Essays, 

Lectures on Organic Chemistry, 
Political Economy (Perry), 
Lectures on Descriptive Mineralogy, with 
use of Dana's Text Book. 



Constitution of the United States, 

Civil Liberty and Self-Government (Lie- 

ber), 
Geology (Le Conte), 
Lectures on Applied Chemistiy, 
Astronomy. 

THIRD TERM. 

Translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet 

(German), 
Goethe — Confession of a Beautiful Soul, 
Civil Liberty and Self-Government (Lie- 

ber). 



Lectures on Moral Philosophy, 

Tertullian, 

History of Civilization (Guizot), 

Geology (Le Conte), 

Lectures on Applied Chemistiy, 

Astronomy, 

Intellectual and Moral Science. — Much attention is given 
to Mental Philosophy, Natural Theology, Evidences of Christian- 
ity and Moral Science. These studies are deemed of great im- 
portance, not only because of their educational value for the 
mind, but for their direct and practical bearing upon the char- 
acter and life of the student. In all of them instruction is eiven 



PRESENT CURRICULUM. 35 

by lectures, either with or without the use of text-books. The 
aim is to give the student a clear and distinct knowledge of 
these important subjects. The lectures embrace an examination 
of the leading questions and tendencies of modern thought. 

Mathematics and Astronomy. — In the course of Mathematics 
there are four weekly exercises in the Freshman class, three in 
the Sophomore class, two during the first and second sessions, 
and one during the third session, in the Junior class. 

The instruction in the Department of Mathematics is con- 
veyed by the constant and systematic study of approved text- 
books, interspersed with familiar lectures; the student being 
assisted by full and frequent explanations from the Professor, 
and being constantly subjected to rigid examinations. The 
progress of every student in each class is also tested by his be- 
ing required to perform miscellaneous exercises, in which the 
principles acquired are applied to the solution of particular 
problems. 

The Seniors have two recitations per week in Astronomy 
throughout the year, and the latest researches and discoveries 
are brought before the class. They have access to the Ob- 
servatory, supplied with a Telescope and other instruments neces- 
sary for good instruction. 

Latin Language. — The instruction in this department com- 
prises, in the earlier part of the course, drill in the rudiments of 
the language, with rigid grammatical analysis. Selections from 
the classics are translated into English, while a considerable 
portion of the time is occupied with Arnold's Latin Prose Com- 
position. In connection with the study of Horace, especial 
attention is given to Latin Prosody, and the historical and 
mythological allusions of the text. In the latter part of the 
course, the derivation of Latin words and the development of 
the language from its older forms is examined. The writing 
of Latin Essays is a regular exercise of the Junior and Senior 
classes. 

English Literature and Political Science. — The history of 
the English people, of their literature, and of their language, is 
taken up at the beginning of the course. A term is given to 



36 HISTORY. 

Anglo-Saxon, in which the prose writings of King Alfred, yEIfric 
and the Chroniclers, and other poems entitled Beowulf and 
Csedmon, are studied in the same manner and with the same 
thoroughness as the ancient classics. Early English is made 
familiar in the pages of Chaucer and Spenser. Etymology and 
comparative philology receive as much attention as seems de- 
sirable in a College course. The principles of literary analysis 
and criticism are applied in extended examination of the works 
of Shakespeare and Milton. The usual amount of time is de- 
voted to Rhetoric and Logic. 

In response to the popular demand for instruction of College 
students in matters of public interest and the duties of citizen- 
ship, two hours a week during the whole of the Senior year are 
given to the study of Political Economy and the Science of 
Government. 

The German and French Languages. — The German Lan- 
guage, unsurpassed in its rich stores of literature, science and 
theology, is made a part of the regular College course, and the 
opportunity is thus afforded for acquiring a thorough knowledge 
of it. The French has also been introduced as a regular study, 
and a fair proportion of time given to it. 

Chemistry and Mineralogy. — In the regular course, the in- 
struction in Chemistry gives the students a practical acquaint- 
ance with the science as established by the most recent investi- 
gations, and shows the value of its applications and conclusions 
to the arts and economy of life. During the Junior year lectures 
with full experiments are given on Inorganic Chemistry, and 
during the Senior year on Organic and Applied Chemistry. 

Provision is made for Laboratory work, including Qualitative, 
Quantitative and Mineral Analysis, and excellent opportunities 
are offered special students to acquaint themselves more fully, at 
small expense, with General Chemistr}', or to prepare for the 
study of Medicine or Pharmacy, or for manufacturing pursuits. 

Mineralogy is taught by having the student make a personal 
examination of the specimens belonging to the valuable Mineral 
Collection in the possession of the College. Excursions are also 
made to interesting localities. A portion of the first term of 
the Senior year is devoted to this subject. 



Illl': I'KI'J'AKAIOKV Dl'lTAKI MI:NI\ 37 

The facilities ff)r instruction, in both class-room and I.iijjora- 
tory, are hein^ constantly au^nieiited. 

Na'iukai, IIistokv .Srui)ii':s. — In I'otany (;onsi(lcral)lc tiinr is 
devoted to practical exercises, so that a [H^ood foundalion is laid 
in the Systematic and Structural branches of that subject. I'.ach 
student is rc(|uircd to name ;md uii»unl specimens of at least fifty 
sj)ccies of flowering plants. 

Three hours [)er week durinj^f the second and ihiid terms of 
the Senior year are occupied with recitations in Cicoloj.(y, with a 
more extended examination of different topics, as time pernu'ts. 

There are two recitations per week in Zoology durin^f the 
scconrl term of the Sophomore year. Charts and Specimens arc 
ust.-d in illustration. 

VI. rill'; i'i<i:i'AKA'i()KV ijiii-aki M];N"r. 

A Pr(;[)aratory Department has been connected with I'eiinsyl 
vania College from the bepjinninj^. This was not only a natural 
result of the orj^ani'/ation <>( the institution out of the " (iettys- 
bur^ (jynmasium," but was called for by the general aim and 
work of the Collej.je. It was necessary both for the preparation 
of candidates for the I'Veshnian class, and as a sclujol to furnish 
a thorouj^h I'jif^lish education to youuf.; men who, without in- 
tendinf.^ to enter Cc^lle^e, desired a better trainin^^ for life and 
business than the common schools and academies furnished. 
Tile work of the Preparatory I.)epartmcnt has always had an im- 
portant bearin^f on the prtjsperity of the institutir>n, t;nablin^ it to 
assert for itself a f^ood standard of (jualification for entrance, as 
well as to secure larj^er classes; and the history of tlie College 
would be very one-sided and defective, if it did not present .some 
account of this Department. To the men who have j^iven their 
labors and cares to this f)art of the institution, as IVincipals and 
instructors, is due no small share of the success of our edu- 
cational work. It is i)ro|josed, thereff>re, to f^ive here a brief 
account of the facts and list of teachers connected with the 
Preparatory .School. 

This dei>artment was, from the first, j)laced under the general 
care and supervisic^n of the I'"aculty. 'Ihe whole institution was 



38 HISTORY. 

placed under one administrative authority. The first teacher 
elected by the Board of Trustees was Mr. F. Friederici — ap- 
pointed September 26, 1832. He proved to be a gentleman of 
somewhat eccentric genius; and after a year's service, he was, 
on intimation to him of its desirableness, allowed to resign, with 
a kind testimonial from the grateful Board to " his extensive 
acquaintance with the languages and his eminent success in 
teaching." Mr. Friederici's "success" in that short time was 
sufficiently positive to fix in the minds of the students some al- 
most imperishable recollections of his ways. His place was sup- 
plied by the appointment of Rev. Wm. M. Reynolds, a graduate 
of Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, who became Principal of the 
Preparatory Department, and remained in that position, with a 
shprt interruption, until the appointment of M. L. Stoever, Sep- 
tember 16, 1 84 1. 

In the early years of the institution the members of the 
Faculty took part in the instruction of the students in the 
Preparatory. As no class was graduated before 1834, there 
must have been only Sophomore and Freshman classes formed 
the first year of the College history. The College Professors, 
therefore, had time to teach in that Department, and the ex- 
tended schedule of recitations there, as recorded in the Faculty 
Minutes, shows that there must have been need of such ser- 
vices. The first help, besides this, afforded to the Principal, of 
which mention is found, was in the Faculty's appointment 
(November 16, 1832) of Mr. Ezra Keller — afterward Dr. Keller 
— who must then have been a Freshman — to teach Arithmetic 
and Grammar two hours each day. May 29, 1833, Mr. Keller 
was requested to take "the entire instruction of the English 
classes in the Preparatory Department, except so far as attended 
to by Messrs. Baugher and Jacobs." Messrs. D. Hoover and 
Charles W. Schaeffer were appointed assistant teachers in 1834. 
Mr. Schaeffer resigned in 1835, when Mr. F. Kurtz Heisly, a 
graduate of Jefferson College, was appointed Tutor. Mr. Heisly 
resigned in 1837, and Mr. Emanuel Frey was chosen in his 
place. The instruction in the department continued to be given 
by the Principal and one or two Tutors, as the number of 



THE PREPARATORY DEI'ARTMENT. 39 

students required, until the resignation of Prof. Stoever'.s Princi- 
palship in i<S55. 

April 16, 1856, the Board, having abolished the office of 
Principal, constituted Rev. H. S. Koons, A. M., of the class of 
'49, and who had been teaching some years in the department. 
Senior Tutor. Thenceforward the instruction was given by 
two Tutors, till in 1862 M. H. Richards was made sole Tutor. 
Then the teaching was done by a single Tutor, until the time 
of the re-organization of the department by the Board, under 
the Principalship of Prof C. J. P^hrehart, in the fall of 1865. 
In this interval between the Principalship of Prof Stcever and 
that of Prof P^hrehart, the work of the Preparatory was carried 
on under the more direct supervision and control of the Faculty. 

Immediately after the organization of the College, the work of 
this department was, of course, conducted, as was that of the 
College proper, in the "Gymnasium" building on Washington 
street. About a year after the College occupied its new build- 
ing, the Preparatory Department was also transferred to it — in 
1838. Several of the rooms on the first floor, the two large 
ones in the east end, north and south of the hall, were used for 
recitation rooms and general study. After the erection of the 
Linnaean Hall in 1846, the work of the department was trans- 
ferred to the first floor of that building, where it continued for 
about twenty years. During all the time, the students of the 
two departments occupied rooms in the College edifice. 

New Building and Re-organization. — At the meeting of the ' 
Board of Trustees, August 9, 1865, a movement was inaugurated 
to enlarge the work and increase the efficiency of the Prepara- 
tory Department. It was determined to erect a separate building 
for the occupancy of its students, and so to arrange and widen 
the course of study that, while continuing to prepare young men 
for the Freshman class, it might secure a larger patronage from 
parents who, not wishing their sons to take a classical course, 
desired to give them a thorough business education. The plan 
was figured out with great earne.stness by the Board, as promis- 
ing much advantage to the institution. Frequently before, in the 
history of the College, had the need of a separate building been 



40 HISTORY. 

felt, and its records show various unsuccessful attempts made to 
secure one. Among the first steps in carrying the plan into 
effect, the office of Principal, which, as already stated, was abol- 
ished in 1856, was re-established. Rev. C. J. Ehrehart, of Mid- 
dletown, Pa., an alumnus of the class of 1850, was unanimously 
chosen to the position, and constituted a member of the Faculty. 
Preliminary steps were taken to secure the necessary funds and 
put up the building. The Endowment Committee, appointed to 
" take charge of elTorts to complete the endowment of the Col- 
lege," was entrusted also with carrying out this plan for the 
Preparatory Department. The Committee consisted of Dr. C. A. 
H^, Herman Haupt, Esq., Rev. W. M. Baum, Rev. J. E. Graeff, 
and Dr. J. G. Morris. In accordance with the instructions given 
them, they issued an appeal " to the people of Gettysburg and 
Adams county" Tor liberal aid in the enterprise undertaken. 
Rev. A. McLaughlin was appointed as an agent to collect funds. 
The Committee also purchased, as a suitable site for the building, 
" two plots of ground, one from Mr. John Houck, of an acre and 
a half, with brick dwelling, well, etc., for ^1,100, and another 
from Mr. Joseph Wible, of an acre and a half, unimproved, for 
;^240." At a special meeting of the Board, January 10, 1866, 
these purchases were approved, and authority given to buy also, 
from Mr. Scott, the old '.' Ball-Alley" field, or so much of it as 
might be necessary to secure communication between the College 
and Preparatory building. The Principal of the Department was 
requested to visit several of the best schools of this class, inspect 
their arrangement,. and furnish the Committee with such informa- 
tion as he could thus acquire ; and also to co-operate with it in 
getting up a suitable plan of building. The general Endowment 
Committee was, at this meeting, relieved from further duty in 
reference to it, and another Committee, consisting of Dr. C. A. 
Hay, D. A. Buehler, Esq., Dr. H. S. Huber, Mr. A. D. Buehler, 
and Dr. W. M. Baum, was appointed to carry out the purposes 
and action of the Trustees concerning the new building. In 
August following, the name of Hon. E. McPherson was put in 
place of that of D. A. Buehler, Esq., on this Committee. 

For the purpose of accommodating the students of the Depart- 



THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. 4I 

merit, and especially of providing suitable lodgings for the 
younger boys, where they might be under the more particular 
care of the Principal until the new Hall could be erected, a tem- 
porary^ building was put up by the Committee, in connection with 
the Principal's own house on Carlisle street — Prof Ehrehart 
having purchased the property known as the Vance property, 
where Prof Breidenbaugh has since built his dwelling. This 
property extended along the eastern side of the street, from 
Stevens' Run, or "the Tiber," northward, beyond the limit of the 
range of houses since erected and now forming one of the most 
pleasant parts of Gettysburg. In this temporary building, the 
work of the Preparatory School was carried on until the new 
edifice was completed. 

At a meeting of the Trustees, January 30, 1867, a special 
Building Committee was appointed, consisting of Prof Ehrehart, 
Dr. Baugher, A. D. Buehler, Dr. H. S. Huber, and Dr. W. M. 
Baum. This Committee adopted plan and specifications furnished 
by Mr. Frazer, architect, Philadelphia. The plan included a 
centre building 63 by 55 feet, with wings, each 50 by 46 feet. It 
was decided to put up, for the present, only the main building. 
A contract was entered into with Mr. John R. Turner, of Carlisle, 
for the erection of the building for the sum of ;$i9,i6o — to be 
finished by July 1st, 1868. The corner-stone was laid August 
8th, 1867. On this occasion, Hon. M. Russell Thayer, of Phila- 
delphia, by invitation of the Committee, delivered an address in 
Christ Church, after which the corner-stone was laid, preceded by 
an address by Dr. S. S. Schmucker, and prayer by Dr. L. E. 
Albert, of Philadelphia. The addresses of Mr. Thayer and Dr. 
Schmucker were published in pamphlet by the Board of Trustees. 

The new Preparatory Building, though in an unfinished state, 
was occupied, with the consent of the contractor, at the begin- 
ning of the college year of 1868- 1869. The grounds about the 
building were graded and leveled off to some extent, and trees 
planted, under the direction of the building committee. The 
grading of the grounds, however, as we at present see them, owes 
much to improvement afterward made by the efforts of Superin- 
tendent Harrison. 



42 • HISTORY. 

Prof. Ehrehart resigned the Principalship of the Department 
April 19th, 1870. Various difficulties were in the way of re- 
organizing on the basis upon which the operations of the school 
had been carried on ; and the Board of Trustees, doing away with 
the office of Principal, elected Rev. S. Sentman as " Superinten- 
dent," to " reside in the building and have general charge of the 
Department, whilst the instruction should be given by Tutors 
under the direction of the Faculty." Mr. Sentman accepted the 
position, and entered on its duties at the opening of the next 
collegiate year. This arrangement provided home-like care and 
supervision, especially for the younger lads sent to the School, 
the Superintendent living, with his family, in the building, and 
furnishing boarding to the students. The temporary frame 
building which has been already mentioned as put up in connec- 
tion with Prof Ehrehart's house, was moved up and united, as it 
is still seen, with the brick house adjoining the Preparatory 
edifice, thus providing an ampler dining-room, etc. The teaching 
was done by two Tutors — J. Hay Brown, A. M., and Hart Gilbert, 
A. M. After a year J. A. Himes, A. B., took Mr. Brown's place. 
Mr. Sentman died December, 1871, after about two years of 
efficient service in his position. He had been a Trustee of the 
College since 1856, and the Board placed on record a minute 
expressive of their appreciation of his high Christian character 
and the faithfulness with which he fulfilled his duties in the rela- 
tions he sustained to the institution. 

After this Mr. Gilbert was constituted Principal, and with the 
aid of Tutors, conducted the work of the Department, until the 
opening of the college year in 1873, when Rev. P. L. Harrison, a 
graduate of Wittenberg College, who had been appointed as 
Superintendent, took charge of it. In the arrangement now 
made, while Mr. Harrison was Superintendent, he and Mr. Gil- 
bert became co-ordinate instructors. Mr. Harrison resigned 
June 28th, 1877. Prof P. M. Bikle, of the College, was then, by 
action of the Board of Trustees, constitued Principal of the De- 
partment in connection with the regular duties of his professor- 
ship, Mr. Gilbert continuing as instructor in the relation of Vice- 
Principal. At the same time, Mr. George R. Freeman, of the 



THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. 43 

class of '76, became Tutor, and continued to teach for one year. 
Mr. Gilbert resigned the Vice-Principalship at the close of the 
year, June, 1878. Mr. Holmes Dysinger and Mr. George J. 
Benner, both of the class of '78, were appointed Tutors in July, 
1 878-— the latter teaching under special employment but one 
year, when he was succeeded by Mr. Luther Kuhlman, of the 
class of '79, from June, 1879, to June, 1880. Mr. C. W. Heisler, 
of the class of '80, was appointed in June, 1880, in place of Mr. 
Kuhlman, resigned. A year later Prof Bikle resigned the place 
of Principal, and the entire instruction of the Department was 
devolved on the two Tutors, Mr. Dysinger and Mr. Heisler, as 
co-ordinate instructors — Mr. Dysinger for the time being attend- 
ing to the official business of the vacant principalship. 

This brings the sketch of the chief changes in the general 
arrangement and work in the Preparatory Department down to 
semi-centennial date. In the interest of simple justice, howev^er, 
and in order to make as prominent as possible the large number 
of those who have done efficient and valuable, but poorly re- 
quited service in the institution and work of education in this 
connection — some of them for considerable time and with great 
earnestness — and for the sake of distinct presentation of the 
names, dates and order of succession to the eye, we must add a 
full list of the teachers in this Department from the organiza- 
tion of the College. The list is arranged so as to exhibit 
together the Principals and Tutors in their respective relations, 
with the years of their service. Unfortunately, we are not able 
to give in all cases the exact dates at which the Tutors severally 
began and ended their work. We have to depend mainly on the 
Catalogues, the Minutes of both the Board and the Faculty fail- 
ing to supply the particulars desired. The Collegiate year, repre- 
sented by the Annual Catalogue, consists of parts of two civil 
years. This fact must be borne in mind, in order to understand 
the dates in the list of Tutors. In the double date, the first 
denotes the year in which the Tutor began, and the second the 
year in which he ended his service. This is the case even when 
he taught but a single year. 



44 insroKV. 

Krnst Friodorici 1S32- 

Ezra Keller 1S3J- 

\Vm. M. RiANOLPS. A. M.. Di/ici/>i)/, i8^;3-iS4i. 

F. Kurtz Heisly. A. H 1S34- 

Cluirles W. Schaefter 

Ivmanuel Frey 

George Diehl, A. B ^^37- 

Jas. L. Schock. A. B 1838- 

!\l. F. Staler. A. 1^ 1^39- 

M. 1.. Si\f.vi:k. A. M.. A7V<7><?.', 1841-1855. 

Gottleib Bassler. A 1> 1841- 

1. Wni Albaugh. A. B ^^^43" 

\\'a\. A. Renshaw. A. B 

Abraham Fssick. A. B 1 840- 

John K. Plitt. A, F 184;- 

\\'. U. Witherow. A. F^ 1848- 

1-. W . Frauns. A. F 

J. A. Tressler, A. B 

Milton Valoiitme. A. F 1850- 

Chas. j. Ehrehart. A. F 1850- 

J. A. Lefevtv. A F 1852- 

Lewis J. Bell. A. F 1852- 

Rev. H. S. Koons. A. ^l. (^Senior Vutor. 55- 5~^i853— 

r. r. ntus. a. b 1853- 

Erias Unangst. A F 1^54— 

Eli Huber, A. B \85cw 

J.. H. CroU, A. B. (Senior Tiitor^ 

J. A. Earnest A. F 1^57- 

S. J. Berlin, A. F 1858- 

E. S. Johnston. A. B 1858- 

J. G. Goettman. A. F 

Victor Miller. A. F ^859- 

H. F- Baugher. A. F 1850- 

\\ \ In^twald. A. F i8(.>:>- 

J. F. :NlcCreary. A. F i8cx?- 

"m. H. Richards. A. B 1801- 



333 

^^37 
^^34 

839 
840 
841 

84J 

840 
848 
848 
849 
849 
850 

8:;2 

853 

854 
856 

857 

8^8 

859 

860 
860 
860 

860 

862 
861 

863 



KDUCATIONAI. AI'I'LI ANCICS, AIM'AKATUS, KTC. 45 

D. Cuuhcr, 1H63 

C. V. S. Levy. A. H 1.S63-1864 

H. K. Jacobs, A. H. 1H64-1867 

Rev. C. J. l^iiKKiiAKT, A. M., Principai 1865-1870. 

C. J. Ki-dman, A. H., 1866- 1867 

Hart Gilbert, A. B. 1867- 1869 

W. ?:. Parson, A. H., 1867 

P. M. Bikle.A. B 1868 

\L S. Breidcnbaugh, A. B., 1 868-1869 

J. Hay Brown, A. B 1868-1871 

J. W. Richard, A. B., 1869- 1870 

W. C. Stcever, A. B. 1869 

Rev. S. Sentman, Superintendoit, 1870- 1871. 

Hart Gilbert, A. M., 1870- 1872 

John A. Himes, A. B. • 187F-1873 

Hart Gilbert, A. M., Principal, 1872-1873. 

John Brubaker, A. B., 1872-1873 

Rev. p. L. Harrison, A. M., Superintendent, 1873- 1877. 

Hart Gilbert.A. M., I,. ,• . t ♦ ♦ ,«^. ,q^^ 

,■ Co-ordinate Instructors. 1873-1877 

R L. Harri-son, A. M.. j /J // 

Proe. p. M. Bikle, a. M., Principal, 1 877-1 881. 

Hart Gilbert, A. M., Vice-Principal 1877-1878 

G. R. P>eeman, A. B 1877- 1878 

Holmes Dysinger, A. B., 1878- 

Geo. J. Benner, A. B 1878- 1879 

Luther Kuhlman, A. W., 1879-1880 

C. W. Heisler, A. B., 1880- 

At various times in the history of the Department special 
teachers have been employed for giving instruction in penman- 
ship, vocal music, etc., whose names are not included in the 
above list. 

VII. EDUCATIONAL APPLIANCES, APPARATUS, ETC. 

Library. — In the Gymnasium, "students of any denomina- 
tion, destined for the ministry of the gospel," had gratuitous 
access to the library of the Theological Seminary. For the 



46 HISTORY. 

accommodation of others, a separate library, we are told in a 
circular, was forming. The collection must have been very 
small, however, for in April, 1834, it is treated as nothing by the 
Board, and an appropriation of ^500 is made for "the purchase 
of an incipient library." In the following September, the Faculty 
report over 700 volumes, the greater part of which were pur- 
chased with that appropriation. At the same time acknowledg- 
ment is made of a large donation of very valuable books from 
Mr. Wm. Gwynn Jones, of Baltimore, and $100 are set apart to 
be annually expended in -the increase of the Library. As the 
new College edifice was not yet erected, in 1835 a room for the 
Library was rented of Prof Jacobs. Much care was exercised 
in those early years as to the kind of books allowed to be in it, 
as in 1834 a motion was made in the Board — not by a clergy- 
man — "to remove certain novels" from it. "After some debate," 
however, "on motion of Mr. Stevens, the subject was indefinitely 
postponed." 

In 1840 the number of volumes was 1,047. Additions were 
gradually made by purchase and by donations. In 1854 there 
were 2,356 volumes, at which time, through the efforts of the 
Faculty and the co-operation of kind friends, the nucleus of a 
special Library fund was formed, amounting to ^1,000, the inter- 
est of which was to be used in purchasing books. A special 
donation of books was received in 1855 from Dr. H. H. Muhlen- 
berg, of Reading, Pa., consisting of 378 volumes, with a case to 
contain them. At the same time the Conversations Lexicon, 10 
volumes, was received from Mr. Charles A. Morris, of York. 
About a year later. Dr. H. H. Muhlenberg presented 100 vol- 
umes more, and Prof F. A. Muhlenberg gave 100 volumes. In 
1857 Dr. H. H. Muhlenberg purchased the library of Rev. J. N. 
Hoffman, deceased, and presented it to the College. By these 
gifts, and by smaller contributions of many friends, among others 
Hon. James Buchanan, the Library received numerous works of 
much value. 

The invested Library fund was increased to ^1,500 in 1866, by 
a dividend of fifty per cent, upon the basis of the stock held in 
the Bank of Gettysburg. By a judicious appropriation of the 



EDUCATIONAL APPLIANCES, APPARATUS, ETC. 47 

proceeds annually for the purchase of the best works directly 
related to the studies of the College, and by other sources of 
increase, the Library has been steadily enlarged, and has now 
become respectable in size and well adapted to its distinctive ser- 
vice. It numbers at present about 8,200 volumes, and occupies 
the large room on the third floor of the College, on the north 
side, corresponding to the chapel on the south. This, however, 
does not exhibit all the library advantages enjoyed by the stu- 
dents. Each of the Literary Societies has a library of between 
six and seven thousand volumes, well selected from the various 
branches of general literature — a more particular account of 
which will belong to the sketches of the Societies. All together, 
the libraries number about 21,000 volumes. 

Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus. — The apparatus in 
the department of the physical sciences was, of course, at first 
quite meager. In the hands of Prof Jacobs, however, who pos- 
sessed rare skill, as well as industry, in utilizing and extemporiz- 
ing instruments for illustrative experiments, it was made to do 
very efficient service. As rapidly as possible, it was increased in 
amount and advanced in quality. A large and valuable addition 
was made to it in 1865, and a further increase in 1869. In 1872 
another enlargement was made, particularly in the apparatus and 
appliances for instruction in chemistry, and provision was made 
for Laboratory work. The special donation of ^1,000 for this 
purpose by Mr. Samuel Appold, of Baltimore, deserves to be 
mentioned. Ampler provision has since been gradually made, 
both in facilities for Laboratory work, and in the various other 
needful aids to scientific instruction. Each year has witnessed 
some improvement, but it all looks, nevertheless, to a complete- 
ness of equipment not yet attained. The philosophical apparatus 
at present is very respectable. What is possessed is first-class, 
but there are deficiencies that need to be made up. Progress in 
the physical sciences has recently been so great as to call for 
further enlargement of facilities in this direction. 

Astronomical Apparatus and Observatory. — A small, but 
very excellent Telescope was presented to the institution in 1854 
by Dr. H. H. Muhlenberg. In 1865 Rev. John E. Graeff, of 



48 HISTORY. . 

Philadelphia, secured for the College a superior, achromatic, 
refracting Telescope, of over nine feet focal length, with an object 
glass of six and a half inches aperture, the manufacture of Mertz 
& Son, opticians, of Munich, Germany. This instrument was 
purchased of the Sharon Observatory, near Philadelphia. It is 
furnished with five magnifying powers, varying from eighty-five 
to four hundred and sixty times ; with a complete set of sun- 
glasses, a prismatic reflector, an annular micrometer, and a ter- 
restrial eye-piece. 

The Observatory was built in 1874, and besides the Telescope, 
is supplied with a fine Transit Instrument, with graduated circle 
and the necessary attachments, and also with a good Break-Cir- 
cuit Chronometer, manufactured by T. S. and J. D. Negas, chro- 
nometer-makers to U. S. Navy, New York. 

Cabinet. — As early as 1835 we find records referring to the 
formation of a Mineralogical, Geological, and Natural History 
Cabinet. In 1844, by resolution of the Board, it was named The 
Morris Cabinet. The organization of the Linnaean Association 
in 1844, and the subsequent erection of the Linnsean Hall in 
1 846- 1 847, greatly helped to foster interest in the collection and 
effort to enlarge it. The students collected many valuable speci- 
mens, and various friends furnished acceptable and useful contri- 
butions to it. In 1866 the Mineralogical Cabinet of Mr. Seymour, 
of New York, was purchased for ^2,500 — " an extensive collec- 
tion, the result of thirty years' industry, containing many of the 
finest and rarest specimens of minerals in crystalline form to be 
found in this country." Numerous and valuable additions have 
been-made at various times since — probably a thousand specimens 
in the last three years. At present the Mineralogical Cabinet is 
in every way excellent, and admirably adapted to the purposes of 
instruction. Few colleges possess a better one. The specimens 
are typical, and represent not only the main important mineral 
species, but also many of the rarer ones, exhibiting often in many 
suites the multiplicity of forms belonging to the same mineral. 

The Geological Collection contains an excellent suite of speci- 
mens, representing the lithology of Pennsylvania, being duplicates 
furnished by the second Geological Survey. The Carboniferous 




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HENRY LEWIS BAUGHER, 
Professor 1832-1850; President 1850-1868. 



GETTYSBURG, PA. 



DEGREES. 49 

era of Pennsylvania is well represented in fossils and lithology. 
There is not as full a collection in other departments of geology 
as is desired. 

In 1867, Miss Elizabeth C. Morris, of Germantown, Pa., who 
had been for some time deeply interested in botanical study, pre- 
sented to the institution a large and very valuable Botanical Col- 
lection. Subsequently, Prof Thos. C. Porter, of Easton, who is 
well known in this State for his researches, especially in the 
Cryptogams, gave the College a fine collection of Mosses and 
Hepatica. The general Herbarium and the Porter Herbarium 
of Mosses and Hepatica together contain at least 5,400 specimens, 
representing 5000 species. The whole is well arranged and in 
good condition, being a full representation of the Atlantic Amer- 
ican Flora. 

A Conchological Cabinet, containing some rare and valuable 
specimens, has been collected by Dr. J. G. Morris, of Baltimore, 
whose contributions to the different parts of the Museum, and 
whose personal labor in arranging much of it, from the earliest 
years of the College to the present, deserve a special acknowl- 
edgment. 

In Zoology, again by the generous efforts of Dr. Morris, we 
have the nuclei of collections in several of the animal sub- 
kingdoms. 

Miscellaneous Collections, numismatological, Indian relics, his- 
torical mementoes, natural curiosities, battle-field memorials, etc., 
help to make up the aggregate Museum, and not only add to its 
interest, but frequently serve the purposes of instruction. 

VIII. DEGREES. 

Regular Degrees. — To all members of the Graduating Class, 
in full and regular standing, a diploma is granted conferring the 
Academic degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

The degree of Master of Arts, in course, is conferred on 
Bachelors of three or more years' standing ; but, by resolution 
of the Board of Trustees, all applicants for this degree must 
make application to the Faculty, in writing, at least one week 
before the Annual Commencement. 
4 



50 HisroKY. 

The dci^roo of Ixichelor of Science is conferred on students 
who, with adequate previous attainments, pursue a special scien- 
tific course, and sustain an examination for the degree. 

rrovision is made for post-graduate degrees upon completing 
a prescribed course of study, according to the degree for which 
the student is a candidate, from the following general depart- 
ments: INIoral Philosophy and Evidences of Christianity-. ]\Ieta- 
physics, the Physical Sciences, Mathematics and its Applications, 
the Ancient Classical Lan^tuages and Literature, French and Ger- 
man. Political and Social Science. History. Biology. Comparative 
Philologw Philosoph)- and Letters. A satisfactor\- examination 
on the prescribed course is required, and also a thesis written to 
be submitted to a committee of the Faculty for their approval. 

Honorary Degrees Conferred. — Pennsyl\-ania College has 
not been lavish with these favors. She has not allowed herself 
the easy freedom of undiscriminating and excessive granting of 
honorary titles, that has marked the practice of some colleges 
and universities of the country, and lowered the dignit}' and 
value of such distinctions. Some may think she has been un- 
wisely sparing with these gifts; but her course is justified by the 
estimate at which their worth is rated. The general standard 
which the Board c~>f Trustees adopted for itself, in 1859. will be 
approved as reasonable — that the Gradam Sacnr T/h'oA)^i\e 
7)rtY<>m must not be conferred upon a clergvTnan "w^ho has not 
given evidence satisfoctory to a majority of the Board of exten- 
sive theological learning, by writings or by his diligent studies." 
but "must be a man generally known in the communit)* as a 
scholar, sedulously pursuing theological science, and rising above 
his brethren around him in scholarh* attainments." 

Nevertheless, the recipients of hononarj' scholastic degrees of 
various kinds from the College form quite a long list, beginning 
in 1835. as follows: 

7. jyif Degree of D. D. or S. T. D. 
1S35. Rev. John Bachman. Rev. George A. Lintner. 

1S30.' Rev. William Earnest. Rev. John G. Morris. 

1S44. Rev. Henry X. Pohlman. 
1845. Rev. Thomas H. Stockton. 



i)i:(.i<i';i:s. 5 1 

1850. I\(v. Aii^nistiis Wtbster, Kcv. (Iiailcs I'. ScIiacTrcr. 

Kcv. I Icnry I. Schmidt, 

1S52. Rev. Charles A. Smith, Rev. Charles W. S< hacHrr. 
1854. Rev. David V. Hiltlc:. 

1856. Rev. W. J. Mann, Rev. C. I'.. rt. 1(1. Id Kraiith, 

Rev. (jeor^t- l)i(hl, Rev. A, li. I.o(hmaii. 

1859. Rev. Charles A. Hay, Rev. \\. dreciiwald, 

Rev. I'rol. J. Allen Brown, Rev. Joseph A. Sei.s.s. 

i860. Rev. Jonathan Oswald, Rev. Wm. A. i'assavanl. 
1863. Kev. James L. .Schock. 

1866. Rev. VV. !•:. Ilutler, Rev. William N. .Seholl. 
Rev. Milton Valentine, 

1867. Ric:v. William M. Raum, Kev. Benjamin Sadtler, 

Rev. I.iither 1'^. Albert, Rev. Aiif.;iistiis C. W'tdekind. 

1868. Rev. John (jeo. Butler, Rev. Tliomas K. ('0111 ad. 
Rev. Lawrence W. Bates, 

\HGj. Rev. I'eter Salim, Rev. O. O. McClean. 

Rev. Benjamin B. I lamlin, 

1874. Rev. Luther A. Cotwald, Rev. Rculxn A. I'"inl:, 

Kev. C. I'. Stellin^^ Rev. J. /. Sendcrlin-,. 

Kev. Charles A. Stork, 

1876. Rev. 1'. I<\.-lts, Rev. ReulK:n Weiser. 
Rev. Auf.(ustus Bahl), 

1877. Kev. jjenjann'n I'". Bittinj^er. 
[880. Kev. I'rof. li. L. iiauuhcr. 

1881. Kev. I'rof. J. A. Kimkelman, Rev. I'"phraim Miller, 

Kev. iVter lierj^stresser, Kev. Marshall Smith. 

2. J I o Horary Degree of A. M. 

1839. I'rr>r. Herman Haujit, Kev. i'rof. Kerr. 

1841. i'rof William \). Strobcl, JVof Henry W. 1 horpe. 

1842. Kev. Samuel Spreclicr, Kev. William N. Sciioll. 

1844. Rev. John Ulricii, Rev. Simeon Harkey, 
Rev. Daniel Miller, Prof. S. S. Haldeman. 

1845. Rev. Jonathan Oswald, J. H. Jirown. 

1848. Kev. Henry Matthews, Kev. I'rof V. Springer, 

i'rof I<Vederick Sturm^ iVof Wiiiiam Sturm. 
(Nurcnil>cr({, Havana.) (Nuretnljcr^j, Havana.) 

1850. Rev. Joseph A. Seiss. 

185 I. Hon. Conrad iiaker, John Kilburn, Ivscj. 
Hon. Ci. S. (Jrtii, 



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HISTORY. 



;854. 

[856. 
:858. 

[859- 
;86o. 
861. 
862. 
866. 
;869. 
:87o. 

'I. 

873- 
874. 

1875. 
;876. 

;878. 

:879- 
;88i. 

[866. 
;869. 
:872. 

^11- 
;874. 

;877. 
[878. 
;88o. 



Rev. J. F. Campbell, 
Rev. J. B. Davis. 
Stephen Hersh, 
George Dock, ]\I. D., 
Rev. A. L. Bridgman. 

J. A. Lynch, Esq. 

Rev. ]\I. J. Alleman. 
A. S. Evster. 



James Willard, :\I. D. 
Rev. John N. Hoffman, 
H. E. Muhlenberg, IVI. D., 
R. G. McCrear^', Esq., 
S. W. IVIifflin, Esq., 
Rev. Prof. H. Eggers. 
Rev. D. Focht, 
Rev. Daniel Steck, 
Rev. John G. Butler, 
T. F. Lehman, 
Rev. M. Sheeleigh. 
Rev. Samuel Henr}-. 
Geo. W. Ruby. 
John Lutz, Esq. 
Rev. H. C. Shindle, 
Rev. Nicolas Wert, 
John K. Shr}'ock. 
Rudolph M. Shick. 
Rev. Charles Anderson, 
Prof. L. F. M. Easterday, 
Robert Horner, M. D. 
Rev. W. H. Luckenbach, 
Rev. S. W. Owen, 
Rev. Wm. H. Diven. 
Aaron Sheely, 
Lemuel O. Foose, 
Rev. John Tomlinson, 
Charles E. Sadtler, ^L D. 

J. Honorary Degree of Ph. D. 
Prof Alfred M. Mayer. 

Prof. H. R. Geiger. Benjamin Aycrigg. 

Rev. Cyrus Thomas. 
Rev. Prof. Samuel Aughey'. 

James Macfarlane, Prof S. Carson Wells. 

Prof. Theodore Wormle}-, ^I. D. 

Prof. Wm. J. T. Carroll, Thomas J. Turner, I\L D. 

Geo. W. Rubv, Rev. Victor L. Conrad. 



Rev. F. T. Hoover. 

Rush Clay Hammersly, Esq. 



Rev. ^I. Rhodes. 



Prof. Horace Wilson. 

(Tokio, Japan.) 

Rev. A. D. Rowe. 

(^India.) 



HONORS AND PRIZES. 53 

^. Degree of LL. D. 

1866. Gen. J. L. Chamberlain, Gen. O. O. Howard. 

1867. Hon. Stephen Colwell, Hon. E. McPherson. 
1 87 1. Hon. Jeremiah S. Black. 

1874. Hon. Godlove S. Orth, Rev. Dr. Samuel Sprecher. 
Rev. Dr. C. Porterfield Krauth, 

1875. Rev. Dr. John G. Morris. 

1876. Prof. Alfred Stille, M. D. 

5. Honorary Degree of A. B. 
1866. Rev. F. T. Hoover. 
1873. Malcom O. Smith. 
1878. Allan D. Albert. 

IX. HONORS AND PRIZES. 

Honors. — In the earlier period of the institution, the Class 
Honors consisted in the special appointments for the Latin Salu- 
tatory, English Salutatory, Greek Oration, and Valedictory. 
These appointments were made on the basis of superior scholar- 
ship and suitableness. In 1861, in consequence of difficulties 
in the application and operation of this method, the Board 
enacted a new rule, viz.. That the Faculty " assign the honors of 
the institution for scholarship, good conduct, etc., three or more 
in number, as they may be determined by the system of notation 
in use, irrespective of the Exercises of Commencement, said 
honors to be entered upon the records of the institution and to 
be announced on the Commencement programmes ;" and further, 
that " in assigning the Valedictory, Greek Speech, Latin and 
English Salutatories, and German Speech, the Faculty assign in 
accordance with the special capacities of the members of the 
class for the particular exercise, irrespective of the honors afore- 
said." This made the Honors and Appointments distinct things; 
and if they have sometimes coincided in falling to the same per- 
son, it has been simply because " special capacity for the particu- 
lar exercise " threw them together. The following is a list of 
those who received the honors and appointments from 1834, 
when the first class was graduated, down to the present time : 
L. stands for Latin Salutatory, E. for English Salutatory, G. for 



54 



HISTORY 



Greek Oration, Ger. for German Oration, P. for Philosophical 
Oration, and V. for Valedictory. The figures denote First Honor, 
Second Honor, etc. 



L.— W. H. Smith. 
v.— D. G. Barnitz. 

1835- 
L.— M. G. Dale. 
\'.— Theo. Stork. 

L. — E. Fre}-. 
V. — Geo. Diehl. 

1838. 
L. — M. L. Stoever. 
v.— J. E. Naill. 

L.— C. A. Hay. 

V. — P". R. Anspach. 

1840. 
L. — G. Bassler. 
v.— H. D. Downey. 

1841. 
L.— W. B. :McCIeIlan. 
V. — J. Scherer. 

' 1842. 
L.— J. Kohler. 
V. — P. G. Saiierwein. 

^ 1843- 
L.— A. H. Smith. 
v.— \\'. H. Harrison. 

1844. 
L. — J. B. Bitting-er. 
v.— R. H. Clarkson. 

1845. 
L.— j. \V. Stocker. 
V._^I. Miller. 



1846. 
L.— \\\ M. Baum. 
G. — J. A. Houck. 
V. — J. M. Clement. 

184;. 
L.— W. H. W'itherow. 
G. — F. \\\ Brauns. 
\\_A. Essick. 

1848. 
L.— G. C. IMaiind. 
E.— G. B. Allston. 
v.— E. McPherson. 

1849. 
L. — H. S. Koons. 
E.— J. C. Badham. 
\'. — John E. Smith. 

1850. 
L.— Prof. H. Reck. 
G. — M. Valentine. 
\'. — J. F. Crocker. 

1831. 
L. — J. A. Lefevre. 
V. — J. S. Crumbaugh. 

' 1 85 J. 
L.— ?. R. Wagonseller. 
E. — G. H. Spang. 
v.— R. Hill. 

1853. 
L. — B. C. Suesserott. 
G.— W. F. Ulery. 
V._T. T. Titus. 

1854. 
L. — A. Lono-. 



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E.— D. J. Tritle. 

G. — G. W. Schmucker. 

v.— John T. Ross. 

1855. 
L.— L. H. Croll. 
G.— E. Huber. 
v.— S. A. Holman. 

1856. 
L.— H. W. Kuhns. 
E. — J. Weidman. 
G. — Adam Hoy. 
v.— T. W. Do.sh. 

1857. 
L.— L. A. Bikle. 
E. — L. A. Gotwald. 
G. — H. L. Baugher. 
v.— J. R. Dimm. 

1858. 
L.— J. B. Rath. 
G. — J. B. Kershner. 
V. — Victor Miller. 

1859. 
L.— F. B. Wolf. 
V. — J. G. Goettman. 

i860. 
L.— M. H. Richards, 
v.— D. L. Tressler. 

1861. 
L.— C. W. Knauff. 
¥.. — C. E. Murray. 
G. — A. Thompson, 
v.— M. C. Horine. 

1862. 
I.— C. V. S. Levy. 
2. — J. T. L. Sahm. 
3.— H. H. Keedy, H. E. Jacobs, 
and F. E. Beltzhoover. 



L. — F. E. Beltzhoover. 
E.— J. T. L. Sahm. 
v.— C. V. S. Levy. 
1863. 

I.— E. J. Wolf. 

2. — Eugene L. Rowe. 

3. — Davis Garber. 

4. — J. L. Smith. 
L. — Eugene L. Rowe. 
G.— E. J. Wolf 
v.— J. L. Smith. 
1864. 

I. — E. W. Meisenhelder. 

2. — J. D. Schindel. 

3. — J. Clinton Hill. 

4. — F". Muhlenberg. 
L.— J. D. Schindel. 
E. — F. Muhlenberg. 

P. — E. W. Meisenhelder. 
v.— J. Clinton Hill. 
1865. 

I. — C. J. Erdman. 

2.— J. C. Koller and T. C. BiU- 
heimer. 

3. — Sam'l F. Rathvon. 
L. — C. J. Erdman. 
G. — T. C. Billheimer. 
v.— J. C. Koller. 
1866. 

I. — J. A. Beeber. 

2. — H. L. Ziegenfuss and A. J. 

Riley. 
3.— P. M. Bikle. 
L.— P. M. Bikle. 
G. — C. C. Hengerer. 
v.— J. A. Beeber. 



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HISTORY. 








1867. 


4-- 


— Benj. Kurtz. 




1.- 


-C. S. Albert. 


L.- 


—¥.. F. Bartholomew. 




1 _ 


-S. r. Sadtlcr. 


V.- 


-Charles, p:. Hay. 




3-" 


-J. R. Custer and l\ 


H. 


1872. 






Schaeffer. 


I.- 


—John Brubaker. 




4- 


— \\'. E. Parson. 


"> _ 


-\\\ K. T. Sahm. 




L.- 


-C. S. Albert. 


^ 
,"(• 


—]. ]\P P'riday. 




V.- 


— W. E. Parson. 


4-- 


— G. \\\ Fortney. 






1868. 


L.- 


— G. W. P'ortney. 




I.- 


— A. J. Erdman. 


\\- 


—John Brubaker. 




2.- 


—P. K. P^rdnian. 




' i^S-3- 




3-- 


— \\\ C. Staner. 


1.- 


— W'm. S. P^reas. 




4- 


— E. S. l^reidenbaugh an 


id J. 2.- 


— J. A. Sino-master. 






W. Riehard. 


3-" 


-C. H. Traver. 




I..- 


— W. C. Strever. 


4-- 


— L. L. Sieber. 




(i.- 


— A. 1. l^rdman. 


L.- 


— P A. Singmaster. 




\\ 


— P. K. iMdnian. 
1869. 


\\- 


— Wm. S. P'reas. 
1874. 




I.- 


— Edward T. Horn. 


1.- 


—J. B. Focht. 




o _ 


— Thos. R. Beeber. 


-> . 


-L. A. Burrell and J. L. 


A. 


3'" 


— C. W. Humrichouse 


and 


Burrell. 






P". R. Feitshans. 


3" 


—T. D. Beeber. 




4-- 


—J. J. Brinkerhofif. 


4-- 


— H. W. Harter. 




L. 


— pAiward T. Horn. 


l;- 


—M. B. Hartzell. 




K. 


— V. R. P'oitshans. 


G.- 


— L. A. Burrell. 




\'. 


— T. I. Brinkerhoff. 
" 1870. 


\\ 


—J. B. Focht. 
1^75- 




1. 


—J. A. Hinies. 


I.- 


— G. P:. M. Herbst. 




2.- 


—J. S. Kendelhart. 


^ _ 


— D. C. Hillegass. 






— B. J. Hickman. 




— James jNIcConaughy. 




4-- 


— W. A. List. 


4-- 


—v.. D. \\'eiole. 




L. 


—J. A. Himes. 


L. 


— G. E. M. Herbst 




V. 


— \\'. A. List. 


\'. 


— James AL^Conaughy. 
i8;6. 




1. 


— Chas. E. Hay. 


\. 


— Jacob Yutzy. 




-) 


— ¥.. V. Bartholomew. 


'i . 


— Geo. R. Freeman. 




3- 


— R. H. Kline. 


3- 


— Samuel. E. Smith. 





HONORS AND PRIZES. 



57 



4.— P. C. Croll and S. S. Wil- 

lard. 
L. — Jacob Yutzy. 
V. — Geo. R. Freeman, 

1877. 
I. — George W. Gro.s.s. 
2.— Alter Y. Shindel. 
3. — Harry B. Wile. 
4. — Wm. M. Baiim, Jr. 
L. — Wm. M. Baum, Jr. 
G. — George W. Gross, 
v.— Harry B. Wile. 

1878. 
I. — John F. C. Rupp. 
2. — Holmes Dysinger and Geo. 

M. Gulp. 
3. — H. Max. Lentz. 
4. — Geo. J. Benner. 
L. — Geo. J. Benner. 
V. — Holmes Dysinger. 

1879. 
I.— Wm. K. Hill, 
2. — L. Kuhlman. 

Prizes. — In 1856, Dr. H. H. Muhlenberg, of Reading, Pa., 
contributed a sum of money, which he afterward increased to 
$500, as a permanent fund, the interest of which is to be given 
at the close of the year to that member of the PVeshman class 
who is found to have attained the highest scholarship in all the 
regular studies of his class. 

In 1862, Paymaster C. W. Hassler, of the United States Navy, 
offered a gold medal, to be awarded to the best Latin scholar 
in the Junior class of 1863. In 1866, he contributed for perma- 
nent investment the sum of ^250, to purchase annually a gold 
medal to be awarded to the student of the Junior cla.ss who at 
the end of the year is the best Latin scholar. 

Rev. John E. Graeff, of Philadelphia, cla.ss of '43, in 1866 
founded a prize for the best flssay from the Senior cla.ss on a 



3. — Harry C. Picking. 
4. — Geo. S. Diven. 
L. — Harry C. Picking. 
v.— L. Kuhlman. 

1880. 
I.— C. W. Heisler. 
2.— L. N. Fleck and W. E. 

Stabler. 
3.— D. Fleischer and A. IT. F. 

Fisher. 
4. — .S. G. Valentine. 
L.— W. E. Stabler, 
v.— C. W. Heisler. 
Gen— A. H. F. Fi.sher. 

1881. 
I. — Wm. P. Swartz. 
2.— F. R. Kahler, S. J. Taylor 

and Geo. L. Croll. 
3. — Chas. M. Eyster. 
4. — M. F. Zimmerman. 
L. — Wm. P. Swartz. 
v.— S. J. Taylor. 



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HISTORY. 



subject previously assigned. The prize is awarded by a Com- 
mittee appointed by the Professor of English Literature. 

The following is a list of those to whom these prizes have 
been severally awarded each year. The subject of the Graeff 
Prize Essay is mentioned in connection with the name of the suc- 
cessful competitor: 

Muhlenberg Freshman Prize. 
1858. 



1859. 
i860. 



C. W Knauff and 
J. Harvey White. 
F. E. Beltzhoover. 
J. H. Wieting and 

B. H. James. 

1 861. E. W. Meisenh elder, 

C. F. Kuhnle, and 
C. G. A. Schmucker. 

1862. J. C. Roller, 

Chas. L. Garver, and 
S. Stouffer. 
P. M. Bikle. 

B. C. Snyder and 

C. S. Albert. 
W. F. Muhlenberg and 
W. C. Stoever. 
E. T. Horn and 
A. S. Garver. 
Chas. E. Hay and 



1863. 
1864. 

1865. 

1866. 



B. Kurtz and 
F. G. Knapp. 

1869. J. Brubaker. 

1870. W. S. Freas. 

1 87 1. H. M. Evans. 

1872. Jas. McConaughy. 

1873. Jacob Yutzy. 

1874. Edwin J. Farber. 

1875. Geo. J. Benner. 

1876. H. C. Picking. 

1877. D. Fleisher. 

1878. W. P. Swartz and 

C. M. Eyster. 

1879. W. C. Sheely. 

1880. W. L. McPherson and 
Allen J. Smith. 

1 88 1. A. S. Fichthorn. 



1867. 



M. B. Snyder. 

Hassler Junior Prize. 



1863. E. W. Meisenhelder. 

1866. Beniah C. Snyder. 

1867. A. J. Erdman. 

1868. E. T. Horn. 

1869. J. A. Himes. 

1870. Chas. E. Hay. 

1871. Christian Hoover. 
Wm. S. Freas. 
J. B. Focht. 



1872. 
1873- 



1874. Jas. McConaughy. 

1875. Jacob Yutzy. 

1876. Alter Y. Shindel. 

1877. Geo. J. Benner. 

1878. H. C. Picking. 

1879. C. W. Heisler. 

1880. C. M. Eyster. 

1 88 1. W. C. Sheely. 



government, discipline, etc. 59 

Graeff Prize. 

1867. P. H. Schaeffer — "Julius Caesar." 

1868. P. K. Erdman—" Merchant of Venice." 

1869. E. T. Horn — "Pilgrim's Progress" — First Part. 

1870. J. A. Himes — " Macbeth." 

1 87 1. B. Kurtz and J. A. Emery — Milton's " Comus." 

1872. John Brubaker — "Cotter's Saturday Night." 

1873. J. A. Singmaster — " Vicar of Wakefield." 

1874. J. B. Focht — Tennyson's " Idyls of the King." 

1875. Jas. McConaughy — Drake's " Culprit Fay." 

1876. Geo. C. Henry — Scott's " Marmion." 

1877. Geo. W. Gross — Pope's " Rape of the Lock." 

1878. Geo. J. Benner — Shakespeare's " Coriolanus." 

1879. Geo. S. Diven — Byron's " Childe Harold." 

1880. Millard F. Troxell— Goldsmith's " Deserted Village." 

1 88 1. S. J. Taylor — Longfellow's " Song of Hiawatha." 

1882. W. C. Sheely — De Quincey's "Confessions of an Opium 

Eater." 

Scholarships. — In 1857, W. G. Thompson, Esq., of Lancaster, 
established a permanent Scholarship for the purpose of giving 
the benefit of a collegiate education to the most successful in- 
digent pupil who should pass through the prescribed course in 
the High School of Gettysburg. 

Mr. Daniel W. Hall, of Washington, D. C, in 1863, left to the 
institution a legacy of ;^3,ooo to endow scholarships for the edu- 
cation of indigent pious young men for the ministry of the Gos- 
pel in the Lutheran Church. The Board of Trustees accordingly 
constituted eight permanent scholarships, based on this gift and 
an earlier contribution by Mr. Hall, to be used for the purpose 
designated, and named them the " Hall Scholarships," as a me- 
morial of the giver. 
• 

X. GOVERNMENT, DISCIPLINE, ETC. 

This subject has a history, but it shall here remain unwritten. 
Human nature — especially student nature — being what it is, it 
would indeed be strange if in the course of fifty years of College 
life, besides the need of constant, thoughtful, and kindly super- 



6o HISTORY. 

vision and helpful direction, there had not been frequent occa- 
sions for repressive and even exclusive discipline. But these are 
experiences that, like the admonitions of the sacred privacy of 
home, are not for the pen of histor\% but to pass into oblivion as 
soon as the necessities that occasioned them are past and the 
happier fruits of the correction are secured. When the alumni 
and former students are found in the honorable activities of man- 
ful life, rising to distinction in the professions and callings in which 
they are achieving careers of usefulness in the servdce of God and 
humanit}^ the " dead past " may well be allowed to entomb all 
experiences of this sort in unbroken silence, so that there shall be 
no " reminiscences " of them for either boasting or mortification. 
The education of the heart and the development of character, 
in connection with the training of the mind in our higher institu- 
tions, have always involved some of the most difficult problems 
in educational work. They make the subject of college govern- 
ment and order one of great importance. This importance was 
recognized by this institution from the first, and determined the 
adoption of the system of supervision and the rules of order and 
conduct that were regarded as best suited not only to success in 
study, but to the safety and culture of pure, moral and Christian 
character and life. It led to the establishment of the kind of 
government which is usually called " parental," to indicate at 
once the carefulness of its supervision and the kindliness of its 
discipline. It has always aimed sedulously to guard the moral 
purit\' and safet}- of the young men placed in its care, to recover 
the erring, and strengthen the principle of self-respect and manly 
Christian self-control. A very^ gratifying success in this respect 
has marked the histor\^ of Pennsylvania College life, so that there 
has been comparatively infrequent necessit}^ for the severer forms 
of discipline, and the general grade of deportment and moral life 
in the institution has been good. No special change has taken 
place in the methods, except that under the present presidency, in 
1868, the evening visitation of the students' rooms by the Tutor, 
some time between bell-ringing and ten o'clock, of which the 
former students have distinct remembrance, was abolished, and 
the students were placed on their honor to observ^e the hours of 



RELIGIOUS RELATIONS AND HISTORY. 6l 

study and presence in the building, under rules of regular per- 
missions and reporting. The experience of the years since has 
justified the change. 

XI. RELIGIOUS RELATIONS AND HISTORY. 

Pennsylvania College had its origin in Christian faith and 
Christian aims. The unique fact already rnentioned, that its 
establishment came through the desires and plans of the Theo- 
logical Seminary, is itself proof of this, and shows that its 
founders consecrated its educational service and influence to 
Christ and His Church. 

The conception of education which underlies the foundations 
of the institution is that the young can be rightly trained for the 
work and responsibilities of life, for their place and duties in both 
society and the State, only when their intellect is educated under 
the light and quickening force of Christian truth and principles. 
It holds that the highest end of the educational process is char- 
acter, that the true manhood is Christian manhood, and that 
education fails of its noblest function if carried on in neglect of 
the moral and spiritual nature, or the truth given for it. It be- 
lieves that Christianity rightly bears the commission to " teach 
all nations," and becomes the true educator because it gives, in 
connection with all other knowledge, the great truths most vital 
for character. This conception accepts all the truths of nature 
and science, of human experience and history, as divine, to be 
studied and used under the special illumination that comes from 
revelation. It believes that the course of history and the facts 
of science can be correctly and fully interpreted, in their har- 
monies and significance, only when the teacher views everything 
under the explaining light of the great plan of redemption which 
solves the meaning of the world's design and movement. Chris- 
tianity gives the key for the explanation of nature, and holds the 
highest commission to lead the way through the fields of science 
and philosophy. All through history the impulse and power of 
Christianity for education have been most strikingly shown. 
Nearly all the great universities of Christendom are monuments 
of its educational tendencies and powers. It is the great friend 



62 HISTORY. 

of science, and the best educator of men for their place and work 
in hfe. The strong words of Daniel Webster most strikingly 
express the truth : " It has been the duty, as it has been the 
effort, of the great and good, to sanctify human knowledge, to 
bring it to the fount and to baptize learning into Christianity, to 
gather up all its productions," its earliest and its latest, its blos- 
soms and its fruit, and lay them all upon the altar of religion and 
virtue." * 

Founded thus for the purposes of Christian higher education, 
it was established also under the auspices of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church, not in any contracted, narrow or sectarian 
sense, but as an institution in and through which the Lutheran 
Church might bear an honorable part in the great work of 
American College education. The whole organization of the 
College, therefore, the curriculum, the rules of order, daily re- 
quirements and Sunday exercises, were determined with refer- 
ence to this great design of permeating the training of the 
young in all departments of letters, science and philosophy, with 
the all-informing truths of religion. The moral and religious 
elements were from the first made prominent, and kept so. 
Natural Theolog}', Christian Evidences, and Moral Science, at 
once took full place in the course of study; and the instruction 
was, and has been ever kept, directed with a view to personal 
character as well as mental training. The entire teaching of the 
institution has been sought to be made conducive to the estab- 
lishment of the students in the great truths of God, responsi- 
bility, duty, and all the doctrines and moralit}' of the Gospel. 
The -institution sees no conflict between religion and science, 
but recognizes training in both as the true education. Morning 
and evening prayers, with required attendance of the students, 
from the first formed, and still form, part of the daily order; with 
a special Biblical recitation e\'ery Sabbatli — for man\- late years 
in the Greek Testament — for direct instruction in the doctrines of 
Christianity and the duties of the Christian life. Attendance upon 
the public services of the Lord's Day have been insisted on, as 

* In the Supreme Court, in the Girard Will case. 



RELIGIOUS RELATIONS AND HISTORY. 63 

not only .strcn^rthcnin<,r to the principle of virtue, but as directly 
bringing the students under the means of grace. 

Through the entire history of the College, a very large pro- 
portion of the students have been members of the Church, many 
of them pursuing their studies with a view to the ministry of the 
Gospel. In very few colleges, indeed, has the number of church 
members been relatively so large, or the tone of moral and 
.spiritual life so healthy and positive. About three-fourths oftho.se 
in the College proper have been professing Christians. Taking 
the Preparatory Department into the count, where the students 
are younger, the proportion has been somewhat less. Out of 663 
graduates — including the class of 1882 — 368 have been for the 
ministry. About 120 others, taking only a partial course, have 
studied for this service. From the beginning a regular general 
weekly prayer-meeting has been carried on by the students, and 
most of the time each class has had a Class Prayer-meeting. 
These devotional services, attended in greater or less degree, 
have helped to sustain and quicken the religious influence in the 
institution. , 

Under the encouragement of Dr. Baughcr and others, a 
"Young Men's Christian Asssociation" was formed March 16, 
1867. It was organized, as stated in its constitution, "for mutual 
encouragement and assistance in every good word and work, for 
united efforts for the .salvation of souls, for the improvement of 
the .spiritual condition of the students, for obtaining information 
concerning the progress of our Redeemer's kingdom, and stimu- 
lating interest and activity in the cause of missions." The or- 
ganization has been .steadily maintained. It has held monthly 
meetings, at which addresses are delivered by both active and 
honorary members, questions of religious interest discussed in 
es.says and in way of mutual conference, and information is 
reported from mission fields and other colleges, suited to culti- 
vate and enlarge interest in the cause of religion. The Associa- 
tion provides for a public annual discourse, delivered by some 
minister, on the Lord's-Day evening of the Commencement 
week. These public discourses, attracting large audiences, have 
thus far been given by the following gentlemen: 1868, Rev. Dr. 



64 HISTORY. 

C. W. Schaeffer; 1869. Rev. Dr. J. T. Duryea; 1870, Rev. Dr. J 
Swartz; 1871, Rev. Dr. F. W. Conrad; 1872, Rev. S. B. Barnitz 
1873, Rev. S. Domer; 1874, Rev. Dr. Daniel March; 1875, Rev 
Dr. D. F. Bittle; 1876, Rev. B. F. Alleman; 1877, Rev. Dr. C. A 
Stork; 1878, George Miiller. Bristol. England; 1879, Rev. W 
W.Criley; 1880, Rev. Dr. W. W. Patton; 1881, Rev. Dr. Thomas 
Guard. 

This Association has done good and serviceable work in the 
institution ever since its organization. It has stimulated Chris- 
tian activity, and afforded ways and opportunities for effort. On 
various occasions, especially in connection with seasons of un- 
usual religious interest, it has, under the di\ine blessing, contrib- 
uted largely to the success of efforts to interest the careless and 
bring them to Christ. 

The histor}' of the College has been marked by many special 
seasons of religious awakening and numerous conversions. In a 
circular issued by the Faculty' in 1849, they say of it already at 
that time : " It has been blessed with frequent Scriptural revivals 
of religion." Some of those thus referred to, and others of later 
date, deserve to be particularly mentioned on account of the large 
number of students who became Christians in connection with 
them and through their influence. Worthy of such special 
record were those enjoyed in 1837, 1841, 1843, 1846, 1850, 1866, 
and 1875. These occasions were marked by a decided quicken- 
ing of the religious life of the Christian students, by earnest and 
faithful preaching of the word in the Church, daily meetings for 
prayer and fellowship in the College, and personal effort of 
students among their fellow-students. Sometimes the interest 
reached nearly all the students, many connecting themselves with 
the Church, some of them here, some of them at their homes. 
In the religious awakening of 1875, only two of the students of 
the College proper, it is said, were left that did not confess the 
Saviour. Quite a number on this occasion, as well as in the 
earlier awakenings, consecrated themselves to the work of the 
ministr}', and are now doing devoted and effective service in the 
sacred office. 

But additions to the Church from among the students have 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. 65 

not been confined to such occasions. Under the regular means 
of grace, surrounded by the reh'gious influences of the institu- 
tion, under the unremitted efforts of the instructors, there have 
been every year admissions in larger or smaller numbers to the 
Church. Students have usually formed a good part of the 
annual classes of catechumens and of those confirmed. 

It would be more than could be justly expected, that in a 
period of fifty years and an attendance in the aggregate of over 
2500 students, there should be found no cases of deterioration 
of piety or surrender to depravity and sin. Considering how 
hard it is, even in the most moral and Christian communities, and 
in pious homes, to secure the young against evil in them and 
about them, and tide them over the perilous period of opening 
manhood, to guard them all safely from inevitable temptations 
and keep their steps from stumbling, it is not to be wondered at, 
however much it may be regretted, that some instances of failure 
should have occurred in this institution, as in all others. But the 
cases have been veryr few, and against the strong influence and 
actual order and course of life in the College. Very many have 
become .Christians during their course. The whole period of the 
institution has .presented only a few cases of students entering 
true Christians, and leaving it no longer such. Even in these 
cases the failure may not have been due to their being here. The 
moral and spiritual influences have been not only strongly pro- 
tective, but invigorating to piety, and the whole religious history 
of the College shows that in a gratifying degree it has been fulfill- 
ing its purpose as a Christian institution. 

XII. FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. 

In these days, when Colleges and Universities are established 
by munificent gifts or by State appropriations, it is difficult to 
estimate the faith and courage it required to found an institution 
like this without endowment. The limited subscriptions of the 
original "Patrons" formed but a meager and ver)' inadequate 
fund for so large an enterprise. The proceeds from tuition 
would, of course, be insufficient. But believing that a College 
was required by the interests of the Church and of Christian 

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66 HISTORY. 

education, the brave and public-spirited men who were its found- 
ers undertook its organization in the confidence that it would 
receive the needed support. The possession of the Gymnasium, 
in which the operations of the College were commenced, facil- 
itated their purpose, obviating much of the expense that in many 
cases needs to be met before any work can be done. 

The earnest purpose that began it, however, was not indifferent 
to the necessity of making provision for carrying it on. At the 
second meeting of the Board of Trustees, September, 1832, a 
motion was adopted asking aid from the Legislature of the State. 
The grant of ^18,000, with terms and conditions, has already 
been mentioned, as also the raising from private sources of the 
^3,000 required in the act of appropriation. The institution was 
thus enabled to buy ground, erect buildings, and provide in incip- 
ient degree the needed appliances for instruction. With the 
tuition and the subscriptions obtained by the exertions of the 
Faculty, the funds sufficed also to pay the exceedingly meager 
salaries on which the Professors and Teachers were doing their 
efficient and self-sacrificing work. The reception of ^1,000 
annually for six years and a half, granted by the State to each of 
the colleges of the Commonwealth, was of very great service in 
the poverty of the institution. 

From the first there were constant efforts to collect funds, 
mainly for the immediate current expenses, and in these efforts 
the services of the different members of the Faculty were largely 
employed. They were requested to, and did, utilize their vaca- 
tions in this way. In 1835 Prof Reynolds was sent out on col- 
lecting service on his salary as professor. Agents were employed 
from time to time, as the pressure of need became greater. Fre- 
quently the current expenses failed to be met, and funds had to 
be borrowed to provide for their payment. So the institution 
struggled on, doing a great and good work, but doing it with 
some experience of the hardness which the Israelites of old felt 
when they had to make their tale of bricks without straw. 

In the proceedings of the Board of April 18, 1844, we find the 
first distinct mention of the plan afterwards adopted, to secure 
funds for an endowment by means of the sale of Permanent 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. 6/ 

Scholarships, entithng the holder to the perpetual privilege of free 
tuition for one student. Reference to something like limited 
Individual Scholarships appears already in 1834, but the system 
does not seem to have been carried into active operation until 
developed in connection with the permanent form. This scheme 
forms so strange and unfortunate a feature in the financial history 
of the College, as it did in the case of many other institutions^ 
that it needs to be noticed with some fullness in this account. 

The plan for permanent scholarships was adopted on recom- 
mendation of the Faculty. In, September, 1844, 'the Faculty 
reported the sale of one at ;$500, on which, however, only the 
interest was then paid. The single or transient scholarships 
gave the privilege of free tuition through the entire course in 
both departments of the institution at first for ^100. In 1846, 
the price was raised to $150, and the use restricted to the indi- 
vidual named in the certificate. Subsequently, in 1850, it was 
reduced again to $100, for which sum the privilege was given 
"of educating one person through the entire course in Prepara- 
tory and College, or six years' instruction of different persons 
placed one at a time in the institution." The permanent scholar- 
ships also were reduced to $350. At the same time the moneys 
received from this source were ordered to be invested on good 
real estate security, the interest alone to be used for the current 
expenses of the institution. This seems to have been a new 
departure in the scholarship plan, or rather its real beginning as 
a scheme of endozvment. It is recorded in the minutes as a 
"new arrangement," and measures were adopted to make it 
known, and to carry it out vigorously, through employment of 
an agent and the earnest exertions of the Faculty. It was in 
this effort that Rev. A. Babb accepted an appointment as agent, 
whose difficult, arduous and efficient work is well remembered in 
many sections of the Church. In 1852, eight permanent and 
forty single scholarships were reported as secured. A change 
was at this time again made in the conditions of the latter. 
When their use was transferred to other persons than members 
of the same family, the term of tuition was limited to five years. 
Non-transferable Family Scholarships were also established and 



68 HISTORY. 

offered only to " clergymen of every Christian denomination," 
for ^loo, with the added provision that none of these Family 
Scholarships should be available until one hundred should be 
subscribed and paid for. Although at this time already the 
report of the Faculty indicates that some doubts of the* wisdom 
of this scholarship scheme were beginning to be felt, yet as the 
method had been adopted hy a large number of colleges of the 
State, and they were pushing their agencies with excited en- 
thusiasm, both the Faculty and the Board were disposed to 
persevere. In one institution single scholarships for the regular 
curriculum were sold as low as $25. and in another, through the 
entire course in both Preparator}^ School and the College, for the 
same sum. A proposition to sell them at $25 for the four years' 
course was made and discussed in our Board. 

The idea that underlay all this movement was that M'ith an 
endowment of 350,000 or S 100,000 secured in this way, supply- 
ing an income for the payment of professors' salaries, the entire 
work of the institution would be sufficiently provided for, no 
matter what might be the number of the students. But the idea 
took no account of the changes that were destined to come in 
the later development of educational work in our country. Be- 
sides, the plan was in some cases inadequately guarded, and veryr 
loosely worked. Disappointment soon came. In this institution, 
either under a too sanguine faith in its success or by simple over- 
sight, no adequate provision was adopted against immediate use 
of the scholarships, or delaying the use till the amount aimed at 
was reached. The consequence was that they were for the most 
part -purchased — nine-tenths of them, say the Faculty in 1853 — 
by those who desired to use tRem immediately. There was 
nothing to prevent the students on the ground from purchasing 
scholarships, and many of them did so. Hence the proceeds 
from tuition began to be cut off before an}- fund was accumulated. 
While there was but little increase in the whole number of 
students, the number of paying students was much diminished, 
threatening the treasur}' with great embarrassment. In 1854, 
when the plan had been carried on sufficiently long to test its 
wisdom well, the Facult\' set forth the results as follows : 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. 69 

" The original plan was to raise a sum equal to one or two 
professorships. This, it was thought, could be effected in a few 
years, and therefore the scholarships were made available at once, 
contrary to the course adopted by other institutions. The con- 
sequence which was foreseen by some, and pointed out, was that 
scholarships were sold for the most part only so far as holders 
desired to use them ; and therefore about five-sixths of all that 
have been sold are now occupied. About 72 have been sold, of 
which 58 qre occupied, and two have been exhausted. The 
Church, to which the Board naturally looked for co-operation, 
did not cordially engage in the work. Indeed, only a few con- 
gregations were in any measure interested in it. This of itself 
ought to settle the question concerning the value of the plan. 
The consequence thus far has been a failure; and what must be 
regarded as a greater calamity, serious embarrassment threatens 
the College from this source." 

This arraignment of the system was none too severe; and it is 
creditable to the candor of the Faculty that, though before favor- 
ing it, they so promptly go back on their tracks in its condemna- 
tion. They asked the Board to arrest the sale of transient 
scholarships, either entirely or at least so far as not to make any 
more available until the sum of ;^50,ooo should be raised. The 
response of the Board to this recommendation was the adoption 
of a resolution: "That an effort be made to secure the sum of 
^50,000 by the sale of family scholarships [evidently not the 
special family scholarships to clergymen, mentioned above], at 
^100, such scholarships to be confined to the College course, 
and not to be transferable; provided that such scholarships shall 
not become available until at least $50,000 shall be reali/.ed from 
the sale thereof" Further, " that all action by this Board upon 
the subject of scholarships inconsistent with this resolution be 
and is hereby repealed." . ' 

Whether or not this action was meant and expected to stop 
the sale of single scholarships, or as a renewed effort to carry 
the plan through, the result fully justified the wisdom of its 
adoption. For being no longer available for immediate use or 
as an expedient to escape the full tuition, the sale of the scholar- 



/O HISTORY. 

ships virtually ceased. The crisis of the evil was passed, but the 
impoverishing effects continued to be felt for a long time, and in 
some degree continue to this day. For though the experience 
of the institution with this system had been so disappointing and 
unhappy, the principle even of the single scholarships was not at 
once wholly dropped, and the sale of permanent scholarships at 
insufficient price was continued. In 1857, the Committee on 
Endowment was again authorized " to sell transient scholarships 
for ^100 for the College course, not transferable, and to take 
effect as soon as the sum of ^100,000, by contributions, sale of 
scholarships, etc," should be secured. Subsequently, in 1858, 
the single scholarship was again included, for limited and condi- 
tional sale, in the measures adopted by the Board to raise the 
needed endowment. Their non-availability for immediate use,- 
however, naturally prevented their sale, except in cases where 
the purchaser viewed the purchase as a simple contribution to 
the endowment fund, with no intention to claim tuition. And in 
1859, ^^^ Faculty report it as a gratifying fact that seven of the 
transient scholarships were then expiring, and that there were no 
more than ten or twelve remaining, which, would be exhausted in 
a few years. With the single exception of one of the Family 
Scholarships to clergymen, issued in 1854, none of these transient 
scholarships are known to be any longer in existence. 

The permanent scholarships, of which sixteen were sold prior 
to 1857, were at this date raised to ^400. In 1864, the price 
was made ^500. Even this price was far too little. When it is 
remembered that the tuition is ^50 a year, and the annual inter- 
est oh even ;^500 is only $^0, it is at once seen what a drawback 
on the income of the institution the use of these scholarships has 
become. The last sold at that rate was in 1868. The sale of 
them has been wholly arrested, except at ^1,000. There are 
now 43 Permanent Scholarships — three that were sold for ^500 
apiece, and one for ;^ 1,000. The average price was ^374.42. As 
they are nearly all in constant use, and the interest on ^374.42 is 
but ^22.46, it is apparent how heavy a reduction they cause in 
the annual income of the College. It would add greatly to the 
enjoyment of the College's semi-centennial celebration, if some of 
them should at this time be presented to the institution. 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. /I 

The Franklin Professorship. — The arrangement, under act 
of the Legislature dated April 19, 1850, as already narrated, to 
transfer the Lutheran or one-third interest in Franklin College, 
Lancaster, Pa., to Gettysburg, was consummated in 1853 by the 
payment, into the College Treasury, of the sum of ;^ 17, 169.61. 
This was the founding of the " Franklin Professorship." The 
terms of its reception gave to the Ministerium of Pennsylvania 
the right of nominating the Professor. 

The German Professorship. — By action of the Board, April 
24, 1 85 I, the President of the College was authorized to request 
of the Synod of Pennsylvania the endowment of a " Professor- 
ship of German Language and Belles-Lettres," the right of 
nominating the incumbent to belong to the Synod forever. This 
proposition was favorably considered by the Synod at Allentown 
shortly after. They, however, changed the title of the proposed 
chair, so as to make it read, " Professorship of the German Lan- 
guage and Literature." Measures were promptly adopted to 
carry this purpose into effect. Rev. B. Keller, of Gettysburg, 
responded to the Synod's appointment as agent, and in the 
beginning of November, 185 i, entered upon the work of collect- 
ing the necessary funds. Though the money had to be gathered 
in comparatively small sums, yet by his laborious and indefatiga- 
ble exertions, Mr. Keller in three years brought the work to a 
successful close. At the meeting of the Synod in Reading, in 
1854, its Committee appointed for founding this professorship, 
reported the amount collected and in the hands of the Synod's 
treasurer, as ;$ 15,463.28. This endowment, which was subse- 
quently increased to over $16,000, and still further augmented by 
the funds collected and used for the purchase of the German 
Professor's house, was, against the urgent and repeated requests 
of the College Board, retained in the custodianship of the Synod. 
The Synod claimed the right thus to hold the fund ; and no 
propositions, negotiations, or demands, continued almost con- 
stantly or repeated incessantly through many years, sometimes 
provoking no small amount of feeling, were successful in bringing 
the fund into the treasury of the College until quite recently. 

It seems that the system of scholarships was involved to some 



72 HISTORY. 

considerable degree in the raising of this German Professorship 
fund. For, in the report of the Faculty to the College Board in 
1856, they say in reference to scholarship moneys: "To the 
above account is to be added sales of scholarships, amounting to 
;^2,250, with the interest running at least three years and amount- 
ing to ^405, now in the hands of the Synod of Pennsylvania, and 
constituting part of the fund endowing the Professorship of the 
German Language and Literature in Pennsylvania College. As 
the scholarships constitute part of a legal claim upon the Col- 
lege, and have had, and continue to have, incumbents upon them 
in the College, it is for the Board to decide whether these funds 
shall remain in the hands of the Synod or be transferred to the 
Treasurer of this Board and be subject to its control." 

The steps and terms involved in the transfer of the German 
Professorship fund into the treasury of the College, terminating 
a long and unhappy contest, are sufficiently important to be dis- 
tinctly recited. In 1877, information was received that the feeling 
on the part of the Synod was becoming favorable to such a 
transfer. The fund, it was understood, had been diminished by 
unfortunate investments, and was not sufficiently productive to 
pay the stipulated salary of the Professor. Its custodianship 
becoming thus a draft upon the Synodical treasury, it was felt to 
be inexpedient to continue to hold it. Deeming the indications 
favorable, the Board, June 28, 1877, appointed a Committee to 
take the status of the fund into consideration and report. This 
Committee was able at the next meeting, June 26, 1878, to report 
the information that the Pennsylvania Synod had recently em- 
powered its officers to take action in regard to both the German 
and the Franklin Professorship. The Franklin Professorship 
became involved in the questions and terms of the negotiations, 
in consequence of the known desire on the part of the institution 
to obtain a surrender of the right of nomination. The Com- 
mittee was enlarged and authorized, in case equal authority was 
found to be given to the Synodical Committee, to make a final 
settlement of the difference existing between the two bodies con- 
cerning these two professorships. The negotiations proved suc- 
cessful, and at the meeting of the Trustees, June 25; 1879, the 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. 73^ 

Committee was able to report the following terms of agreement, 
viz. : 

" This agreement, made and entered into this day of 

A. D. 1879, between the German Evangelical Lutheran 
Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States of the one 
part, and the Trustees of Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg in 
the County of Adams, of the other part, by their Committee 
duly constituted, Witncsseih, That whereas negotiations have 
been pending between the said parties of the first and second 
part in reference to the settlement of all questions touching and 
concerning the* German Professorship in Pennsylvania College, 
at Gettysburg. 

" Nozu it is hereby agreed between the said parties in reference 
to said questions as follows, to wit : 

''First. That the German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of 
Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States will transfer to the Trustees 
of Pennsylvania College well-secured mortgages on property in 
the city of Philadelphia in the sum of ;$ 10,000. 

" Second. That the said Ministerium will convey to said Trus- 
tees all the right, title, and interest 

" a) In the House and lot situated in the borough of Gettys- 
burg, Pa., belonging to said Ministerium ; 

" b) In the House and lot situated in the borough of Bethlehem, 
Pa., belonging to the said Ministerium; 

" c) In and to the claim of said Ministerium against the Illinois 
State University. 

" Third. That the said Ministerium will relinquish all right to 
the nomination of the occupants of both the German and Frank- 
lin Professorships in Pennsylvania College. 

" Fourth. That the said Ministerium shall be acquitted and 
relieved from all further liability as to the funds for, or the nom- 
inations of, the occupants of said Professorships. 

" Fifth. That the said Ministerium will unite with the Trustees 
of Pennsylvania College in securing whatever legislation or 
amendments to the charter of Pennsylvania College may be 
necessary to carry into effect the above propositions and stipu- 
lations. 



74 HISTORY. 

" Sixth. It is understood and agreed between the parties to this 
agreement that the same shall not be binding upon the said 
German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and 
the Adjacent States until the action of this Committee is confirmed 
by the said German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Penn- 
sylvania and the Adjacent States at the approaching meeting of 
said Ministerium at Lebanon, Pa." 

The Synod at Lebanon confirmed this agreement, and subse- 
quently the requisite legal papers were signed and passed. Thus 
in 1880, twenty-six years after it was created, the fund, or so 
much of it as was embraced in the first specification of the agree- 
ment, came into the treasury of the College, and the right of 
nomination and election of incumbent to both the German and 
Franklin Professorships was surrendered to the institution. The 
Bethlehem house has since been sold for $ i ,800, and the money 
invested at 6 per cent, to the credit of the German fund. With 
the ^10,000 received in good securities, and independently of the 
Professor's house in Gettysburg, the whole German Professorship 
fund yielding interest is therefore at present $11,800. To this 
will be added whatever may be realized from the claim against 
the Illinois State University. 

Further Endowment. — A renewed effort — if effort that never 
ceased may be said to be renewed — to secure funds was organized 
in 1858. An elaborate plan was adopted by the Board, combin- 
ing the various forms of collection by taking subscriptions, notes 
on time with interest till paid, and by sale of scholarships, both 
transient and permanent. The effort was carried on mainly 
through the earnest and self-sacrificing labor of the President, 
with the co-operation of that steadfast friend of the College, 
Mr. Chas. A. Morris. There was no agent employed. The 
results secured seem to have been small, as detailed in the Fac- 
ulty report, September, i860. The subscriptions of all sorts 
amounted to $14,607. But only $3,537 had been paid in — more 
than half of this on scholarships. The reSt was largely in sub- 
scriptions payable in installments, and it is impossible to ascertain 
how much of it was ever realized. In i860 an addition of $1,000 
to the investments is reported, derived mainly from scholarships. 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. 7$ 

We reach a new period in the history of the endowment in 
1864. Up to this time the institution had, independently of the 
Frankhn and German Professorship Funds, but a very small 
investment indeed for carrying on its work. In August, 1864, 
the Treasurer's report showed it to be only $18,457.66; and this 
included the Library Fund of $1,000, and $672.25 of library 
investment of the Philomathsean Society. The reader of this 
account will be struck with the disparity between the efforts 
made and the results really secured. It must be remembered, 
however, that these results were larger, more valuable and last- 
ing, than might at first glance be imagined. The endowment of 
an institution in the proper sense is wider and more comprehen- 
sive than the simple investment of an. interest-bearing fund. The 
true endowment of a College consists in all its assets or posses- 
sions which have to be secured by money, and which form part 
of its working resources. Much capital has to be invested in 
buildings, cabinets, apparatus, etc., which often form the most 
useful part of its endowment. A remembrance of this will 
explain the apparent discrepancy between the money given and 
the sum stated in this showing, at the close of the efforts up to 
this date — and also as to the same feature in the subsequent 
history. The records of the institution abound in evidence of the 
large amount, though appropriated in small sums, required to be 
invested in these collateral relations. Not to mention any of the 
appropriations for apparatus and library of earlier date, we note 
only, as illustrative examples, a grant in 1865 of $1,000, and in 
1866 of $1,500 for Philosophical Apparatus, and $2,500 in 1866 
for the purchase of the Seymour Cabinet. The erection of the 
Professors' houses must not be forgotten. These represent a 
regular rental, and form, therefore, actually productive invest- 
ments. Any one who visits the College to-day will see in its 
various buildings, its Geological and Mineralogical Cabinets, its 
Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus, its Observatory, etc., 
where no small amount of what the Church and friends of the 
institution have given has been invested — which investments are 
among the lasting and essential parts of the institution's capital 
and means of work. 



']6 HISTORY. 

In 1S64, the war for the Union ha\-ing- been closed, business 
being acti\'e. many persons having rapidly acquired fortunes, and 
a generous readiness to gi\e showing itself throughout the coun- 
try, it was deemed a favorable time to accomplish the object 
which the College had so long desired and stri\-en after almost 
in \ain. Under suggestion of the Facult\-, and encouraged by 
tlie assurances of some whose hearts were meditating liberal 
things, the Board oi Trustees called a Convention of the- friends 
of the institution, to be held in llarrisburg, on the 18th of Octo- 
ber, "to initiate measures for the endowment of the College." 
The Con\ention was held. After an address on the subject of 
education b)- Dr. F. W. Conrad, the interests of the institution 
and the proposed endowment were discussed. This was followed 
by the announcement of a contribution of S^o.ooo by Rev. John 
E. GraelT, of Philadelphia, for the endowment of a chair of 
"English Language and Literature;" of S20.000 by the brothers 
IMessrs. A. F. and Geo. P. Ockershausen. of New York Cit)-, for 
endowing a professorship of the Physical Sciences; and a number 
of other large and generous subscriptions. Fhis was ver}' en- 
couraging, and gave the movement a strong impetus. Dr. 
Conrad was appointed, and consented, to carr)- it forward by 
personal efibrts among the A\ealth)' men of the Church. He 
entered on the enterprise with his usual great enthusiasm, and 
worked the movement with much efficiency, and a success before 
unknown in the history of the College. In April, 1865. he 
reported to the Board of Trustees tliat. including tliose at tlie 
Convention, subscriptions had been secured amounting to $85,- 
040,, and that the prospects were good for realizing full $100,000. 
This auspicious indication, however. Mas ne\er realized, and the 
actual receipts into the treasury failed, by far. to reach the amount 
indicated in the subscriptions. The whole movement, however, 
was still the happiest and most successtul in the histor}- of the 
College, and did much to strengthen and enlarge its work. It 
became the point of a new departure for the institution, quicken- 
ing it into a more vigorous and efficient life, with power of 
increased usefulness for all time to come. 

After Dr. Conrad withdrew from the ser\ice of collectinc*; — 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT. 7/ 

entering into a similar service on behalf of the Seminary — the 
work was further prosecuted through the agency of Rev. J. B. 
Crist. The effort of Mr. Crist extended over several years, and 
he labored with great perseverance and faithfulness. But circum- 
stances were unfavorable, and only a small addition was secured 
to the funds. 

The Pf:arson Legacy. — In 1868, the College was made the 
recipient of a legacy from Davis Pearson, esq., of Philadelphia, 
the clause of his will providing it reading as follows : " To the 
Pennsylvania Lutheran College at Gettysburg, Four Hundred 
Shares of Honeybrook Coal Company Stock, the par value ot 
which is Twenty Thousand Dollars, to found a Professorship 
that shall be called ' Pearson Professorship.'" 

This bequest, in the form of stock, was promptly paid over to 
the Board of Trustees by the executors of Mr. Pearson's will, 
with the desire, as they say in communicating the fact of the 
legacy, as soon as possible to "make available in the College 
and to humanity this new and generous foundation and aid for 
the cause of learning." The Board at once and rejoicingly es- 
tablished the " Pearson Professorship," constituting it for the 
time as the Professorship of the Greek Language and Literature. 
It was soon found, however, that by the mutations of the times 
the stock was unfortunately producing only small or no divi- 
dends, and had fallen considerably below the par value. The 
Board exerted its utmost diligence, care, and business tact, 
helped by the counsel of friends best qualified to advise in such 
transactions, to make the fund available to the fullness of its 
intention. But it was impossible to do this, and the Board real- 
ized from it finally $12,000. This was happily invested in the 
amount of $13,000. 

F"rom 1865 to 1869 the Board was occupied with the purpose 
and endeavor to enlarge the work of the Preparatory Depart- 
ment. The better condition into which the work of the college 
proper had been brought by the enlarged endowment, stimulated 
the desire to increase the patronage of the institution by the 
erection of a fine building for the preparing school, and a reorgan- 
ization of the work there. Much of the financial history of the 



y8 HISTORY. 

institution for this period is concerned with the raising of funds for 
the new Preparatory Building. In this effort, Rev. A. McLaugh- 
lin acted as agent for a short time. Appeals were sent out, but 
responses did not come in. Dr. S. S. Schmucker, having re- 
signed the position he had long held as Chairman of the Faculty 
of the Theological Seminary, consented to give, for a while, his 
services, made valuable by his experience and influence, in this 
special effort. Owing to various untoward circumstances, be- 
yond control, the results fell below the hopes of the College and 
the needs of the enterprise. Rev. J. F. Probst was appointed 
and accepted an agency in 1S70, and labored faithfully amid dis- 
couraging conditions for about two years. 

Along with the erection of the new Preparatory Hall, the 
Board was engaged in building the two Professors' houses, 
ordered in 1867, on the Campus. The failure of successful 
collections threw the institution into debt, which was further 
increased by the unfortunate failure of the contractor for the Pre- 
paratory Hall, resulting in liens, etc., upon the yet unfinished 
building. The unfortunate debt thus occurring, with the interest 
on it to be met annually, greatly embarrassed the finances, until, 
after its gradual reduction, its payment was secured through 
the generous and wise provision made for it in the legacy of 
^20,000 in the will of IMr. Chas. A. Morris, of York. As Mr. 
Morris had given large contributions before, and as this legacy, 
by the terms which devoted it to the liquidation of the debt, was 
excluded from forming any endowment which would be its own 
memorial, it deserves the honor of conspicuous mention in this 
histor^^ 

In 1872 the "J. B. McCrear\^ Gymnasium" was put up at a 
cost of about $2300 — the funds for which came as a contribution 
from students and various friends, completed by a gift of ^$1500 
from J. B. McCreary, Esq., of Philadelphia. 

At this time the President of the College was requested by the 
Board to spend part of his time in efforts among its friends and 
the churches for increase of funds. Prevalent financial dullness 
throughout the countr)', however, interfered with the hoped-for 
success in the work. In connection with this effort for the gen- 



FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ENDOWMENT, 79 

eral fund, the President completed the collections he had been 
making for the erection of an Astronomical Observatory, which 
was put up in 1874-75, at a cost of about ^3,406. 

To invigorate the movement, in 1873 an Endowment Com- 
mittee of members of the Board was appointed, and a Conven- 
tion was arranged to be held on the i6th of September at York. 
The Convention met: addresses, etc., were delivered. But during 
the Convention the news was telegraphed all over the land of 
the failure of the banking-house of Jay Cooke & Co., of Philadel- 
phia — the startling event that marked the beginning of that dis- 
tressing financial depression which is still so well remembered. 
The effort, arrested for the time, was nevertheless resumed in 
1874 by the President of the College, with the co-operation of 
some members of the Committee, and resulted in adding about 
;^ 1 2,000 to the endowment. 

In 1877, the East Pennsylvania Synod, acting as Trustee for 
direction of a legacy of about $7,000 provided in the will of the 
late Mr. Stroup, of Danville, designated one-third of the amount 
for the endowment of the College. The condition of the legacy, 
however, has not yet been such as to make practicable its actual 
transfer into the College treasury. 

At the meeting of the Board, June 27, 1877, Prof. Baugher 
was requested to act as Financial Secretary for one year, and 
Mr. Harrison, who had just resigned the principalship of the 
Preparatory Department, was appointed as assistant Financial 
Secretary; to co-operate in collecting funds. Mr. Harrison con- 
tinued his work somewhat more than a year. After his resigna- 
tion, the Financial Secretaryship was filled by the appointment 
of Rev. M. L. Young, of the class of 1875. Mr. Young's labors 
have been mainly devoted to visitation of congregations and 
points less frequently entered or canvassed before, and with a 
prominent view to interesting young men as well as parents in 
the matter of education, and thus increasing the patronage of the 
institution. These recent labors have been of much service in 
enabling the institution to carry on its work in a period of un- 
usual need, and will tell in results for the treasury in coming 
years. Many of the contributions, mostly comparatively small, 



8o uisroRv. 

bointx in the fl-irm of notes not yet paid, it is impossible }'et to 
state the aetual addition they may i^'iN-e to the endowment. 

At the elose of this hah" eentury's histoi)'. the endowment, be- 
sides the accunudated property in ground, buihlings. apparatus, 
eabinets. ete., is 8110,875.00. This inekides the speeial hbrary 
fund of 51,300. and the hbrar>- funds of the Fhrenakosmian and 
?hih>math;van Societies oi' 51,457.68; also temporary notes, 
given bv subscribers, to the amount of 513,006. 

It would be a grateUd task to go through the multiplied 
records of the institution for the tith" years now closed, and bring 
into \ iew the names of the ver)' great number of contributors, 
with the amount gi\en l\\- each, b\- whose help the College has 
been furnished ^\ith its grounds, buildings, appliances, and endow- 
ment, and enabled to do its beneficent work and attain its present 
degree of strength. There has been a goodh' number of gener- 
ous contributions. IVunsNlvania College, indeed, has had but 
few to favor it with the muniticent gifts that ha\-e in recent }-ears 
marked the fortimate experience of various institutions. But with 
some larger benefictions. it has been ta\-ored with the steady 
help of friends whose smaller gifts ha\e tallen to its need like 
the continual drops of rain which cannot be counted, though full 
of blessing. Such a task, howexer, is impracticable, in so brief an 
account as this must be. Nor will the worthy contributors desire 
anv such display of their gifts, seeking as they have done, and 
do. the higher object of unselfishly serving the great cause of 
Christian education. 

Xlll. THE MEDICAL DErARTMENT. 

T4ie present generation of students and friends of the College 
are hardly aware of the tact that from 1839 to 1861 the institu- 
tion included a Medical Department in Philadelphia. This 
history must necessarily recall this fact, and brietl\- sketch the 
origin, progress, and close of the work done in this branch of 
education, and make record of the names of the chief men who 
bore an honorable part in it. It is to be regretted that the data 
w hich we ha\-e been able to obtain are exceedingly meager, and 
suppK- the materials for but a \ery imperfect accomit. It is not 
know n where the old records are, if indeed records were kept. 




PHOTOGRAPHED RY W. H. TIPTON, 

MILTON VALENTINE, 
President 1868. 



GETTYSBURG, PA. 



THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 8 1 

The first indication of a purpose to organize such a department 
appears in information given to the Board, April 19, 1837, that 
"a number of medical gentlemen of the city of Philadelphia, 
who were about establishing a new medical school in that city, 
desired to connect it with Pennsylvania College.". The subject 
was inquired into, through a committee, and it was found that 
the purpose had for the time been given up. It was, however, 
soon afterward resumed. In September, 1839, ^ communication 
was received from Drs. S. Colhoun, George McClellan, William 
Rush, and Samuel G. Morton, desiring, undjr certain conditions, 
to be allowed to grant medical degrees under sanction of our 
charter. The consideration of the whole subject led to the 
adoption of the resolution : 

" That this Board hereby establish a Medical Department in 
Penn.sylvania College." 

A Medical Faculty was at once constituted by the election of 
the following professors : 

Samuel G. Morton, M. D., Prof of Anatomy and Physiology. 

George McClellan, M. D., Prof of Surgery. 

William Rush, M. D., Prof of the Theory and Practice of 
Medicine. 

Samuel Colhoun, M. D., Prof of Materia Medica and Phar- 
macy. 

Samuel McClellan, M. D., Prof of Obstetrics and Diseases of 
Women and Children. 

These Professors were, by the Board, constituted a Committee 
to fill up the requisite full Faculty. Two more members were 
thus added, viz. : 

Walter R. Johnson, A. M., Prof of Chemistry and Natural 
Philosophy. 

James McClintock, M. D., Prof of Practical Anatomy. 

A legislative act, however, was needed to authorize the insti- 
tution to confer medical degrees, and we find the following, 
approved by Governor Porter, March 6, 1840: 

" Whereas, the Trustees of Pennsylvania College, at Gettys- 
burg, in this State, have established a Medical Faculty in the city 
of Philadelphia, consisting of the following persons : Geo. Mc- 
6 



82 HISTORY. 

Clcllan, Samuel G. Morton, A\'illiam Rush, Samuel Colhoun, 
Samuel INIcClellan, ^^'alter R. Johnson, for the purpose of quali- 
fying their pupils and others for the degree of Doctor of Medi- 
cine : 

''Be it enacted by the Senate a /id House of Representatives of the 
Coninionii.<eaItli of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it 
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That the Medical 
Faculty of Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg be and they are 
hereby authorized to confer the medical degrees in the city of 
Philadelphia, under the same rules and regulations in regard to 
tlie term o( stud\- and the qualifications of the candidates, as for 
the time being, be adopted by the Uni\"ersity of Pennsylvania.""^ 

The College Building of this Department was, till 1849, on 
Filbert street abo\-e Eleventh — "commodious and well arranged," 
containing Lecture Rooms, a INIuseum, a Reading Room, Chem- 
ical Laborator}-, and Anatomical Rooms. Students had access 
in their clinical training to the Blockle}* and Pennsyh"ania Hos- 
pitals. An honorable standard of attainment was adopted as 
necessary for graduation. Stress was laid also on good moral 
character. The work of instruction was well begun and carried 
on. The department grew into favor, and soon commanded a 
fair attendance of students, though other medical colleges were 
in successful operation in the cit}'. There is sufficient evidence 
of this, although no remaining accessible documents furnish us, 
for those early }'ears, the precise number either of matriculates 
or of graduates. 

The first change that took place in the Facult}' occurred in the 
death of Dr. Colhoun, and the appointment of J. M. Bird, ]\I. D., 
in his place, in 1841. In 1843 some difficulties and differences 
developed themsel\"es among the professors, resulting in the res- 
ignation of some of them. This led the Board of Trustees to 
dissolve the Faculty and arrange for its reorganization. In ac- 
cordance with the provisions made, it was partially reorganized 
on the 6th of November, as follows : 

Wm. Darrach, M. D., Prof of Theoiy and Practice of I\Iedi- 
cine; John Wiltbank, M. D., Prof of Obstetrics, etc.; Wm. R. 

* Pamphlet Laws of Pa., 1S40. No. 23, p. 6S. 



THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 83 

Grant, M. D., Prof, of Anatomy and Phy.siology; Henry S. Pat- 
terson, M. I)., Profes.sor of Materia Medica, etc. 

One-half of the matriculation fees, it was agreed, was to be 
paid into the treasury of the parent institution. This was recog- 
nized as right and fair, in view of the advantages which that 
Department enjoyed from the connection. The relation tended 
to increase the number of its students, and the President of the 
College at Gettysburg performed the official act of conferring 
the medical degrees, for which an annual visit was made by him 
to the city. This reorganization, however, was accomplished 
only after the proper time for the opening of the winter session, 
and in consequence the attendance of students was rendered 
much smaller than before. It was indeed, first thought best, by 
the F"aculty, to postpone the re-opening of the work until the fall 
of 1844. Though the Faculty was not full, they were led, never- 
theless, to re-open a few days after their appointment — with how- 
ever only twenty-three pupils. For the following year, winter 
session of 1844-45, the corps of professors was completed by 
appointment of David Gilbert, M. D., Professor of the Principles 
and Practice of Surgery, and Washington L. Atlee, M. D., Pro- 
fessor of Medical Chemistry. The attendance of students this 
year rose to sixty, and the year following to ninety. 

No change took place in the Faculty from 1844 to 1851, ex- 
cept that in 1847 A. F. Mclntyre, M. D., was added as Demon- 
strator of Anatomy, followed by James Hunter, M. D., in 1849. 
The latter was succeeded in 185 i by Wm. H. Gobrecht, M. D. 
Dec. 21, 185 I, Dr. W. L. Atlee resigned, and John J. Reese, M. 
D., was elected to fill his place. Dr. Grant died, March 28, 1852, 
and J. M. Allen, M. D., was chosen as his successor. This year 
a new chair of Institutes of Medicine was constituted, and filled 
by the appointment of Dr. Francis G. Smith, April 21. In Sep- 
tember, 1853, Dr. Patterson was transferred to the Emeritus Pro- 
fessorship of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, and John B. 
Biddle, M. D., was elected to the chair of Therapeutics and 
Materia Medica. 

In March, 1849, ^^ ^^^ of the Legislature was passed and ap- 
proved, incorporating " The Trustees of the Medical Department 



84 ■ HISTORY. 

of Pennsylvania College," viz : John Anspach, Charles H. Baker, 
Robert Bald, Martin Buehler, William Dulty, John W. Forney, 
Louis C. lungerich, Wm. D. Kelly, Henry Lelar, Wm. W. Long- 
streth, John McAllister, Joseph Patterson, Morris Patterson, 
Thos. Robins, and Ambrose W. Thompson. It was made the 
duty of these Trustees to raise by loan or otherwise a sum not 
exceeding ^40,000, and to expend it in the purchase of ground in 
the city of Philadelphia and the erection of a suitable building for 
the Department. After this we find it mentioned as located on 
9th street between Walnut and Spruce. 

After the appointments above mentioned — made mostly by the 
Medical Faculty itself, under authority as a committee constituted 
by the Board — some misunderstandings were developed among 
the professors, in some connection, it would seem, with the " Trus- 
tees of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College," leading 
in the end to litigation. The action of the Board, however, April 
20, 1854, and the judgment of the Court, disallowed the com- 
plaints of the dissentients. In the following September, Dr. 
Gilbert was transferred to the place of Dr. Wiltbank as Professor 
of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children ; Alfred 
Stille, M. D., was appointed to succeed Dr. Darrach, and John 
Neill, M. D., elected to the chair of Surgery. Despite these 
unhappy differences, especially after the settlement of them, the 
institution enjoyed a fair and growing prosperity. In the Regis- 
trar's Report for 1854-185 5, besides mentioning the good attend- 
ance of 1 36 matriculates, he speaks of the right of the school to 
rank in the grade of its work with the best medical institutions 
of tJrie land, and of its having the general sympathy of the med- 
ical profession. The patronage continued to increase in the 
following years, and the Faculty were justly entitled to look on 
their work as an honorable success. 

In 1855 Jos. Shippen, M. D., succeeded Dr. Gobrecht as Dem- 
onstrator of Anatomy. A year later Dr. Allen resigned, and T. 
G. Richardson, M. D., of Louisville, Ky., followed him as Pro- 
fessor of Special and General Anatomy. H. W. De Saussure 
Ford, M. D., and J. Frank. Bell, M. D., appear on the Catalogue 
of 1856— 1857 as Demonstrators of Anatomy in place of Dr. 



THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 85 

Sliippen. In 1858, Dr. Richardson being called to another insti- 
tution, Dr. J. H. R. McClellan, a son of Dr. George McClellan, 
one of the founders of the Medical Department, was appointed in 
his stead. Dr. McClellan resigned about a year after, and Dr. 
Gobrecht was elected to succeed him. 

An almost total change of the Faculty took place in 1859. 
For some cause or other, of which the documents on hand give 
us no information, Drs. Gilbert, Reese, Smith, Neill, Stille, and 
Biddle, presented their resignations to the Board on the 27th of 
April. They were accepted, and six new Professors were elected, 
who, with Dr. Gobrecht, who had not resigned, now constituted 
ihe Faculty as follows : B. Howard Rand, M. D., Prof of Med- 
ical Chemistry; Henry Hartshorne, M. D., Prof of Theory and 
Practice of Medicine ; Lewis D. Harlow, M. D., Prof of Obstet- 
rics, etc. ; Wm. S. Halsey, M. D., Prof of Surgery; Wm. H. 
Taggart, M. D., Prof of Materia Medifca, etc. ; James A. Meigs, 
M. D., Prof of Institutes of Medicine, and Theo. A. Demme, 
M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. The Faculty, thus reorgan- 
ized, carried on the work of the Medical Department during the 
rest of its history — for its operations extended through only 
two more years. Owing to circumstances that in no way reflected 
upon them, and making the course pursued both proper and 
necessary, the entire Faculty sent their resignations to the Board, 
September 18, 1 861, after which all efforts to reorganize proved 
unsuccessful. These circumstances deserve to b.e stated, at least 
briefly, to explain the sudden ending of the Medical Department. 
The compensation which the Professors realized for their arduous 
labors had been very small — the current expenses of the institu- 
tion being too heavy to leave much of the income for them. 
The civil war having broken out, cutting off all southern students, 
and allowing hope of but few from any part of the country, the 
income promised to be still smaller. Just at this juncture, a 
large bill of taxes for the preceding year, with certainty of another 
for the current year, was sent in, levied upon the College Build- 
ing, which, it had been supposed, was exempted by act of As- 
sembly. The commissioners refused to allow the exemption. 
Knowing that the Trustees of the Building, as they were the 



86 HISTORY. 

actual owners of the property, were the parties legally liable for 
the taxes, and feeling that they could not possibly afford to sus- 
tain this additional load of expense, the Faculty forwarded the 
account to them. The Trustees, however, refused to take any 
steps to meet the taxes, claiming that by a contract with the 
earlier Faculty, all expenses were to be met by the Faculty. 
As this Faculty had never signed such contract, and were un- 
willing to do so, and as they were already loaded with more 
expenses in connection with the work than they could carry, 
they felt there was no alternative but to resign their chairs. This 
they did. Some efforts were made to secure a new Faculty, but 
they failed. So the years of the Medical Department were 
numbered in the fall of i86i. 

It is greatly to be regretted that the absence of records makes 
it impossible to make out and give a list of all the students, and 
especially the graduates, of this department. From the fragmen- 
tary data on hand, we are able, however, to determine for a few 
years the number of students and the number graduated. We, 
therefore, present these figures, as they supply, though in a very 
imperfect way, some means of judging of the prosperity and work 
of the school: — 

1 844- 1 845, Students, 60 

1 845-1 846, Students, 94 

" Graduated, 36 

1 849-1 850, Students, 125 

" Gra'duated, 36 

1 85 3-1 854, Students 125 

" Graduated, 39 

1 854-1 85 5, Students 136 

" Graduated, 33 

1 85 5-1 856, Students, 139 

" Graduated, 37 

1 856-1 857, larger than ever before, number not given. 
1857-1858, Students .103 

" Graduated, 34 



MISCELLANEA. 8/ 

XIV. MLSCELLANEA. 

1. Boarding and Stewardship. — While the institution occu- 
pied the old Gymnasium building, the students boarded, and in 
many cases resided, in private families. When it entered the 
new edifice, in 1837, the Trustees arranged for boarding, save in 
exceptional cases, in the building. A stewardship was created, 
and a large part of the first-floor rooms were given up to its use. 
The steward was required, by the terms of his employment, to 
provide at satisfactory rates " good and sufficient boarding for all 
the students and resident President or Professor and Tutors." 
The responsibility for keeping the building, student rooms, and 
others, clean, making fires in the public rooms, and the imme- 
diate care of all the College property, were also imposed on him. 
The dining-room was the front room of the centre building, 
whole extent of the portico. Mr. Peter Aughinbaugh was the 
first steward, and continued till 1850. After him were Benj. 
Schriver, 1850-52; Michael Sill, 1852-53; H. S. Minnigh, 
1856-57; J. Craumer, 1858-60, when the stewardship was abol- 
ished. Since then the students have boarded with private families. 

2. EuTERPEAN Society. — The musical impulse was early devel- 
oped. An association for its. cultivation was organized in 1834, 
under name of " Euterpean Society," and $75 were appropriated 
by the Board to aid in the purchase of instruments. 

3. Anti-Tobacco Society. — We know not the date of this 
good organization. But, February 29, 1836, the Gettysburg 
Sentinel said : " We are requested to state that a meeting of the 
' Anti-Tobacco Society of Pennsylv^ania College ' will be held in 
the German church this evening at half-past six. A lecture will 
be delivered on the deleterious effects of the habitual use of 
tobacco on the physical and moral system of man." It is in 
order to reorganize this Society. 

4. Ball-Alley. — In 1840 a ball-alley was erected on the 
ground this side of the present Preparatory building. In the way 
of encouraging physical exercise, the Board appropriated ^50 
to aid in putting it up. The movement to build it was begun and 
carried on by the students. It remained for quite a number of 
years. 



88 HISTORY. 

5. Bath-House. — A bath-house was put up at the lower well 
in 1857, and was used awhile by the students. But the operation 
of pumping for bathing was a method too closely uniting gym- 
nastic exercises with the luxury of fresh water to prove accepta- 
ble after the novelty of the thing wore off So the bath-house 
came to an end. 

6. German Literary Society. — In 1836 an association of 
students was formed for the cultivation of a practical knowledge 
of the German language and literature. Regular meetings were 
held for this purpose. It was encouraged by the co-operation of 
the German instructor and the favor of the Faculty. Its opera- 
tions seem to have been kept up regularly till 1841. It was 
revived in 1867, but disappeared in 1868. The records alone 
remain, and a library of about 250 volumes which it collected. 

7. The Chapel. — The Chapel-room, which seems to have un- 
dergone no change after it was first furnished, was in 1869 re- 
modeled and provided with pews, by moneys specially collected 
by the President. 

8. The College and the War for the Union. — Beyond the 
fact, common to all colleges of the country during the war, that 
quite a number of the students went into the army, a peculiar re- 
lation was sustained by this institution, by its location at Gettys- 
burg, occasioning some special experiences in connection with 
the great battle here. It is only of the facts in this relation that 
we wish in this place to write. 

When Gen. Lee began his work north\\'ard, and crossed the 
Potomac for the invasion of the loyal states, the patriotic impulse 
among the students led to prompt action. Consent was given by 
the-'Faculty to the Seniors, who were then near the time of the 
" Senior vacation," that such of them as desired might go home 
and raise companies in their respective neighborhoods and report 
at Harrisburg. Some of them accordingly at once, June 16, 1863, 
left for their homes, and entered the military service. At the 
same time, the excitement becoming stronger among the students 
generally, they determined to raise a company among them- 
selves, in response to Gov. Curtin's call for 50,000 m.en for the 
emergency. About sixty, or a majority of the College students, 



MISCELLANEA. 89 

and four troni tlic Theological Seminary, gave their names, and 
together with some young men from the town, they assembled in 
the evening in the College campus and organized the company, 
and offered their services to the Governor. They were ordered 
to report at Harrisburg. Early the next morning, June 17, after 
a brief address from Prof Muhlenberg, they took train for Camp 
Curtin, at the capital. 

When they reached there, the thousands of troops that had 
come from all parts of the Commonwealth were found in excited 
opposition to the terms under which they were to be mustered 
in. These placed them, not in the service of the State as militia, 
but in that of the United States "for the emergency." This 
would subject them possibly to lengthened service, and to be 
ordered to distant points. Our students at once determined not 
to stand on any difficulty of this sort. They were therefore 
sworn into the United States service, and secured the honorable 
distinction of being the first company mustered in under the 
call, and by their example leading the other companies to follow. 
The Adjutant-General's office, at Harrisburg, exhibits the roll of 
the company, as " Co. A, 26th Regiment, P. V. M.," as follows : 

COMMLSSIOXED OFFICERS. 

Frederick Klinefelter, Captain. 
William F. Hinkle, First Licnitenant. 
Luther M. Slater, Second Lieutenant. 

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 

Henry C. Frey, First Sergeant.'^ 
Henry C. Shindle, Second Sergeant. 
Sam'l D. Schmucker, Third Sergeant. 
Wm. II. Rupp, FonrtJi Sergeant.'*' 
Orlando L. F"egley, Fifth Sergeant. 
David H. Yount, Fii^si Corporal.* 
Thos. C. Pritchard, Second Corporal. 
David P". Rank, Third Corporal. 
Jesse C. Koller, Fourth Corporal. 
John C. Dizinger, Fifth Corporal. 
Edmund J. Wolf, Sixth Corporal. 
* Those marked (*) were not students. 



90 



HISTORY. 



John Irrgang, S\-v7//// Cor/ora/.^ 
Matthias H. Richards. Eighth Corporal. 

PRIVATES. 



Daniel Albert.* 
J. Artie}- Beeber. 
Thos. C. Billheimer, 
Matthew G. Bo\-er. 
rhineas A. Bronson.* 
lieo. M. Beltzhoo\er. 
Raphael A. Belch. 
V . Wilnier Baugher, 
Jos. r. Blymyer, 
W'm. O. Bishop,* 
John v.. Bergstresser, 
Joseph R. Culley. 
Sanuiel B. Collins, 
John J. Cressnian, 
Herman S. Cook, 
Da\is G. Cantner, 
Chas. H. Combs,* 
Rufus E. Gulp, 
George Chritzman,* 
Philip Doerr. 
Henry J. Dohner,* 
Frank Eaton.* 
George W. Frederick, 
John W. Finkbiner, 
J\\"m. H. GotNvald, 
Charles F. Ganger, 
]\Iartin L. Garver,* 
T. Frank Garver, 
Charles A. Hartein,* 
Jacob S. Heilman,* 
Charles A. Heagy,* 
Charles A. Heilig, 
Samuel S. Henrv, 



Charles C. Hummell, 
Amandus Jacoby,* 
Luther D. Jacobs, 
John M. Krauth, 
Edmund ^I. Meisenhelder, 
Frank Muhlenberg, 
Har\e>- W. :\IcKnight. 
Simon P. !\likesell. 
Chas. C. IMoorehead, 
Henr}- C. Morrison, 
Alexander McLaughlin, 
George B. M}'ers, 
Wm. E. Parson, 
Eugene L. Rowe, 
Frank Richards. 
Henr>- M. Richards.* 
Theodore F. Rodolf, 
Andrew J. Riley. 
John Vi. Rodman,* 
Silas \V. Rank.* 
Theodore L. Seip, 
Jacob D. Schindel, 
Dennis B. Shuey.* 
W'm. H. Steck. 
Luther A. Swope, 
\\"m. C. Schaefter. 
Theodore F. Shuey,* 
Rudolph M. Schick, 
John C. S. Weills, 
James G. Wells,* 
Franklin B. Wolf, 
John M. Young. 
Henrv L. Ziecenfuss. 



J. Clinton Hill. 

* Those marked ^*~) were not students. 



MISCELLANKA. 9I 

When the Regiment was, after a few days, made up, it was put 
under command of Col. Jentiin<^s, and II. W. McKnight was 
made Adjutant of the Re^dnient. Lieut. L. M. Shiter and D. H. 
Yount were transferred to the Si^mal Corps ; Scrgt. G. W. Fred- 
erick, T. L. Seij), G. M. Helt/.hoover, and J. I). Schindel were de- 
tailed as clerks to Maj. Gen. Couch; and W. II. Ciotwald and A. 
J. Riley were detailed as clerks to Col. Beaver, commandant of 
Camp Curtin. 

This hastily-gathered regiment was ordered to Gettysburg. 
Of course no one as yet dreamed that this would prove the point 
of the meeting of the two great armies ; but being on the State 
border, there were general military reasons for stationing a force 
here. They reached Gettysburg, after some delay by a railroad 
accident about four miles from town, on PViday, June 26, a week 
before the battle. At iO>^ A. M. of that day, by order of Maj. 
Ilaller, Col. Jennings with his regiment was sent forward on the 
Chambersburg turnpike, as some Confederate force seemed to be 
approaching this side of the mountains. Dr. M.Jacobs, in his 
history of the battle, says of this movement : "Advancing to the 
distance of about three miles westward, our little band encamped, 
and threw out their pickets. About 3 P. M. the Rebels in force 
made their appearance, and captured nearly all their pickets, 40 
in number. Col. Jennings, who had, on several occasions, shown 
himself to be an officer as skillful as he is cool and brave, seeing 
the trap into which he had been let!, immediately upon sight of 
the enemy divided the regiment into three squads, in order to de- 
ceive them with the appearance of a large body of infantry. The 
deception proved so far successful that the Rebels did not press 
them, fearing that an attack might prove more serious than a mere 
skirmish. Jennings' band, however, hastily retreated eastward 
over the fields and by country roads, occasionally skirmishing 
with the enemy's cavalry,* which was sent in jnirsuit of them; 
and after losing 120 more of their number near Hunterstown, and 
zigzagging very frequently, being often within hearing distance of 
their pursuers, they reached Harrisburg on Sunday, the 28th of 

*Gcn. Doubleday, in his " Chancellorviile and C;cttysl)urg," refers to this skirmish 
as the only serious resistance that Lee's army encountered before the battle. 



92 HISTORY. 

June, much fatigued, having marched fifty-four out of sixty con- 
secutive hours." 

After this they remained on duty at Fort Washington, opposite 
Harrisburg, till the 30th of July, when their term of service 
ended. In the Board of Trustees, the following August 12, we 
find the following resolution : 

" That this Board have heard with proud satisfaction of the 
heroic conduct of those students of the College who rushed so 
promptly to the defence of their country during the late rebel 
invasion, and that their course is hereby heartily approved." 

After the first day's fight, and the retreat of our army to the 
south-east of the town, the College came into the possession of 
the enemy, and was used by them as a hospital. The incident of 
Gen. Lee's ascent to the cupola for observations, on July 3, is 
well known to the citizens of Gettysburg, though attempts have 
been made to call it in question. It is, however, abundantly 
established by the positive testimony of a number of witnesses, 
some of whom are still living. The College was filled with the 
wounded and those waiting on them — probably not less than 
500. Many were placed in the Library, and in the halls of the 
Societies, as well as in the recitation rooms, chapel, and student 
rooms. Many blood-soaked volumes in the Library still remind 
of the use to which it was put. Surgeons were plying their work 
of amputation and dressing in the public halls and on the porches. 
For four weeks after the defeat and repulse of the enemy, the 
building was kept thus by the Government as a hospital. Many 
of the wounded died, and their bodies were buried on the col- 
leee grounds — most, if not all of which were afterward removed. 
Of course, though wanton destruction seems not to have been at 
all committed, the building was much defaced, the furniture de- 
stroyed, the fences, etc., swept away. The Commencement ex- 
ercises for the year were omitted. A regular programme, how- 
ever, was issued. The work of thorough cleansing and repair 
was begun as soon as possible, and b}- the time for the opening 
of the Fall Session, September 24. the College was ready for the 
reception of the students. August ii, 1864, Dr. Baugher, from 
the Committee to secure indemnity for the damage to the Col- 



MISCELLANEA. 93 

lege, reported to the Board that $625 had been received as rent 
from the United States Government, and been invested as part of 
the permanent fund — of course, to replace the expenditure in the 
repairs. 

The Commencement exercises of 1864 (Aug. 12), were inter- 
fered with by another threatened invasion, which culminated in 
the battle of Monocacy. But two of the graduating class — Beltz- 
hoover and Richards — were present ; and the Baccalaureate was 
delivered after their orations to a meager audience. 

It will not be out of the way to note here an incident or two 
connected with an earlier period of the war. At the very out- 
break of the war, about the 21st of April, 1861, when Baltimore 
was held by those who resisted the Union troops, the report 
reached Gettysburg one evening that the enemy were approach- 
ing. The greatest consternation prevailed. The students who 
were spending their vacation at Gettysburg immediately volun- 
teered, and with others picketed the roads leading to the town. 
The morning relieved all apprehensions. 

In the spring of 1861, a military company was formed by the 
students : 

Tutor J. F. McCreary, Captain. 
Mason Weidman, First Lieutenant. 
H. W. Roth, Second Lieutenant. 
T. D. Renfrew, Orderly Sergeant. 

It drilled regularly in the field back of the College, and occa- 
sionally in the square in town, where it was greatly complimented 
for its skill in military evolutions. It participated in the review 
of the militia of the county in the summer of 1 86 1, by the Brig- 
adier-General of the district. It added to the manual a drill in 
leap-frog, to the astonishment and delight of all military critics, 
and the despair of all rivals. 

9. Resident Officer, Proctor, etc. — At the desire of the 
Board, the President, Dr. Krauth, resided in the College from the 
time of its erection till his resignation in 1850, having personal 
supervision of its order, with the aid of the Tutors, who also 
lodged in the building. At the beginning of Dr. Baugher's pres- 
idency, Prof Stcever served as resident Professor for about two 



94 HISTORY. 

years. Dr. Baugher then — though his home was at that time at 
a considerable distance from the College — assumed the duties of 
this relation, a relation that has since been sustained by the 
President down to the present time. The service of the Tutors 
as officers of the building continued until 1873, when the work 
of the Preparatory Department required the residence of the 
Tutors there. This introduced the appointment of Proctors for 
the College. The list of Proctors from that date is as follows : 

D. T. Koser, A. B., 1 873-1 874. 

J. L. A. Burrell, A. B., 1874-1875. 

J. B. P'ocht, A. B., 1 875-1 876. 

M. L. Young, A. B., 1 876-1 878. 

H. Max. Lentz, A. B., 1 878-1 880. 

M. F. Troxell, A. B., 1 880-1 882. 



THE BEGINNINGS OF THE COLLEGE. 



BY B. M. SCHMUCKER, D. D. 

The earliest efforts to secure collegiate training for students in 
preparation for the Lutheran ministry were made in connection 
with what is now the well developed University of Pennsylvania. 
From the beginning, eminent Lutherans have been found among 
its professors, and even now there are nearly as many in the 
Faculty of Science and Arts as in any Lutheran College. When 
Dickinson College was established in 1783, an effort was made 
to unite Lutheran interests with it. Revs. Nicholas Kurtz, Pres- 
ident, Emanuel Schulze, Secretary of the Ministerium, and Dr. 
Henry E. Muhlenberg, were made Trustees, and the Board 
applied to the Ministerium in 1784 for its co-operation and con- 
tributions. The effort failed of result, and was soon abandoned. 
Franklin College, established 1787 in the interest of the Luth- 
erans and Reformed, although several efforts were made to infuse 
life into it, failed to be of much service until the attempted union 
was abandoned, and its funds were divided and given to distinctive 
institutions. 

The movements which resulted in the establishment of Penn- 
sylvania College arose out of the necessities of the Theological 
Seminary opened at Gettysburg Sept. 5, 1826. There was no 
classical and scientific school at Gettysburg which could furnish 
even the most moderate preparatory training for its students, and 
there were few such schools within the territory from which they 
came. 

The Directors of the Seminary, deeply sensible of the wants 
of the students and of the whole Lutheran population they rep- 
resented, at their second meeting, May 16, 1827, resolved to 
establish a preparatory school, and appointed Prof * S. S. 
Schmucker, then sole Seminary Professor, and Rev. J. Herbst, 
to select a teacher and open the school. The teacher chosen 
was David Jacobs, A. M., then a student in the Seminary. 

The school was opened June 25, 1827, in the Adams County 

(95) 



96 HISTORY. 

Academy. The Academ}- had been erected by means of an 
appropriation of $2,000 made b}- the Legislature in 1810, and 
contained four large rooms, two of which were used by the Seqj- 
inary. In 1829 a Scientific Department was added, and INIichael 
Jacobs, A. M., was placed in charge. The course of study in 
the " Gettysburg Acadenn- " was arranged for five }-ears, begin- 
ning with the study of the Latin and Greek languages, its third 
year being nearly parallel with the Freshman year of the College 
course. 

In September, 1829, the Adams county Academy was sold by 
the sheriff, and purchased by Rev. S. S. Schmucker for $1,150, 
the amount of its incumbrances. An agreement was made by 
the purchaser that it should be used for educational purposes, 
and not sold for other uses without gi\'ing to the citizens an 
opportunity of redeeming it at cost. Thus no other bid was 
made. Prof Schmucker proposed to enlarge the interest in the 
Institution, and engage the influence of many Lutheran clergy- 
men, by forming "An Association for the establishment of a Class- 
ical and Scientific Department in subser\-ience to the objects of 
the Theological Seminaiy at Gettysburg, and for the purchase of 
the Adams County Acadeni}-." Articles to this effect were 
drawn up — the original stock to be Si, 100. each share $50, five 
Trustees to manage its affairs, the Professors and Directors of the 
Theological Seminar}^ to be a School Committee, Avho should 
appoint all teachers, prescribe the course of study, direct disci- 
pline, but in an}- case of need the Seminary Professors could act 
alone. The children of original stockholders were to be taught 
gratuitously. The institution passed under the care of these 
stockholders, and was named " The Gett_\-sburg Gymnasium." 
The stockholders were all Lutheran clerg\-men, and their names 
should not be forgotten : S. S. Schmucker, Jno. Herbst, H. G. 
Stecher, J. G. Schmucker. C. F. He}-er, Jno. Ruthrauflf, Jac. Crig- 
ler, Eman. Keller. Jacob Martin, J. W. Heim, Benj. Kurtz, David 
F. Schaefter, Jno. G. Morris, Abr. Reck, Dr. Fr. Schaeffer, Mich. 
Meyerhoeffer. Jacob Medtart, Lew. Eichelberger, and at a later 
date, C. Phil. Krauth, W. G. Ernst, Dan. Gottwald, and Chas F. 
Schaeffer. The first meeting of the stockholders was held Mav 




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THE BEGINNINGS OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 97 

19, 1830, when the officers and trustees elected were: President, 
B. Kurtz; Secretary, J. F. Ruthrauff; Treasurer, Emanuel Keller; 
Trustees, D. F. Schaeffer, B. Kurtz, A. Reck, E. Keller, J. F. 
Ruthrauff. 

In the summer of 1830 the health of Rev. David Jacobs, who 
had been admitted to the ministry in 1829, failed, and he died 
Nov. 4, 1830. His place was filled by the appointment of Rev. 
H. L. Baugher, who took charge of the Classical Department, 
April, 1 83 1. 

The superior abilities of these teachers, whose life-long labors 
in the College are still held in such high estimation, secured an 
ever-enlarging number of students, and hopes of greater things 
to come were aroused. 

Thus far the chief mover in the successive stages of the history 
of the Institution had been Prof S. S. Schmucker. He was from 
1 826-1 830 sole Professor in the Seminary; he had urged the 
establishment of the Academy, had been charged with the selec- 
tion of the first two teachers and with all arrangements for open- 
ing the school; he had purchased the Academy, so as to secure 
for it a habitation ; he had formed the Association which took 
possession of it, and secured subscriptions of stock, and indeed 
had constant oversight. He now hoped that it was both needful 
and possible to enlarge the Institution. 

In the fall of 1831 he invited a few prominent citizens to meet 
and consider the question of the enlargement of the Gymnasium 
to a College. The meeting was held at the Gettysburg Bank, and 
the persons invited were: John B. McPherson, Thomas Craig 
Miller, John F. Mcafarlane, Thomas J. Cooper, R. G. Harper, 
Samuel Fahnestock, and Major King. They heartily approved 
the plan proposed, and selected Gen. Thomas Craig Miller to ac- 
company Prof Schmucker to Harrisburg and aid him in securing 
a Charter. Prof Schmucker spent several weeks at Harrisburg 
in securing friends for the measure : he obtained leave to deliver 
an address before the Legislature in the hall of the House on 
" The Eminent Character and Services of the Germans in Penn- 
sylvania, and their claims for recognition by the Legislature." 
The Charter was granted April 7, 1832. It was compiled by 
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98 



HISTORY. 



Prof. Schmucker from similar charters, and was written b}- him in 
the side-room of the Senate. 

In the Charter, the stockholders of the G}-mnasium, with the 
addition of the citizens of Gettysburg above named, are made 
the Patrons of the College, and the Trustees were to be elected 
by the Patrons. The Charter was submitted to the stockholders 
May i6, 1832. and was accepted on certain conditions, chief of 
which was that the\- retain their right to gratuitous instruction. 
The names o( H. G. Stecher and Emanuel Keller, overlooked in 
the Charter, were to be added at the first vacancies. Arrange- 
ments were made for the organization of the College, July 4, 
1832, and Hon. Calvin Blythe was invited to deliver an address 
at that time. On the 4th of Jul}-, the organization was made. 
The Patrons, professors, students, visitors and citizens Avent in 
procession from the Academy to the Presb}-terian Church, where, 
after prayer by Dr. Paxton. an address was delivered by Judge 
Blvthe. which began the long array of published addresses here. 
In the afternoon the Patrons met. elected officers, fixed the term 
of service of Trustees at three }-ears. one-third to be elected 
annualh-. elected Trustees, and transferred the title of their edi- 
fice to the Trustees and Patrons appointed by the Legislature. 

The Trustees proceeded on the same da\- to appoint Professors 
and make arrangements for opening the College. Rev. M. Jacobs 
was made Prof of Mathematics and the Physical Sciences, and 
Re\-. H. L. Baugher of the Greek Language and Belles Lettres; 
Profs. Schmucker and Hazelius consented temporarily and gratui- 
touslv to assist in other branches, and Rev. J. H. ]\Iarsden was 
maije Professor of Mineralog}- and Botan}-. The usual College 
course of four years was adopted, with a preparatory- course of 
three vears. Prof Schmucker's instruction in Intellectual. Moral 
and Political Philosophy. Logic. Natural Theology, and Evidences 
of Revelation, was confined to the Junior and Senior Classes. 
The instruction of the other Professors co\-ered tlie whole se\-en 
years; Dr. Hazelius in Latin and German. Profs. Jacobs and 
Baugher in the \-arious branches of their Professorships. The 
College was opened Nov. 7. 1832. Strange as it may seem, vig- 
orous local opposition was made to the establishment of the Col- 



THE BEGINNINGS OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 99 

lege, incited chiefly by Rev. C. G. McLean. Profs. Schmuckcr 
and Hazelius retained their positions for one year, when Dr. 
HazeHus removed to South Carolina, and Rev. C. P. Krauth, 
having been chosen to succeed him in the Seminary, was made 
Professor of Mental and Moral Science. Mr. ¥.. J. H. Friederici 
was made Principal of the Preparatory Department, thus relieving 
the other Professors. 

Until this time the Institution had depended on its tuition fees 
for support, and its income was very limited. The salaries in the 
time of the Academy and Gymnasium were but $400, if the in- 
come allowed. The increase of students made enlarged buildings 
necessary. It was decided to seek aid from the Legislature. 
Prof Schmucker again went to Harrisburg, and entered with vigor 
into the contest before the Legislature. Other Colleges were 
pressing their claims. Dickinson, which had already received 
over ^60,000, Washington, which had gotten ;^ 16,500 and 5,000 
acres of land, Jefferson, with Jg20,000 before, Allegheny, with 
^9,000 before, and especially Lafayette, which had received noth- 
ing, were all urging their claims. It was a stirring contest, and 
the representatives of Penn.sylvania College did not allow its in- 
terests to suffer. By the aid of many friends, preeminently of 
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, an appropriation of ;^3,000 a year for 
five years was granted, to begin June, 1834. It was decided, with 
the encouragement this aid afforded, to enlarge the P"aculty and 
give form to the Institution by the election of a President. Prof 
C. P. Krauth was chosen at the spring meeting of the Trustees 
in 1834. Then ended the unofficial but real Presidency of Prof 
S. S. Schmucker, and Pennsylvania College entered on the ever- 
widening sphere of honorable and useful work for which he had 
done so much to prepare the way. 



THE COLLEGE SOCIETIES 



THE PHREXAKOSMIAX SOCIETY.^ 

BY PROF. H. E- JACOBS, D. D. 

The records of two thousand meetings or more of a College 
Literarv' Society are voluminous. The great mass of the details 
they contain is of onh- temporar}" interest. The former student 
who refers to them is delighted to examine proceedings A\nth 
which he may have been prominently identified, in the light of 
the experience that additional years have brought him. and to 
trace the later history* of some of his cotemporaries in character- 
istics developing already- during College life. The active member 
of the Societ\" of the present time may also be greatly benefited 
by comparing the proceedings of former generations \Wth his 
own. But for the public, or e\-en for the chronicler of the nota- 
ble events of the College, the great mass of their contents is of 
little \-alue. They are mostly records of routine work performed 
by one generation just as its predecessor ; of business proceed- 
ings making provision for constantly-recurring wants that are 
essentially the same : of occasional differences concerning order 
and discipline that gi\-e rise to momentarj* excitements ; of ri\-al- 
ries either within the Society or with her sister organization that 
are often not the most worthy of remembrance : and sometimes, 
too? of resolutions that bid defiance both to the Constitution of 
the Society^ and to all parliamentary- order. Often, too, with so 
much that is of only temporan.- \-alue recorded, some important 
fact is entirely ignored. We find a resolution for the purchase of 
a box of matches, while we search in \-ain for a notice of some 
important change in the Constitution. 

We present simply a summary of the leading tacts. 

* Most of the facts for this sketch were gleaned from the Minutes by a Committee 
consisting of Messrs. W. C. Sheehr, ,M. H. Buehler, \V. L, McPherson, H. H. 

Weber, and F. H.-Crissman. 



THK phrp:nakosmian society. 101 

ORGANIZATION. 

February 4th, 1 831, the students of the Gettysburg Gymnasium 
were called together to take measures for the formation of literary 
societies. Profs. J. Marsden and M. Jacobs addressed them on 
the subject. The roll was then divided, and the first half became 
the founders of the Phrenakosmian Society. They were Benja- 
min Arey, of N. C. ; Augustus Babb, of Pa. ; David G. Barnitz, 
of Pa. ; David F. Bittle, of Md. ; Daniel Boyer, of Pa. ; J. B. 
Davis, of Va. ; L. G. Fggers, of Pa. ; W. B. I^ilwiler, of Pa. ; J. 
Gaver, of Md. ; Levi Grosh, of Pa. ; .S. W. Harkey, of N. C. ; J. 
C. Hope, of S. C. ; John Harper, of Pa. ; Frederick Harris, of 
Pa.; Jesse Hoover, of Ala. ; Daniel Jenkins, of Tenn. ; P>.ra Kel- 
ler, of Md., and O. O. McClean, of Pa. The rest of the students 
with Prof Jacobs withdrew, and organized the Philomath^ean 
Society. Prof Marsden presided over the Phrenakosmians. The 
result of the meeting was the appointment of a committee, 
consi.sting of Messrs. Jenkins, Barnitz, and Bacon,* to draft a 
Constitution, with instructions to report in two weeks. Among 
the founders were no less than four who subsequently became 
College Presidents, to which was added before the expiration of 
the year a fifth, in Dr. Theophilus Stork. 

Two weeks later, Friday evening, February i8th, at 6]4 o'clock, 
the second meeting was held, at which the Con.stitution was 
adopted, and the following officers were elected : J. C. Hope, 
Archon ; J. Hoover, P^parch ; D. G. Barnitz, Grammateus. The 
initiation fee was fixed at fifty cents. Fines ranged from six and 
a fourth to fifty cents. P>iday evening, at 6.30 in winter and 7 
o'clock in summer, was designated as the hour for meeting. A 
written application for active membership was necessary, which 
had to be laid over for a week before action could be .taken. 
Performances were required of the members every three weeks. 
The Archon was required to read an essay on taking the chair, 
and to make an original oration on leaving it. The term of an 
administration was fixed at six regular meetings. 

At the same meeting, Messrs. Babb, Hoover and Fggers were 

* Mr. Bacon's name must have been included upon a presumption that he would 
unite at once with the Society. lie deferred this, however, until July 29th, 1831. 



I02 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

appointed a committee to confer with a similar committee of the 
Philomathajan Society (Springer, Oswald. Sr., and Oswald, Jr.,) 
concerning- Articles of Confederation between the two societies. 
These articles were adopted IMarch 4th. Each society pledged 
itself to admit no one as a member until he had been six weeks a 
member of tlie institution, \\liene\-er the number of members 
in either societ\- would stand in the proportion of two to one, the 
door of tlie larger body was to be closed to all applicants for 
membership, until the difference was half made up. Honorary 
membership in tlie one societ}- precluded the same relation to 
tlie otlier. with the exception of members of the Faculty, who 
were eligible to simultaneous membership in both bodies. Other 
articles specify measures wliereb}- each societ}- was to aid tlie 
other in enforcing secrec}- upon its members. The}- remained in 
force only until 1833. when the}- were annulled b}- the Philoma- 
thseans. TheFaculty in 1835 passed an or dinance defining the 
relations of the two societies, which was appro\-ed b}- the Phrena- 
kosmians in these words : 

" That while we disclaim all right on the part of the Faculty 
of this College to legislate for our societ}-. yet considering that 
the laws drafted b}- them will tend to promote peace and harmony 
between the two societies, we incorporate them in our Consti- 
tution." 

Vers- soon, too, the first Constitution was found to be unsatis- 
tactory. and accordingl}-. Jul}- 29th, 1831, a committee consisting 
of Messrs. Hope. Hoover, Harkey. Keller and Davis, reported a 
revision, which was adopted. It reduced the number of officers 
to two. an Arclion and a Grammateus. 

November I5tli, 1832, Messrs. Bo}-er, Bittle and Stork reported 
a new Constitution, which was destined to have a still shorter 
term of life, as February ist, 1833. still anotlier Constitution, 
prepared by [Messrs. Bacon, Dale and ^IcClean, was adopted after 
some amendments. 

Februar}- 9th. 1853, another Constitution, reported bv a com- 
mittee of which L. R. Baugher was chairman, was adopted, which 
gave place to another. P^ebruar}- 5th. 1862. prepared by a com- 
mittee of which C. V. S. Le\-\-was chairman. 



THE PHRENAKOSMIAN SOCIETY. IO3 

PLACE AND TIME OF MEETING. 

The meetings were held originally in the recitation-rooms of 
the old Academy Building on High Street. After the present 
building was occupied, a room on the north side of the second 
floor was occupied for two years. August 2d, 1839, the present 
hall was dedicated, with prayer by Dr. Baugher and an address 
by President Krauth. 

Friday evening was for some years the time designated by the 
Constitution. In 1840, the present custom of meeting on Wednes- 
day afternoons was adopted. 

HONORARY MEMBERS. 

February 25th, 1831, " it was resolved that Mr. M. Jacobs and 
Rev. J. Marsden be appointed honorary members for life." April 
15th, 183 1, " Profs. Schmucker and Hazelius, together with Rev. 
H. L. Baugher, were admitted" to the same rank, and thus a long 
series began, in which Phrena sought to excel Philo in the num- 
ber of prominent men enrolled. 

Another class of honorary members was established in Sep- 
tember, 1 83 1, by a resolution to include all members of the 
Society in good standing, after their departure from the Institution., 

LIBRARY. 

The Library was founded by a resolution of April 15th, 1831, 
" Harper's Library" being purchased as the nucleus. At various 
times during the early years of the society, earnest efforts were 
made by the members during the vacations, to obtain volumes. 
As a stimulus to exertion, valuable prizes were offered to those 
securing the largest number. The small room assigned to the 
Library after the removal of the Institution to the present build- 
ing, was enlarged, frescoed and refitted in 1859. The hall was at 
the same time frescoed. In 1861-1862 the books were re- 
arranged, and kept in the places they still occupy by the adoption 
of the steel-plate label. The committee in charge attempted also 
to prepare minute catalogues to facilitate reference; but the work 
was too great, and the plan fell through under their successors, 
who did not understand the plan originally intended. 

Gradually, as the result of eftbrts covering twenty-five years or 



I04 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

more, the soeiety has accumulated a fund, invested with the 
Treasurer of the College, the interest of which is spent in the 
purchase of books. A standing committee has charge of eftbrts 
for its increase. 

October 30th, 1867, Mr. Manges moved that a committee be 
appointed to consider the expediency of providing a reading- 
room. The project met the approval of the Society, and the 
reading-room was opened by the beginning of the next session. 
The periodicals subscribed for are designated by a \'ote of the 
Society. A number are furnished gratuitously. 

SOCIETY DESIGNATIONS. 

February' i8th, 1833, it was "resolved that we wear a small 
blue badge at our celebration." February 2d, 1842, " Mr. Harri- 
son mo\^ed that hereafter we Avear as a badge a blue ribbon." 
This was a few weeks later changed to pink, but in 1843 the blue 
again prevailed. 

About 1854 a plain gold ]\Ialtese cross, with pen and sword 
crossed, and an inscription of the initials of the society motto, 
K. T. (?., and date 1 831, surrounded by a wreath, was adopted 
as the society pin. The design was changed somewhat a ifew 
years later, being reduced in size, the center forming a ground of 
blue enamel. 

In 1 861 an engraved envelope was procured, which for awhile 
AA'^s generall}' used for the correspondence of active Phrenakos- 
mians. 

PUBLIC EXERCISES. 

Anniversary Exercises were first held in 1832, although the 
first record in the Minutes is February 22d, 1833. The plan 
adopted provided for addresses from two honorary and one active 
member. Owing to the declination of one of the honorar}^ 
members elected, there were but two speakers, Hon. James 
Cooper and Mr. D. G. Barnitz. The time was changed to the 
Friday before Februar}* 22d, the second Friday in March, April 
1st, and perhaps to other dates. For over twent}- }-ears they 
were almost entireh- omitted, but since 1868 have been held 
every alternate year, on February 22d. In September, 1855 



THE PHRENAKOSMIAN SOCIETY. IO5 

(V/ednesday morning of Commencement Week), a celebration 
was held of similar character. The performances now consist of 
original speeches. 

In April, 1833, at the close of the winter session, the first con- 
test with the Philomathaean Society took place, participated in by 
a speaker, essayist, and debater from both bodies. These con- 
tests were held regularly until 1849. Since then they have been 
omitted, except in 1868, when a contest was held in Agricultural 
Hall, on December 22d. 

After the occupation of the new hall, it was resolved to cele- 
brate the anniversary of its dedication, and in 1840, Mr. P. Wil- 
lard, of the Seminary, was elected the first orator. 

The first public address before the two Societies was delivered 
July 4th, 1838, by Rev. C. G. McLean, of Gettysburg, the second 
in 1838, by James C. Biddle, Esq., of Philadelphia. The time 
was afterwards changed to the Wednesday before Commence- 
ment. The two Societies have frequently united in the arrange- 
ments. Occasionally each has had its own speaker on the same 
day, explicable generally by some failure the preceding year. 
The custom prevalent for the last seventeen years is for the 
Societies to alternate, so that each has regularly a biennial address. 

The Phrenakosmian Society entered into a joint arrangement 
with the Philomathaiian Society, whereby courses of popular lec- 
tures were delivered in Gettysburg during the winters of 1867—8, 
and 1869-70. 

In June, 1876, Gen. J. Watts DePeyster, of New York, one of 
the most interested and valuable honorary members, offered the 
society a costly gold Phrenakosmian badge set with diamonds, to 
be awarded to the member who would compose the best oration 
on the Battle of Gettysburg. J. Bion Scott of 'jy was the success- 
ful competitor, and delivered the oration in Christ Church, 1877. 

LITERARY LEAGUE. 

During the winter of 1862-63 the Society became a member of 
a league of College Literary Societies, that had its center in the 
University of Pennsylvania. Interest in it soon decreased, and 
little is read of it in the minutes. 



I06 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

PUBLICATIONS. 

The society has published two catalogues, one in 1846 and 
another in 1853. Were one to be issued now, it would record 
1062 names of those who are or have been active members. 

PRESIDENTS. 

1 83 1. — I. J. C. Hope. 2. L. G. Eggers. 3. J. C. Hope. 4. J 
B. Davis. 5. S. W. Harkey. 6. E. Keller. 

1832. — 7. D. Jenkins. 8. E. Keller. 9. J. B. Davis. 10. D 
G. Barnitz. 11. T. Stork. 

1833.— 12. B. Arey. 13. O. O. M'Clean. 14. D. G. Barnitz 
15. J. Hoover. 16. E. Keller. 17. J. B. Bacon. 

1834. — 18. J. Witherow. 19. J. Hc5over. 20. M. G. Dale 
21. T. Stork. 22. D. F. Bittle. 23. J. R. Keiser. 

1835. — 24. E. Keller. 25. O. O. McClean. 26. J. Witherow 
27. P. Willard. 28. — Brown. 

1836. — 29. S.A.Miller. 30. P. Willard. 31. S. W^agner. 32 
G. Orth. 33. J. R. Keiser. 34. P. Willard. 

1837. — 35. C. Baker. 36. H. Ziegler. 37. J. A. Brown. 38 
D. A. S. Eyster. 39. J. R. Keiser. 

1838.— 40. N. C. Cornell. 41. P. Willard. 42. G. Bassler 
43. C. L. Baker. 44. J. A. Brown. 45. W. F. Eyster. 

1839. — 46. S. Sohl. 47. D. A. S. Eyster. 48. J. A. Brown 
49. H. Ziegler. 50. C. Witmer. 

1840. — 51. C. Witherow. 52. J. A. Brown. 53. N. C. Cor- 
nell. 54. G. Bassler. 55. L. Knight. 56. J. Scherer. 

1841. — 57. J. Kohler. 58. H. Ziegler. 59. W. Weaver. 60. 
J. M. Brodhead. 61. A. J. Weddel. 62. B. Laubach. 63. F. 
A." Barnitz. 

1842. — 64. G. Parson. 65. R. K. Irwin. 66. W. H. Harrison. 
ej. D. H. Bittle. 68. L. Knight. 69. B. Ridgely. 70. C. Klink. 

1843.— 71. R. G. H. Clarkson. 72. T. W. Corbet. 7^. G. A. 
Nixdorf. 74. J. McFarland. 75. G. J. Martz. 

1844.— 76. O. F. Baugher. jj. M. Schaeffer. ']'&. T.W.Cor- 
bet. 79. W. B. Hineard. 80. M. Posey. 81. S. Sheimer. 

1845.— 82. M. Schaeffer. 83. J. J. Culler. 84. C. A. Brougher. 
85. G. W. Martin. 86. J. P. Smeltzer. 87. C. A. Keyser. 88. 
W^ A. Renshaw. 



THE PHRENAKOSMIAN SOCIETY. lO/ 

1846. — 89. L. C. Groseclose. 90. L. E. Albert. 91. R. A. 
Fink. 92. W. H. Stevenson. 92. J. A. Lynch. 93. W. H. 
Witherow. 94. W. B. Hineard. 

1847. — 95. H. Jacobs. 96. F. W. Brauns. 97. D. J. Eyler. 
98. P. Sheeder. 99. J. K. Miller. 100. E. McPherson. loi. 
L. P. Fiery. 

1848. — 102. G. B. Alston. 103. J. H. Cupp. 104. E. Miller. 
105. E. McPherson. 106. W. K. Gilbert. 107. G. M. Pile. 

1849. — 108. J. H. Cupp. 109. M.Valentine, no. A. Rambo. 
III. J. F. Probst. 112. S. C. Wells. 113. D. J. Barrick. 

1850. — 114. W. J. T. Carroll. 115. J. M. Eichelberger. 116. 
D. J. Barrick. 117. S. C. Benner. 118. H. Reck. 119. G. 
Eyster. 120. J. S. Crumbaugh. 121. R. Hill. 

1 85 1. 122. L. J. Bell. 123. E. A. Sharetts. 124. J. A. Le- 
fevre. 125. J. S. Crumbaugh. 126. R.Hill. 127. J. G. Werner.* 
128. J. W. Kreglo. 129. H. A. Grim. 

1852. — -130. R. Hill. 131. T. T. Titus. 132. J. J. Scherer. 
133. E. Unangst. 134. C. Fine. 135. T. T. Titus. 

1853. — 136. L. Hippee. 137. B. C. Suesserott. 138. L. K. 
Hoch. 139. T. T. Titus. 140. G. A. Long. 141. L. Hippee. 
142. L. R. Baugher. 

1854. — 143. A. Copenhaver. 144. D. Tritle. 145. J. M. 
Schreckhise. 146. J. F. Wampole. 147. T. W. L. Dosh. 148. 
J. I. Burrell. 

1855. — 149. J. Frazier. 150. E. Knapp. 151. G. A. Long. 
152. C. E. S. McKee. 153. S. A. Fiery. 154. A. Hoy. 155. 
J. R. Dimm. 

1856. — 156. E. B. Kramlich. 157. D. PI L. Mehring. 158. G. 
F. Schaeffer. 159. C. P. Muhlenberg. 160. J. R. Dimm. 161. 
F. C. H. Lampe. 162. L. A. Bikle. 

1857.— 163. D. M. Gilbert. 164. H. L. Baugher. 165. J. M. 
Hughes. 166. B. H. Hunt. 167. J. B. Rath. 168. V. Miller. 

1858. — 169. A. R. Home. 170. T. B. Burrowes. 171. J. B. 
Kershner. 172. J. Q. McAtee. 173. T. B. Blauvelt. 174. D. 
J. Benner. 

1859.— 175. A. J. Weise. 176. F. B. Wolf. 177. W. R. 

* Died in office. 



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Eyster. 178. T. Heilig. 179. J. R. Groff 180. B. F. Apple. 
181. C. H. Schaeffer. 

i860.— 182. M. H. Richards. 183. W. Reed. 184. M. C. 
Horine. .185. J. B. Reimensnyder. 186. H. C. Holloway. 187. 
A. Thompson. 

1861.— 188. J. H. A. Kitzmiller. 189. H. Plowman. 190. M. 
L. Culler. 191. H.E.Jacobs. 192. C. V. S. Levy. 193. H. H. 
Keedy. 

1862. — 194. A. D. Schaeffer. 195. R. B. Weaver. 196. S. E. 
Furst. 197. W. H. Steck. 198. E. J. Wolf 199. F. A. Fair. 

1863. — 200. M. Colver. 201. J. C. Dizinger. 202. S. A. 
Hedges. 203. E. W. Meisenhelder. 204. J. C. Hill. 

1864. — 205. T. L. Seip. 206. J. D. Schindel. 207. T. C. 
Pritchard. 208. C. J. Erdman. 209. W. M. Rightmyer. 210. 
J. A. Krumrine. 

1865. — 211. M. G. Boyer. 212. E. D. Ziegler. 213. P. M. 
Bikle. 214. H. L. Ziegenfuss. 215. J. A. Beeber. 216. A. J. 
Riley. 

1866. — 217. T. W. Saeger. 218. W. C. Schaeffer. 219. J. R. 
Custer. 220. W. E. Parson. 221. H. Gilbert. 

1867. — 222. P. H. Schaeffer. 223. C. J. Cooper. 224. J. W. 
Richard. 225. A. S. Hartman. 226. A. J. Erdman. 227. J. 
Rhone. 

1868. — 228. P. K. Erdman. 229. A. S. Hartman. 230. M. L. 
Heisler. 231. T. R. Beeber. 232. L. G. Wile. 233. H. AUeman. 

1869. — 234. J. M. Reimensnyder. 235. T. R. Beeber. 236. 
M. R. Minnich. 237. J. M. Reimensnyder. 238. T. J. Stahle. 
239. B. J. Hickman. 

1870. — 240. E. Manges. 241. W. H. Bayly. 241. J. T. Glad- 
hill. 242. S.A.Weikert. 243. P.M.Graff 244. S.A.Weikert. 

1 87 1. — 245. J. Brubaker. 246. W. E. Fischer. 247. J. W. 
Poffinberger. 248. C. Hoover. 249. J. E. Gilbert. 250. J. M. 
Friday. 

1872. — 251. W. K. T. Sahm. 252. G. N. Acker. 253. J. A. 
Singmaster. 254. W. R. Snyder. 255. T. J. Yost. 

1873.— 256. P. Graef 257. D. M. Lamotte. 258. W. S. T. 
Metzger. 259. J. A. Wirt. 260. J. L. A. Burrell. 



THE PHRENAKOSMIAN SOCIETY. IO9 

1874. — 261. F. W. Staley. 262. W. L. Remsber^. 263. T. 
D. Bcebcr. 264. M. L. Young. 265. J. McConaughy. 266. 
M. L. Beard. 

1875. — 267. E. D. Weigle. 268. C. T. Durboraw. 269. W. 

A. Shipman. 270. S. E. Smith. 271. O. H. Melcher. 272. J. 
C. Jacoby. 

1876. — 273. L. H. Clement. 274. J. Yutzy. 275. B. F. Kautz. 
276. C. S. Trump. 277. W. L. Seabrook. 278. H. B. Wile. 

1877. — 279. H. M. Lentz. 280. G. J. Benner. 281. J. A. 
Hartman. 282. A. Stump. 283. C. L. McConnel. 

. 1878.— 284. J. C. F. Rupp. 285. A. Bell. 286. U. A. L. E. 
Hankey. 287. H. C. Picking. 288. W. K. Hill. 

1879. — 289. D. McConaughy. 290. G. W. McSherry. 291. 
J. A. Metzger. 292. M. F. Troxell. 293. W. E. Stabler. 

1880.— 294. A. H. F. Fisher. 295. W. D. E. Scott. 296. R. 
F. Forrest. 297. H. D. Withers. 298. T. C. Linn. 

1 88 1. — 299. — W. P. Swartz. 300. 1£. L. Loudon. 301. W. C. 
Sheely. 302. L H. Stryker. 303. C. \N. Bingham. 

1882. — 304. M. H. Buchler. 305. F. E. Colvin. 

ANNIVERSARY SPEAKERS.* 

1832. — L. G. Eggers, D. Jenkins, Rev. R. Ifu-iscr. 

1833. — D. G. Barnitz, Hon. yas. Cooper. 

1834.— E. Keller, Rev. IV. M. Reynolds, Hon. J. Reed. 

1835.— T. Stork, O. O. McClean, Hon. G. W. Barton. 

1836. — J. R. Keiser, D. G. Barnitz, esq., Hon. Jas. Cooper. 

1837.— D. A. S. Eyster, M. G. Dale, esq., Rev. S. IV. Harkey. 

1839. — ^ ■ l'- Eyster, 0. F. Johnston, esq. 

1840. — N. H. Cornell, C. Witmer, C. Baker, esq. 

1 841. — G. Parson, A. J. Weddel, W. Gerhart, Jas. E. Buchanan, 
C. E. Lex, esq. 

1842. — J. Summers, D. H. Bittle, L. Knight. 

1843.— R. G. H. Clarkson, R. K. Irwin, C. Horner, Prof. H. I. 
Schmidt. 

1844.— J. P. Clarkson, G. A. Nixdorff, B. M. Schmucker, W. 

B. Heinard. 

* Honorary Members in Italics. 



no COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

1845.— J. P. Smeltzer, G. J. Martz, R. A. Fink, C. A. Brougher. 

1 846.— G. Albert, W. K. Stevenson, VV. K. Witherow, R. A. 
Fink. 

1847.— S. L. Harkey, E. McPherson, D. J. Eyler, W. H. 
Witherow. 

1848.— W. K. Gilbert, S. C. Wells, J. K. Miller, L. P. Firey. 

1849. — J. F. Probst, M. Valentine, D. Stroh, E. A. Sharetts. 

1855.— T. W. Dosh, C. P. Muhlenberg, F. C. H. Lampe, C. E. 
S. McKee. 

1868.— J. W. Rhone, J. W. Richard, H. Alleman, W. A. List, 
A. J. Erdman, T. R. Beeber, A. S. Hartman, P. K. Erdman. 

1870.— M. R. Minnich. J. W. Poffinberger, S. A. Weikert. J. 
Brubaker, A. G. Fasnacht, E. Manges, B. J. Hickman, H. Glitch. 

1872.— W. E. Fischer, J. E. Gilbert, J. M. Friday, D. M. La- 
motte, B. B. Collins, J. A. Singmaster. 

1874.— T. D. Beeber, M. O. T. Sahm, J. S. Lewars, E. D. Weigle, 
C. A. Suesserot, Jas. McConaughy. 

1876.— L. H. Clement, W. A. Shipman, S. E. Smith, W. C. 
Boteler, W^ L. Seabrook, H. B. W^ile. 

1878. — G. J. Benner, H. Dysinger, A. Stump, J. A. Hartman, 
U. A. L. E. Hankey, H. C. Picking. 

1880.— C. W. Heisler, A. H. F. Fisher, M. F. Troxell, W. P. 
Swartz, T. C. Linn, E. L. Loudon. 

1882.— W. C. Sheely, C. W. Bingham, H. H. Weber, G. W. 
Amick, L. A. Brewer, M. C. Remsberg. 

CONTESTANTS. 

Speaker. Debater. 

. D. Jenkins . . . . E. Keller. 

. D. G. Barnitz . . . T. Stork. 

. W. H. Smith . . . E. Keller. 

. W. Ruthrauff . . . T. Stork. 

. G. S. Orth . . . . J. R. Keiser. 

. J. R. Keiser . . . G. S. Orth. 

. A. Gebhart . . . . J. R. Keiser. 

. J. A. Brown . . . D. A. S. Eyster. 

. G. Parson , . . . G. Bassler. 



Year. 


Reader. 


1832 . 


. J. B. Bacon. . 


1833 ■ 


. J. B. Bacon. . 


1834. 


, D. F. Bittle. . 


1835 . 


, M. G. Dale . . 


1836, 


, S. A. Miller . 


1837 • 


, J. E. Buchanan 


1838 . 


. J. A. Brown . 


1839. 


, N. H. Cornell. 


1840 , 


, H. Ziegier. . , 



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1843 
1844 

1845 
1846 

1847 
1848 
1849 

1868 



C. Witmer. . . 
O. F. Baugher 
G. A. Nixdorf. 
J. B. Bittingcr. 
M. Schaeffer . 
G. J. Martz . . 
W. H. Morris. 
G. B. Alston . 
S. C. Wells . . 

Select Oration 
J. K. Gilbert . . 



A. J. Karn . . . 
A. J. Weddel . . 
R. L. Knight. . 
W. A. Renshaw . 
S. Sheimer . . . 
W. A. Renshaw. 
W. H. Witherow 
G. M. Pile . . . 
J. H. Cupp . . . 



N. H. Cornell. 
A. J. Karn. 
W. H. Harrison. 
R. G. H. Clarkson. 
W. B. Heinard. 
C. A. Brougher. 
R. A. Fink. 

F. McPherson. 

G. M. Pile. 



J.M.Reimensnyder.W. A. List. 



ADDRESSES. 

The names of those who have addressed the two societies 
jointly are recorded elsewhere in this volume. The following 
have addressed the Phrenakosmian Society alone : 

1855.— Hon. D. Weisel, LL. D. 



1856 

1857 
1859 
1861 
1865 
1 867 
1 87 1 

1873 
1875 
1879 
1 88 1 



—Hon. J. S. Black, LL. D. 
—Rev. G. W. Burnap, L. D. 
—Prof. H. Coppee, LL. U. 
—Prof J. S. Hart, LL. D. 
—Rev. W. B. Sprague, D. D.* 
—Rev. J. A. Seiss, D. D. 
— Rev. Byron Sunderland, D. D. 
—Rev. J. H. Barclay, D. D. 
—Rev. J. B. Bittinger, D. D. 
—Hon. H. White. 
—Hon. H. W. Hoffman. 



* The introduction to Dr. Sprague's address narrates that it was prepared originally 
for 1863, and was ready again for 1864. The movements of the war prevented its 
delivery until the third effort was made. 



112 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

Tin; riin.OMATILEAX SOCIETY. 

BY PROF. L. H. CKOLL. 
ORGANIZATION. 

iMoro than a \car before the eharter of Penns^-lvania College 
was granted b>- the Legishiture of the State, the Philomathitan 
Society haxi its organization, in the " Gettysburg" Gymnasium." 
on the corner of \\'ashington and High streets. Gett\"sburg. Pa. 
The students of the institution assembled in the west room of 
die second ston-, on the 4th of Februar)-. A. D. 1S31. to form 
literary societies ^\■hose generous ri\alr\" would stimulate the 
members to mutual intellectual and moral impro\ement. It was 
agreed to di\-ide the whole ninnber of students into two equal 
parts, in the order in -which their names stood enrolled, each 
division to form an association. The latter di\ision then witli- 
drew to the " East Room." second stor)-, becoming the founders 
of the Philomathaian Society, witli Prof. J\I. Jacobs as chairman. 
With the permission of tlie Professors of Theology, the meetings 
continued to be held in the room dex'oted to theological instruc- 
tion, the corner-stone of the Theological Seminar)* not being laid 
until the following ]\Ia)'. 

A Constitution and a name were adopted, but the latter was 
not at fii-st settled in its orthography, for the ditterent secretaries 
give " Philomathian.'" " Philomatheon" and " Philomathean" as 
the name before the present Philomatha;an becmne confirmed. 
The signification of the name, " lovers of learning." implies tlie 
object of the organization, " to create and cherish a taste for 
learning, and to promote sentiments of mutual regard and friend- 
ship;" or. as afterwards modified, "to cultivate and difTuse among 
its members liberal principles, and to promote the great objects 
of social, moral, and intellectual improvement." 

The Constitution provides for tlie election of all officers, for 
tlie admission and the dismissal of members, for fines and penal- 
ties, for meetings and work, for the formation and use of a 
librar)' ; and it emphasizes the requirement of each member to 
hold inviolable his duty to preserve a proper secrecy of tlie 
affairs of the societ\'. 



Till': I'liii.oMA'rii/i'iAN sociiyrv. 113 

THE rOUNOKKS. 

The first members are here j^iven in llie order of their signa- 
tures : Samuel Oswald, Solomon Oswald, John Oswald, Christo- 
pher A. Tabler, Abraham B. Shuman, Daniel Miller, Samuel 
Russell, John Ulrich, J'^-ancis Sprinj^er, George Schmucker, Wil- 
liam A. Wadsworth, Peter Sahm, William Menni-^-, Solomon 
Ritz, Walter J. Sloan, and William Metzger. 

One other founder would have appeared with the above, mak- 
in<^ seventeen names to the ei<^htcen of the other society, as equal 
a division as could have been made; but as he persistently refused 
to attend the meetini^s, he was declared by the society " dis- 
missed." Of these ori<^inal members but two became t^raduates 
of the CoIlei,rc, Abraham B. Shuman and Rev. Wm. A. W^ads 
worth ; and three are living, a half century after the organization. 
Rev. W'm. Mennig, Rev. W. J. Sloan, and Rev. Dr. J<"rancis 
Springer. Three received the honorary degree of Master of 
Arts from Alma Mater in later years. Rev. Daniel Miller, J^Van- 
cis Springer, D. D., and Rev. John Ulrich. The first to pass the 
trying ordeal of the initiatory rites, as at first adopted in receiv- 
ing new members, were Wm. W. McClellan, of Baltimore, and 
Lewis Routzahn, of Frederick, Md. Then, as recorded in their 
own signatures, on a single page of the original book of the 
constitution, come sucJi names of the living as Samuel Sprecher, 
D. D., LL. D., James Macfarlane, Ph. D., C. Porterfield Krauth, 
D. D., LL. D., David A. Buehler, esq., (ieorge Diehl, D D., Wm. 
M. Paxton, D. D., and others, whose names are familiar as far as 
the College is known ; but the list of the deceased on the same 
page far outnumbers that of the living, and contains names not 
unknown to literature and the professions. 

HONORARY MEMI?ERSHn\ 

Besides the active members, it was early determined that a 
class of honorary members should be elected, and the Professors 
of the Theological Department of the institution were first pro- 
po.sed to be thus admitted. However, it was found that the Con- 
stitution had no article providing for the recognition or introduc- 
tion of such a class, and already we meet with one of the various 
revisions to which the Constitution has been subjected in the 



I 14 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

history of the society. Drs. Schmucker and Hazelius had, there- 
fore, to be withdrawn from nomination until the way of admission 
was prepared. Before the expiration of a year, however, full 
compensation was made for the delay in admitting the first of 
the honorar}' members ; for we find not only the Professors of the 
several departments enrolled, but apparently all the students of 
theology, and a number of the prominent citizens of Gettysburg. 
Thirty-one were elected at one time after this, among whom ap- 
pear the names of Rev. Drs. Kurtz, Morris, Schaeffer of Frederick, 
Schaeffer of Carlisle, Lochman, and others, and with them such 
national names as Clay, Webster, Jackson, and Chief Justice Mar- 
shall. The list has grown to be many hundreds, and includes 
representative men of the professions and various walks of life. 
A Latin formula was adopted in 1843 for notifying honorary 
members of election, but it was little used. 

■ MUTUAL REGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETIES. 

After the societies had settled down to their literaiy work, some 
agreement in the election of active and honorary members was 
deemed desirable, and "Articles of Confederacy," as they were 
called, were prepared. These mutual regulations prohibited 
either society from admitting any member until he had been in 
the institution for six weeks. Afterwards, under the College char- 
ter, admission was allowed immediately after matriculation. To 
prevent either society from too far outnumbering the other, a 
limit to membership was fixed at two to one. A society having 
attained this limit was obliged to close its doors " until the weaker 
had received as man}- members as half the difference between the 
societies." This arrangement became the source of considerable 
contention whenever a resort to it became imminent, and man}^ 
were the evasions and subterfuges to escape its application; so 
that as early as 1833 there was an attempt to " make anew the 
articles of confederation," which had grown to be unsatisfactory 
to both societies. This could not have been successful, as, on 
the 25th of Februar}^, 1835, the Facult}- of the College interposed 
their kindly offices, defining the limit of age for admission, proper 
subjects for election, and allowable excess in membership. After 



THE PHILOMATH/KAN SOCIETY. II5 

various modifications of the limit of excess, in 1836 tlic Faculty 
declared "any admissions causing an excess greater than one- 
third to be irregular," and required the Philomatha,'an Society to 
rescind their action in introducing a student in contravention of 
this regulation. The society memorialized the Board of Trustees 
of the College on the subject, but the rule remained unchanged. 
Again, in 1846, a new set of mutual regulations was adopted, in 
which the societies voluntarily arranged all matters pertaining to 
membership, active and honorary, public celebrations, and other 
joint interests; but, after a lapse of about ten years, they fell into 
neglect and became a dead letter on the statute-books of both 
parties. 

The same person was not eligible to honorary membership in 
both Societies, except the Professors in the Institution. 

ADMIS.SIONS AND DISMISSALS. 

If the ceremonies of initiation did seem formidable to the ma- 
triculates, the number entering proves that it did not deter many, 
for thirteen new names were enrolled the first year, almost doub- 
ling the original number ; the following year added twenty-two to 
the growing list, and an average of twenty-two to twenty-three 
accessions annually has been maintained to the present period. 

To every honorably dismissed member who left the College 
without the institution's diploma, a certificate was given during 
the earlier years of the society, which testimonial was an evi- 
dence of good character at the time of his departure. A medal 
for this purpose was once approved, but never executed. The 
diploma of the society, an evidence of honorable dismission to a 
graduate, implied good character as well as the completion of 
the prescribed course of collegiate study, and could have been 
claimed by an average of seven annually in the past history of 
the society. When, however, any member wished to sever his 
connection with the society without just cause, or neglected duty 
and disregarded the authority and penalties of the society, a 
certain sternness even characterized the latter in its dealing with 
the offender. The conversion of the society into a court, and 
the trials of the cases presented for discipline, will recall to 



Il6 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

many a member the excited interest and the protracted sessions 
occasioned while the jury, the society, was reaching its verdict. 

EARLY INCIDENTS. 

One of the first peciiHarities was the appointment of a " Room- 
keeper," taken in alphabetical order, to make all arrangements 
necessary for holding the next meeting. He seems to have been 
keeper of the door, introducing any new or honorary member, 
but, in connection with this more dignified function, he was also 
" hewer of wood and drawer of water," polisher of lamps, and 
factotum in general. This office was abandoned in the new col- 
lege building, when a janitor became necessary on account of the 
increased work in hall, library and reading-room, and when the 
funds of the society allowed a consideration for services required. 

The meetings were first held on Friday evening, and, as lamps 
were a necessity, with the order for their purchase was joined 
that of a "jug," or "bottle," for the use of the society. Now 
this bottle is evidently not the decanter held in bad repute, nor 
is the jug the famous "little brown jug," celebrated by" the stu- 
dents in later years in their rollicking glee; for the society was 
strongly in favor of total abstinence, as the votes on all temper- 
ance debates proved. 

As an illustration of the small beginnings of a library, there is 
an account of the purchase of a " suitable desk, or covert, for the 
use of the Secretar}', librar}', lamps," etc. Some later Secretar}- 
has changed the v of covert into b, making it " cobert," having 
doubtless in mind the old family cupboard at home. From the 
day when a single desk or closet would accommodate not onl}- 
the librar}-, but the articles of the Secretary and the Janitor be- 
sides, to the present, when even the present librar}^ room has be- 
come too cramped to display all the \'olumes to ad\-antage, an 
earnest of what may be expected in another half centur}" is ex- 
hibited. Another illustration of small beginnings was the original 
initiation fee of fift}- cents, which rose to two dollars and a half 
when the college obtained its charter, and not long after to five 
dollars, at which figure it has since remained. 

The first original declamation, by one of the still surviving 



THE PIIILOMATH/EAN SOCIETY. II7 

founders, by permission of the society, was in the German lan- 
guage. From the first the debate took high rank, and seemed 
to claim the highest interest of the members. The subjects 
chosen often bore directly upon their personal relations, and the 
first was upon their call or right to existence as a society. Then 
the question of social visiting, the granting of diplomas for par- 
tial or special courses of study, and other like topics, were dis- 
cussed, as well as the questions of public interest in their day. 

ANNIVERSARIES AND PUBLIC CONTE.STS. 

The first anniversary celebration was held I'ebruary 17, 1832, 
and the speeches were made by two of the founders.^ At the 
first these exercises were held in the Gymnasium building, and 
invitations were sent to such persons as were supposed to appre- 
ciate literary entertainments. It may seem somewhat primitive 
at the present day to learn that " a few verses" were sung between 
the speeches, instead of the classical instrumental music furnished 
at later entertainments. Another novelty was the " privilege 
given to those present of making any remarks to society that 
might be thought proper." Afterwards the exercises were held 
in the German church, until 1835, when they v/ere transferred for 
a couple of years to the Presbyterian church, in consequence 
of objection being made to the introduction of instrumental 
music into the church. After 1836 the public exercises were 
held in Christ (College) Church, then completed. 

In connection with the Spring Examinations, by request of the 
Professors, each society appointed an essayist, an orator, and a 
debater, as performers at the closing exercises of the session. 
The exercises were to be original, and each society was to "chal- 
lenge" the other alternately to select the subject of debate. Thus 
originated the annual " contests," which grew^ in interest from 
year to year until 1849, when a dispute with the church officers 
brought all public exercises of the societies to a close for several 
years. The customary fees for the sexton and other incidentals 
were asked for in advance, by a regulation of the church officers, 
in consequence of the difficulty of collecting them after the 
interest of the occasion had passed and the officers of the societies 



Il8 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

had been changed. This action being misapprehended as a 
charge for the use of the church, which was free to exercises 
under the direction of the Faculty, or as a reflection upon the 
integrity of the societies, was resisted. Not satisfied with the 
explanation that the sum assessed merely covered the expenses 
incident to the opening of the church, the societies memorialized 
the Board of Trustees on the question, who replied that the 
demand was not unreasonable ; and thus ended the dispute and 
the contests at the same time. 

At the time of the earlier Anniversaries, an Honorary Member 
was elected to deliver an address. From 1836 to 1853 an 
address was deli\'ered each year before the societies jointly. 
From this time there have been annual and biennial addresses, 
the societies usually alternating in the choice. Below are given 
the speakers on these various occasions. 

REMOVAL OF THE SOCIETV. 

The quarters at first chosen continued to be used by the 
societ}' until the present College building was erected. The 
fourth story, in which the hall and library were to be situated, 
was not finished during the first year's occupancy of the College, 
and the society was compelled to conduct its exercises in the 
second story, under many disadvantages. In consequence of 
this a movement was made to re-occup\' the room in the old 
Academy building, or seek temporary shelter elsewhere. The 
Faculty urged the societ}' to remain in the College edifice during 
the summer of 1838, until the completion of the fourth story; 
and afterwards, in 1840. gave \\'ednesda)' afternoon, instead of 
Friday night, as the time of holding the regular sessions. 

The hall at the east end of the fourth story, assigned to the 
Philomathaeans, was neatly carpeted and papered ; bronze busts 
of Washington and Franklin adorned the President's stand ; and 
other necessary and suitable furniture was supplied. In the spirit 
of improvement and ri\'alr\-, however, in the }'ear 185 1, the 
papering gave wa}^ to frescoing and the plain carpet to Brussels 
tapestr}^ Again, in 1868, a complete renovation of the hall was 
made, but this was rendered necessary to a certain extent by the 



THE PHILOMATHyKAN SOCIETY. I I9 

damage which had been done, after the battle of Gettysburg, by 
the wounded of General Lee's army, many of whom lodged in 
the hall and injured the walls with blood and other stains. 

THE LIBRARY AND LIBRARY EUNI). 

What books were first placed in the Library cannot now be 
told, but some volumes must have been gathered at the very 
organization, as the books were given out at the close of each 
regular meeting, and fines imposed for not returning them in the 
allotted time. All money remaining, after defraying necessary 
expenses, was to be appropriated to the library, and on January 
27, 1832, is recorded the first purchase of books, " Buffon's Nat- 
ural History." Members pledged themselves to gather books 
during vacations, and subscription papers, prepared by the society 
itself, were used for that purpose. 

Several thousand volumes in this way were brought together, 
and more than $100 annually expended from the revenues of the 
treasury for books of standard value. From 1853 to 1865 a 
permanent library fund of $\,QOO was secured by the exertions 
of active and honorary members, which is deposited with the 
College Treasurer, and yielding interest to be expended yearly 
in choice books. Besides this first thousand dollars, a portion of 
a second thou.sand has been raised and added to the former. 
Rev. S. S. Henry was for a time the agent of the society in com- 
pleting the original fund. 

The original book-shelves of the Academy yielded, in 1838, to 
the librar>^-room assigned by the institution in the new College 
building. In 1853 application was made for additional accom- 
modations, and soon a room was added, doubling the space, 
which was still further increased in 1880 by the addition of 
another room eastward. This is handsomely furnished, and nearly 
filled with the 6,500 volumes now in catalogue. 

READING ROOM. 

In addition to the books of the Library, the current literature 
of the day was a desideratum to thc^ Society, and in 1861 a Philo. 
Reading-room was established on the first story, north-east cor- 
ner, of the College building. The room is well furnished and 



120 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

supplied with prominent daily papers, monthly magazines, and 
other periodicals of \-aIue, to \\hich the members ha\-e access at 
all times except stud}- hours. 

THE " FHILO-UXION." 

As a matter of histor}", the connection of this society, between 
185 J and 1835, with an organization or union of the different 
literary societies of \arious colleges bearing the prae-nomen of 
Philo, and known as the " Philo-Union," must not be omitted. 
It originated at Shelby College, Ken., and enrolled Philo. Societies 
of more than a score of colleges, extending from New Phigland 
to the West. iMembership in any one of these societies secured 
admission to all the others, and a general plan of simultaneous 
anni\-orsaries was proposed. The fraternal relations of the bro- 
therhood were to be cultivated and the general interests to be 
promoted by a periodical established at some central institution ; 
but the dithculties of practical co-operation and the excessive 
labor of correspondence made the Union of short duration, and 
a second generation of students scarcely learned of its existence. 

.\FPLICATIOX FOR A CHARTER. 

At se\-eral periods in the histor}- of the society, the subject of 
obtaining a Charter from the County Court, or the State Legis- 
lature, was full}- discussed. After a portion of tlie ^1,000 fund 
had been collected, it w-as thought necessar}^ to have a charter, in 
order to secure mone}'s loaned. Legal ad\-ice was taken on the 
subject and the Facult}- notified of the application. The}^ thought 
tliat " the incoiporation of either of the literary societies might 
pro\-e detrimental to the Interests of the College, producing un- 
pleasant conflict in the institution." Later, when the fund for the 
librar}- was full}- secured, the desire to become a corporate body 
ag-ain found expression ; but the doubt whether a chartered bod}- 
could exist within a chartered corporation, a " wheel within a 
wheel," as it was called, induced the societ}- to abandon the ap- 
plication. 

BADGES AND OTHER PARAPHERNALIA. 

In adopting distinguishing badges for public occasions, the 
Philomatlia^ans chose the white ribbon. Various forms from 



THE rillLOMA'l'ir.-ICAN SOCIETV. 121 

time to time prevailed, now the rosette, circular or oval, then the 
plain ribbon. At another time the name " Philomathacan" was 
stamped on the satin, and all members were required to wear the 
emblem. The Marshal, who conducts the procession, wears a 
white sash, or regalia, with a corresponding " baton." In addition 
to these decorations a badi^e-pin was adopted in 1854, in the form 
of a scroll with the word " Philo" engraved upon it, and the year 
of organization, " i<S3i." An enlarged scroll of the same charac- 
ter is worn by the Marshal. A design for a " coat of arms" was 
also at one time adopted, but little use seems to have been made 
of it ; and a wood-cut representing the scroll of the badge-pin 
upon a background of clouds. Of more profit to the society, and 
of finer design and execution, is the diploma, which contains one 
of the be.st representations of the College building, and beautiful 
Latin script upon the clearest vellum or parchment. The society 
has, besides these di.splays of its name, placed a memorial window 
in the College Church, where the public exercises of the associa- 
tion are usually held. 

■ Three catalogues have been publi.shed, in 1846, in 1853, and 
in 1862, in which the members are recorded, active and honor- 
ary, as well as the graduated members, and the list of books; 
and the society now proposes to issue a fourth catalogue. 

More than i,ioo students, about 350 of them graduate mem- 
bers, have received an important part of their education in this 
society, a training in the knowledge of men, and power to con- 
trol them; in reading the thoughts of others, and so presenting 
the truth as to become the moulders of sentiment. Here is fur- 
ni.shed an auditorium for the rendering of the " best thoughts, in 
.sympathy with the great masters of English .speech, under the 
glow of public declamation, the supreme effort of the life of a 
college student." One of the closest bonds of attachment be- 
tween the member and his Alma Mater has ever been his con- 
nection with the IMiiloraatha^'an Society. 



122 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

SUMMARY OF MEMBERSHIP. 

Total number of members 1127 

Average admitted per annum 22 to 23 

Of 679 graduates of the College 349 

Annual average of graduates for 50 }^ears 7 

By states the admissions were as follows : 

From Pennsylvania, 879; Maryland, 154; New York, 15; New 
Jersey, 7; Virginia, 14; District of Columbia, 12; Ohio, 10; North 
Carohna, 6; Indiana, 4; Illinois, 5; Wisconsin, Nebraska, West 
Virginia and Texas, each 2 ; Iowa, California, New Hampshire, 
Delaware, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee, 
each I ; Unknown, 2. There were also 3 from Germany. 

ADDRESSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNIVERSARIES. 

J. L. Fuller, esq., 1836; Hon. Daniel M. Smyser, 1837; Hon. 
A. C. Ramsey, 1838; Nathan C. Brooks, LL. D., and Rev. C. 
West Thompson (Poem). 1840; John G. Morris, D. D., LL. D., 
and J. N. Mcjilton, esq. (Poem), 1841 ; H. W. Thorp, A. M.. 
1842. 

JOINT ADDRESSES TO THE SOCIETIES. 

C. G. McClean. D. D.. 1836; Hon. James C. Biddle, 1838; R. 
J. Breckenridge, D. D., LL. D., 1842; John Todd, D. D., 1843; 
Thos. H. Stockton. D. D., 1844; Prof W. M. Reynolds, D. 
D., 1845; Robert Tyler, esq., 1847; Hon. Lewis C. Levin, 
1849; George B. Cheever, 185 1; Hon. R. T. Conrad, 1852; W. 
A. Passavant, D. D., 1853. 

ANNUAL AND BIENNIAL ADDRESSES. 

- Wm. H. Allen, LL. D., 1855; Samuel W. Black, esq.. 1856; 
Morton McMichael, esq.. 1858; W. M. Baum. D. D., i860; 
Roswell D. Hitchcock. D. D.. 1865; Theodore L. Cuyler. D. D.. 
1866; Prof. Edwards A. Park. D. D., 1868; S. J. Wilson, D. D.. 
1870; John McCron. D. D., 1872; G. F. Stelling. D. D.. 1874; 
Hon. A. K. McClure. 1878; Hon. R. Stockett Matthews. 1880. 

LECTURE COURSE BY THE SOCIETIES IN 1 868 AND 1 869. 

David Paul Brown, esq., A. A. Willits, D. D., T. De Witt Tal- 
mage, D. D., Prof. Henry Coppee, LL. D., John G. Morris, D. D., 



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123 



LL. D. (Readings), John McCron, D. D., Hon. A. K. McClure, 
Prof. Robert Kidd (Recitations), Joel Swartz, D. D., Geo. Alf. 
Town.send, Henry W. Shaw (Jo.sh BilHng.s), Daniel Dougherty, 
esq., and Frederick Douglas. 



Year. 

832 
833 
834 
836 

837 
838 

839 
840 
841 
842 
843 
844 

845 
846 

847 
848 

849 



PHILOMATH.EAN SPEAKERS AT CO 

Essayist. Orator. 

Samuel Sprecher . Solomon Oswald . 
Samuel Sprecher . Daniel Miller. . . 
Abra'm B. Shuman. Isaac Hartman. . 
George Dichl. . . C. Lepley . . 
Emanuel Frey . . Jas. Macfarlane 
M. L. Stcever. . . Jas. L. Schock 
J. Goering Harris. .F. R. Anspach 
Ephraim Miller. . D. A. Martin. 
Wm. Albaugh . . W. B. McClellan 
J. P. Benj. Sadtler. .P. G. Sauerwein. 
John E. Graeff . . Wm. M. Paxton. 



Peter Anstadt. . 
J. M. Clement. . 
J. Wilson Paxton 
Victor L. Conrad 
John C. Badham 
Henry S. Koons. 

Dcclaimer. 
S. McSwope. . . 



John T. Morris. 
John A. Houck. 
Abraham I^^ssick 
L. E. Albert . . 
S. L. Glasgow . 
John E. Smith . 



NTESTS. 

Debater. 
John Oswald. 
Abra'm B. Shuman. 
Samuel Sprecher. 
T. W. Rudisill. 
John E. Naill. 
F. R. Anspach. 
Jas. L. Schock. 
Hugh D. Downey. 
Geo. S. Fouke. 
John Rugan. 
David A. Buehler. 
Michael Diehl. 
Matthias Miller. 
J. M. Clement. 
J. And. S. Tressler. 
Victor L. Conrad. 
Sam'l L. Glasgow. 



J. A. Himes . . . S. P. Felton. 



1832 
1833 
1834 
1835 
1836 

1837 
1838 

1839 
1840 
1841 



PHILOMATILEAN SPEAKERS AT ANNIVERSARIES. 

—Samuel Oswald, Francis Springer. 

-John Oswald, Samuel Oswald, Samuel Sprecher. 

—David K. Schaeffer, Solomon Oswald, Daniel Miller. 

-Samuel Sprecher, D. K. Schaeffer, Philip Oswald. 

—James Macfarlane, Francis Springer. 

—James L. Schock. 

—James Crapster, C. C. Baughman. 

— Chas. P. Krauth, John Heck, Chas. A. Hay. 

-Wm. B. McClellan, Eli Schwartz. 

—Henry Baker, Edw. Breidenbaugh. 



124 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

1842.— John E. Graeff, Wm. M. Paxton, Adam R. Height. 

1843.— J. M. Radebaugh, Jno. Rugan, Alf. H. Smith, M. Diehl. 

1844. — Jesse Stocker, IMatthia^ Miller, H. J. Fahnestock. 

1845.— W. M. Baum, A. Essick, H. R. Geiger, J. W. Miller, A. 
C. Wedekind. 

1846.— J. A. Houck, M. W. Merryman, A. C. \\'edekind, H. 
C. Eckert. 

1847.— A. Essick, G. C. ^laund. J. K. Plitt, J. A. Bradshawe. 

1848.— P. Born, \\\ D. Roedel, A. W. Lilly, D. ^\^ Badham. 

1849. — Wm. IMcClean, C. J. Ehrehart, S. Yingling, E. S. Henry. 

1855.— Wm. Hay, J. W. Bittinger (Orations); J. S. Cutter, H. 
^^'. Kuhns (Colloquy) ; L. H. Croll. J. R. Titzel (Essays) ; J. A. 
Kunkclman, W. Frank Paxton (Debate). 

1862 — F. E. Beltzhoo\-er, D. J\I. Kemerer (Poem), F. Kline- 
felter, J. P. Bh^myer, G. W. Frederick, J. Sarver, Mason Weidman. 

1869.— Jacob Neff, J. W. Finkbiner, W. S. Heindel, J. J. Brink- 
erhoff, J. A. Clutz, F. R. Feitshans, J. W. Humrichouse, E. T. 
Horn. 

1871.— Benj. Kurtz, S. Stall, E. F. Bartholomew, D. M. Closer, 
G. W. Fortney, Geo. M. Michael. 

1873.— A. A. Dale, J. B. Focht. C. M. Stock, Wm. S. Freas, S. 
W. Gossler, L. L. Sieber. 

1875. — Chas. E. Ha}% C. C. Kerlinger, INI. S. Cressman, G. R. 
Freeman, Geo. C. Henry, P. C. Croll. 

1S77.— E. Felton, J. H. Crist, A. Y. Shindel, H. M. Clabaugh, 
A. R. Glaze, Wm. C. KoUer. 

1879. — L. Kuhlman, J. Frank Graff, Geo. S. Dlven, L. B. Wolff, 
J. E. IMaurer, I\I. P. Hocker. 

18S1.— F. R. Kahler, S. J. Taylor, ]\I. F. Zimmerman, H. L. 
Jacobs, Geo. D. Gotwald, A. R. Steck. 

[The above lists were kindly furnished by a committee of the Philomathcean 
Society, composed of Geo. D. Gotwald, L. ^L Kuhns, C. ^V. Baker, Huber G. 
Buehler, C. L. Fleck, and othei^s.] 



THE [JNN/ICAN ASSSOCIATION. 125 

THE LINN.EAN ASSOCIATION.* 

On the 8th of June, 1844, a meeting of the Students of Penn- 
sylvania College, and of the Theological Seminary, was held in 
the College Chapel, "for the purpose of organizing a society for 
the promotion of the cause of science among its members" — J. B. 
Kittinger, President, pro tcjii., and Charles A. Brougher, Secre- 
tary, pro ten I. 

P. Geo. Sauerwein, at the request of the Chairman, stated the 
object of the meeting, and also presented a Constitution for the 
government of the contemplated society. This constitution was 
adopted, and the Linna,'an Association of Pennsylvania College 
called into existence. Thirty-six gentlemen then signified their 
intention of becoming members of the association. The first li.st 
of officers was J. G. Morris, D. D., President ; M. Diehl, Inrst 
and W. H. Harrison, Second Vice-President ; J. T. Morris, Rec. 
Sec; B. Sadtler, Cor. Sec; J. B. Bittinger, Treas.; P. Geo. 
Sauerwein, G. W. Martin, Curators. 

The next meeting included in all ninety-two members. The 
meetings were held on the second Saturday morning of each 
month. The exercises consisted of lectures, essays, and the dis- 
cussion of topics assigned by the President at the preceding 
meeting. 

The members were divided into standing committees on vari- 
ous departments, " The members to pay special attention to the 
subjects pertaining to the department, and make report to the asso- 
ciation of any new or valuable facts that may engage their 
attention." 

The first list of members divided as follows : Antiquities, 5 ; 
Botany, 20; Chemistry, i; Conchology, 3; Zoology, 12; Geology, 
4; Mineralogy, ii; Numismatology, 4; Phrenology, 8; Physi- 
ology, i; Animal Magnetism, 6; Entomology, 4. The plan 
adopted at the beginning has continued during the whole history 
of the association. 

The association has met with great variations in its success. 

*The matter referring to the period 1844-60 has Ijcen abridged from a Pamphlet 
Report prepared by H. W. Roth, A. Thompson and M. C. Horine, Com. — Editor. 



126 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

At times great zeal and acti\-it}- appeared among the member- 
ship; at otlier times no interest was taken. The first }'ears were 
marked by enterprises which ha\-e left results of enduring bene- 
fit to the Institution. J. G. Morris, D. D., was for a number of 
years the presiding officer, and notwithstanding the distance 
at which he lived, encouraged the work of the association. 
gi\-ing not only counsel but practical assistance in contributing 
himself and obtaining contributions from others toward the cabi- 
nets. 

The association in the early }-ears eftected the following re- 
sults : 

RECORD AND JOURNAL. 

The Literary Record and sourfiai of the Lintman Society was 
published monthly from November. 1844. to October, 1848. when 
" bv reason of financial difficulties the publication was sus- 
pended." Prof Reynolds was editor of the first volume. Prof. 
Jacobs of the second, and Prof Sta;\er of the tliird and fourth. 
Among the contributors were Dr. Morris, Prof Baird of the 
Smithsonian, Prof Atlee of Philadelphia, Prof Gibbs of Yale. 
Prof Haldeman, Dr. Schmidt, etc. Prof Jacobs contributed valu- 
able papers based on his long continued and careful meteorolog- 
ical observations. 

LINX.EAN HALL. 

In September. 1844. three months after the organization of the 
association, the feasibility of building a LinuLean Hall was re- 
ferred to a committee, which presented a fa\-orable report. It 
was then ''Resolved, That the erection of the Hall be commenced 
so soon as we can collect money enough to defra}* one-half of the 
expenses, and have subscriptions to the amount of one thousand 
dollars more than is sufificient to pay tlie whole." To help raise 
the required funds a fair was held. 

In January, 1845. the Chairman of the committee on the Fair, 
reported, that " the fair Ladies were quite busy in making fair 
things for our Fair." Students returned the next Summer 
session, laden with contributions. The ladies of Gett}'sburg 
superintended the arrangement of the \aried donations, and on 



THE LINN.KAN ASSOCIATION. 12/ 

the evenin<4 of the ist of July the Fair was opened. On the 4tli 
it closed. " It was a most tasteful, and even splendid affair. The 
ladies of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Reading, York, Hanover, 
Chambersburg and I lagerstown, also contributed most liberally 
and tastefully." A paper, called " The Village Belle," was pub- 
lished for the occasion. The net receipts of the sales were five 
hundred and fifty dollars. 

A committee solicited contributions from the farmers of wood, 
to burn brick for the Hall, obtaining sixty-three cords. Farmers 
agreed to haul stones for the foundation and bricks from the yard, 
at the solicitation of another committee. 

In August, 1845, a plan proposed by Prof Haupt was adopted. 
The Board of Trustees united with the association, and March 
14th, 1846, the society resolved to undertake, "in pcrsoiiis," the 
digging of the foundations for the Hall. 

July the 23d, 1846, the corner-stone was laid. After addresses 
by Prof S. S. Haldeman, LL. D., and Rev. F. W. Conrad, in 
Christ's Church, the procession returned to the site of the Hall, 
where the corner-stone was laid, and Hon. James Cooper closed 
the exercises with an appropriate and eloquent address. 

The hall was dedicated on the 14th of September, 1847. ^^ 
an address delivered before the association on this occasion by 
the Rev. Dr. J. G. Morris, he says: "The occasion which has 
brought us together to-day forms an interesting event in the 
history of American colleges. As a Trustee of this institution, 
I feel proud that ours should be thus distinguished. It is the 
first time that an edifice devoted to Natural History conceived, 
designed, erected and completed through the agency of students, 
has been dedicated in this country. The students of the years 
1845-47, during which this building was in progress, will be 
regarded as worthy of grateful remembrance; and years after 
this it will be a pleasing reminiscence to yourselves that you 
aided in its erection. I most heartily congratulate you, Lin- 
njeans, on the auspicious event of this day." 

The Building Committee consisted of Prof D. Gilbert, M. D., 
Samuel Fahnestock and S. H. Buehler, on the part of the Board 
of Trustees, and Prof H. Haupt, Prof M. Jacobs and Mr. F. 



128 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

Benedict, on the part of the Linna^an Association, who con- 
tracted with Joseph Clapsaddle to perform the work. 

This building" was paid for principally through the exertion of 
the students. The cost of the building, including the labor of 
the students, ^^■as about s6, ooo, of which the Trustees con- 
tributed about $1,700, being moneys subscribed to the College 
by citizens of Adams count}- for the erection of a Preparatory 
School building. The lower story of the building was occupied 
till 186S ^^■ith recitation rooms for the Preparatory classes. 

CABINETS. 

The association from the beginning collected specimens for 
the cabinets. The industr}' and interest of the members had 
fruitful issue in the articles obtained for tlie museum and cabinets 
of Natural History studies. Prof Jacobs and Dr. [Morris stimu- 
lated and fostered this enterprise, and in their instruction made 
practical use of the specimens. The growth and present char- 
acter of tlie cabinets are discussed elsewhere. 

CAMPUS WORK. 

September, 1844, the association resolved "to take under its 
special care the impro\-ement of tlie grounds around the college 
edifice."" \"\'alks were built and paths made under the direction 
of ]Mr. F. Benedict (now Rev. Benedict, of Bedford, Pa.,) on 
plans arranged by Prof Jacobs. Trees were planted, shrubbery 
and flowers placed along paths and in beds. Arbors were con- 
structed in, and fences built around the grounds. 

In 1856 tliat portion of the present campus lying south of the 
liife of the Professors' houses was added. This had formerly 
been a fenced field belonging to the College. The association 
again devoted itself to the improvement of tlie new grounds. 

The beauty of the campus of Pennsyh-ania College — tlie pleas- 
ant shade and tlie, in the main, excellent walks — are due to this 
association. Older students will e\"er remember the Jla Bcne- 
dicta from the town to the college grounds. Mr. Benedict was 
the leading spirit in these earl}- inipro\-ements. 



ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 



129 



Hon. W. D. Kellcy, . . 
Prof.W. L.Atlee, M. D., 
Rev. A. Webster, D. D., 
Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D., 
Hon. S. Hepburn, . . . 
Prof. F. G. Smith, M. D., 
Prof. J. B. Biddle, M. D., 
Prof N. C. Brooks, LL. D 
Prof A. Stille, M. D., . 
Hon. W. Jessup, LL. D., 



ANNUAL ADDRESSES. 

The list of speakers before the association at Commencement 
time is as follows : 

Prof H.S. Patterson, M.D., 1 848, Life and Labors of Linnaius. 
Hon. D. M. Smyser, . . . 1849, Study of Natural History. 

1850, Cliaracteristics of the Age. 
185 I, Physical Education. 

1852, Education. 

1853, Wonders of the Microscope.* 

1854, Responsibilities of Educated Men. 

1856, Signs of Physical Death. 

1857, Study of Botany. 

1858, Natural Science (A Poem).* 

1859, Humboldt's Life and Character. 

1 860, The Professions. 

These were the early achievements of the association. Later 
the work done was that of quiet study. The regular meetings 
were rendered profitable by the discussion of scientific and phil- 
osoi:)hical subjects. This work cannot be too highly commended. 
All who have taken part in it know its usefulness. In 185 i, after 
a period of almost suspended animation, a revival of interest took 
place. For many years Prof Stoever- presided over the associa- 
tion. The roll and minutes show frequent recurrences of apathy. 
From 1863 to 1877 its operations were entirely suspended. At 
the last date the association was reorganized. The result has 
been much the same as before. At first great activity was mani- 
fested by the members. Soon many grew tired of the labor 
incident to keeping up the interest in the meetings, and the 
P'aculty was compelled to withdraw the recitation hour granted 
to the classes once each month for the meeting. 



* All the addresses were jniblislied exeept these two, the authors declining. 



130 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 

BY PROF. L. H. CROLL. 

The Alumni Association was organized with eleven members, 
September 16, 1835, in the College Chapel, Ezra Keller being 
elected chairman. A Constitution was adopted, which was re- 
vised in 1873. For some years the officers were changed annu- 
ally, but since 1862 Hon. Edward McPherson has been re-elected 
each year as President. The office of Secretary was filled by 
Prof. M. L. Stoever from 1843 ^o 1870 (the year of his decease), 
since which time the present Secretary, L. PI. Croll, has been 
annually re-elected. The Treasurer, H. J. Fahnestock, has held 
his office continuously since 1850. As early as 1843 the Asso- 
ciation commenced gathering statistics of the graduates of the 
College, and in 1844 the first movement was made to aid the 
institution financially. A prominent feature in the meetings of 
the Alumni has been the presentation of an obituary notice and 
sketch of each deceased member. In i860 and 1870 decennial 
reports were published, giving lists of members, their published 
works and positions occupied, sketches of the deceased, and 
other matters of information. 

In 1858 and 1859 ^^^ ^'^^^ subscriptions to the "Alumni Pro- 
fessorship" were taken, and pledges to the amount of ;^5,ooo 
secured. 

The first festival of the Association was held in 1859, and in 
i860 a dinner was prepared for the Alumni at the " Eagle Hotel." 
Re-unions were also held in 1871, and for several years in' suc- 
cession, when a dinner was served at the " Springs Hotel," and 
the work of endowing the Alumni Professorship prosecuted. The 
total amount reported in these efforts towards endowment is 
^15,475, of which a considerable proportion has been paid into 
the College treasury. 

For some years the question of Alumni representation in the 
Board of Trustees has been agitated, but the large number of 
Alumni already in the Board has been referred to as the answer 
to the movement. Official connection with the Board is there- 
fore a subject of future history. 



PENNSVLV'ANIA EPSILON CHAPTER OF PHI KAPPA PSI. 



131 



Since the formation of the yXssociation in 1835, thirty-two 
members have dehvered addresses before it in the following order: 



Wm. H. Smith,. . . 
D. G. Barnitz, . . . 
George Diehl, . . . 
M. L. Strever, . . . 
James Macfarlane, . 
James R. I\cist;r . . 
Tlieophilus Stork, . 
James L. Schock, . 
Ahx. R. Stevenson, . 
C. Forterlield Krauth 
Jacob 15. 15acon, . . 
James Allen Brown, 
John T. Morris, . . 
Echvard Mcl'herson, 
David F. Bittle, . . 
William M. Baum4 . 
Joseph B. Bittinger, . 
Daniel Garver, . . 
George C. iMaund, . 
Milton Valentine, . . 
Victor' L. Conrad, . . 
George Parson, . . . 
William Hay, . . . 
Christopher Fine, . . 
C. V. S. Levy, . . . 
Adam Hoy, .... 
William G. (ieorge, 
David L. TressL-r, . 
T^oiiis .'\. Bikle, . . . 
John M. Krauth, . . 
Frank E.Belt/.hoover 
J. Hay Brown, . . . 



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Subject. 



The F'njoyment and Usefulness of an Intjilectual Life. 

The Pleasures of Science. 

Energy of Character. 

Self-Culture. 

The Next Century. 

Origin and Character of the English Language. 

Manliness of Character. 

Sources of Errors in Opinion. 

Duties of Educated Men. 

The Characteristics of the Present Age. 

Physical Culture. 

Cicero, as a Model of an Educated Man. 

Responsibilities of Educated Men. 

(Growth of Individualism. 

Our Resjionsibility. 

(Jur Day, our Duty. 

The Lal)orer, the Artisan, and the Artist. 

Our Country in the Light of History. 

Responsibilities of the American Citizen. 

The Essential Principle of Reform. 

Our Country — Its Reconstruction. 

Hinilrancesto Intellectual and Spiritual Development . 

The Civilizing Influence of the I'ible. [government. 

The Growth, Character, and Rerjuisites of Free Self- 

The Essential Principles of True Manhood. 

Civil Liberty. 

How to Learn to be Free. 

Higher Education in the New Centennium. 

The Book of Job. [zenshiji. 

National Progress, and the Duties of Educated Citi- 

Newspa])ers. 

The Coming Politician. 



PENNSYLVANIA F.PSILON CHAPTER OF 
PHI KA-PPA PSI. 



r5Y IIAKRY M. CI-AHAUGH, ESQ., 'yy. 

The estimate of every work of human organization partakes 
largely of, and is influenced by, the characteristics of the mind 
conceiving and developing it. Society in its humblest forms 
receives its tendencies from its more honored members, and 
takes its general tone from them. It was in realization of this 



132 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

idea that the Phi Kappa Psi I'raternity granted the petition of 
Messrs. Adam Ho}% Geo. A. Long, Henr}- W. Kuhns, J. Schat- 
zell Cutter and Thomas W. Dosh, for the estabhshment of a 
Chapter of the Fraternity at Pennsyh'ania College. These gen- 
tlemen were initiated into the Fraternit}' on W'ednesda}- evening, 
December 26th, 1S55. by James \\'. Jenkins, of Alpha Chapter, 
located at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, and accordingly be- 
came the founders of the Pennsyh-ania Epsilon Chapter of tlie 
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. That they were qualified for the trust 
conferred has been amply pro\'ed, as well by the almost uninter- 
rupted success of the Chapter, as by their own subsequent lives. 

The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was the first inter-collegiate 
secret society to enter Penns}"lvania College, and the large 
number of students in College at that time increased the re- 
sponsibilit}' of the charter members in making their selection 
of new men. During the }-ear of 1856 little was done towards 
adding to tlie numerical strength of the chapter, but the energy 
A\'as spent in carefulh- organizing and s\'stematizing tlie work of 
the societ}'. The stimulus furnished b}" encouraging letters and 
frequent visits from Brother Adam Hoy to the chapter was 
clearly recognizable in tlie active and well directed zeal of the 
fraternit}^ in Gettysburg, and secured the commendation of all 
her sister chapters. In the winter of this year (1856) the chap- 
ter, with brothers T. \\\ Dosh, D. McC. Gilbert and W. Murray 
Weidman as a committee, published the " Annual Catalogue of 
Pennslyvania College." 

About the year 1858, the Xi Chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta 
frabernit\- was established in College. This fact naturalh- tended 
to increase interest in and attention to fraternity matters, and a 
o-enerous ri\"alr\- between these two secret societies was the 
result. That the success of the Phi Kappa Psi chapter was in 
no wise impaired b}' ' ae birth of the new fraternity is well con- 
firmed, but, on the contrar}% she kept steadily to the front, exert- 
ing a strong influence among the college students generalh-. and 
acting as a liapp\" impulse to her own members. Se\"eral years 
passed by; other fraternities, in the meantime, had entered Col- 
lege, but the Epsilon still retained her position of success. Then 



PENNSYLVANIA KI'SILON CIIAPTF.K OF PHI KAPPA PSI. I 33 

came the war; progress in every sphere seemed at a standstill; 
colleges everywhere suffered greatly in the loss of students. Our 
own Alma Mater saw her numbers decreased, and Kpsilon sent 
from her midst some of the bravest soldiers. During this period 
the chapter was naturally small, and yet it retained vigor and 
energ)-; and when peace was restored throughout the land, and 
students in greater numbers returned to College, the chapter 
again secured its full quota of members. 

Up to this time Kpsilon had not been holding its meetings, 
which were then monthly, at any settled place ; generally some 
member's room in the Theological Seminary, and sometimes in 
the College, had been the temporary hall of the chapter, and 
then again rooms at the " Eagle" and other hotels were used. 
This migratory way of meeting was annoying and inconvenient, 
and about the year i .S^o an effort \\as made to secure a perma- 
nent home for the chapter. This resulted in a more settled con- 
dition, but was still inadequate to the demands of the chapter, 
and several changes were made that greatly enhanced the com- 
forts and convenience of the members; but it was not until the 
year 1875 tliat the present elegant hall was secured. No other 
fraternity in Penns}'lvania College had a regular chapter hall, 
and it was only after the Phi Kappa Psi chapter had .secured and 
successfully enjoyed their new quarters, that any other fraternity 
ventured upon a regular hall. The room the chapter now has is 
large, advantageously situated, and handsomely furnished, and 
the regular meetings, which had been changed from every four 
weeks to three, are now held weekly, on Saturday evening. The 
chapter has now risen to such importance and strength that it 
considers its present rented apartments inadequate to the needs 
of the fraternity, and the members have decided on the building 
of a Chapter House. The College Trustee have been consulted, 
and they have given building room in t ^ campus. The active, 
as also the former members, have subscribed liberally towards 
the building fund, and it is the wish and expectation of the chap- 
ter to have the house erected before many months. This is in- 
indeed a bright episode in the chapter's history, and is perhaps 
the best criterion of her supremacy and activity. 



134 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

Whilst, perhaps, the general sentiment of Epsilon in past years, 
as at present, has been producti\'e of social pleasures, and en- 
couraging to good fellowship among her men, in opposition to 
making her distinctively a literary society, yet she has recognized 
and encouraged intellectual development. She has stimulated 
her members to earnest study and good scholarship, and in con- 
sequence she has secured a large proportion of the honor-men of 
College. In the first class (1856) graduating Phi Psis, the Latin 
Salutatory, the English Salutator\-, the Greek Oration and the 
Valedictor}', were delivered by our brothers. 

Besides this, Epsilon received the Valedictory in '57, '59, '60, 
'61, '63, '65, and '67 ; the English Salutatory in '57 and '61 ; the 
Latin Salutatory in '62 and '69 ; the Greek Oration in '58 and 
'"jy. We received the First honor in '69 and 'yy ; Second honor 
in '65, '66, '67, '69, '81 ; Third honor in '62, '63, '65, 'Gj, '69; 
Fourth honor in "63, '67, '71, '74. During these years there were 
seven fraternities in College. 

Of the sixteen times that the Graeff Prize has been a^^"arded, 
Phi Psis have received it five times. The Junior Latin Medal, 
Epsilon has received but once. The Freshman prize, first given 
to the class of 1861, Phi Psis have received thirteen times. It is . 
a matter of peculiar pride that out of the one hundred and sixty 
initiates of Epsilon, but one has ever been expelled. The records 
of the chapter show that forty-nine of her members have become 
ministers, about six bearing the title of D. D.; twent}'-six have 
become members of the legal profession ; eighteen are ph}-sicians. 
Three College presidents appear in the list ; eight College pro- 
fessors ; one Congressman, and man}' members of State Legis- 
latures. The remaining brothers are engaged in various mercan- 
tile pursuits. Death has claimed but few of Epsilon's men, the 
whole number being but fourteen, but among these were some of 
the chapter's most honored men. 

Epsilon has not only been a zealous worker in her individual 
capacit}', but in her relation to the general body of the Phi Kappa 
Psi fraternity, the chapter has always given acti\'e support, as well 
as stricth' adhering to the mandates of the Grand Chapter. She 
was mainly instrumental in founding the Iota Chapter, at the 




Photographed by Tipton, 



Gettysburg, Pa. 



XI CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA. 1 35 

University of Pennsylvania; she secured the charters for the New- 
York Delta Chapter at Hobart College, and for the Maryland 
Alpha Chapter at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. 
Under the title of " The Echo," Epsilon has undertaken the pub- 
lication of a paper, mainly in the interest of the chapter. This, 
with the annual Symposiums, serves well to keep former members 
the more closely identified with the chapter, and with each other. 
It is, perhaps, with pardonable pride that we have here referred 
to the prestige the chapter has always enjoyed ; but having been 
the first to enter Pennsylvania College, and having been the one 
to initiate and develop every work for the improvement and 
success of fraternity life, it is natural that it should be so — and 
so long as it continues in its present course, it will be so. 



XI CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA. 

■ BY REV. M. L. YOUNG. 

Phi Gamma Delta has a history of thirty-four years. Being 
second in age of the Western College secret societies, and oldest 
of those which have originated in this State, its principles and 
progress are worthy of notice introductory to a brief account of 
Xi Chapter. The first Chapter, Alpha, was established at Jeffer- 
son College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1848. With the promotion of 
friendship and the attainment of intellectual and moral excellence 
as their objects, the members of Alpha instituted chapters in 
other colleges. Despite losses resulting from the war and anti- 
fraternity legislation, the society is represented in leading institu- 
tions, from Yale College to the University of California, the active 
chapters at present numbering twenty-five. The total hiember- 
ship is about three thousand. The fraternity is strongest in 
Pennsylvania, which has six active chapters and a membership of 
nearly eight hundred, and holds an honorable position wherever 
located ; in college and in the world, the character, ability, and 
achievements of her men give her an enviable place and name. 

Xi chapter was established March 31, 1858, the charter mem- 
bers being T. B. Burrowes, J. E. George, A. Groh, J. Kline, and 



136 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

J. H. Moore. They were initiated at the McClcllan House by F. 
J. Colher, of Canonsburg, Pa., who had been appointed legate by 
the Grand Chapter. Phi Gamma Delta A\'as the second fraternity 
established at Pennsylvania College. The membership of the 
other then existing fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, was composed 
mainly of students of theology and college seniors. Thus the 
way was open for the organization of a chapter made up of the 
best men of the lower classes. Some of these were initiated, and 
the older fraternity was surprised, one da)-, at the appearance of 
a strong rival. W. V. Gotwald, M. IT. Richards, and J. Harvey 
White, were the first to be admitted. The chapter was no^^• firmly 
established, and took a leading position from this time. The 
membership is wisely restricted, at no period exceeding twenty 
in college. From the earliest da}'s, the chapter has exercised 
great caution in tl>e selection of members. F. Klinefelter writes, 
January 22, 1862: "Within the last six months enough candi- 
dates have been black-balled to make a good-sized chapter." 
Great caution has lost the chapter some good men, yet the 
strictest care was necessary to keep the ranks filled with the best 
material. 

The war interfered with the chapter's work — correspondence 
with sister chapters was interrupted and some of the members 
entered the army. February 9, 1863, there were in the army, of 
Xi"s number, a major, three captains, an assistant surgeon and 
two privates, so that the Deltas of Pennsyhania College were 
well represented among those defending the Union. But, despite 
adverse circumstances, the chapter flourished; in '6t,, besides 
graduates in Seminary and town and the tutor in College, there 
were'* eleven members from the College classes. The resident 
graduates ha\"e always manifested a deep interest in the chapter, 
and its uniform high character is due in no slight degree to their 
presence and cooperation. 

For a number of years the chapter had no hall, but met in 
College rooms or at the houses of members li\-ing" in town. In 
1865 a hall was rented and furnished; at the dedication, Nov. 7th, 
J. Harvey White and J. A. Beeber delivered addresses, and G. P. 
Rowe read an essay. This hall was not retained more than three 



XI CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA. 1 3/ 

years. The hall in which the chapter now meets was dedicated 
June 28, '76, on which occasion P. C. Croll dehvered the address 
of welcome, J. S. Lewars responded, and W. L. Seabrook made 
the dedicatory address. 

There was some difficulty in determining the character of the 
literary exercises. At first the only regular performance was the 
reading of an essay; prominent among the early literary recrea- 
tions were the " Pipe P'ancies " of M. H. Richards, which deserv- 
edly achieved a great popularity. Changes were made from time 
to time until a satisfactory system was perfected, and now the 
literary exercises are a prominent feature of the chapter's work, 
embracing, also, opportunities for improvement in directions not 
afforded by the regular College course. 

There are 122 names on the list of graduate and active mem- 
bers ; one is a College president, thirty arc ministers of the 
Go.spel, fifteen attorneys-at-law, thirteen physicians, seven have 
served as professors in various colleges, and eleven as tutors in 
Alma Mater; twelve are deceased, four of whom — George, 
McMillan, Friday and A. Y. Shindel — met tragic ends. The first 
was a suicide, the second was burnt in a train of cars while on 
his way to Gettysburg, the third was murdered, and the fourth, 
one of the noblest and most promising of our number, was 
drowned while bravely attempting to save a sinking comrade. 
Sixty-four of the members are graduates of the College. Of 
these, thirty-five received College honors ; nine were valedicto- 
rians and twelve salutatorians ; nine were awarded first honor; 
eleven have taken the Freshman prize, seven the Hassler Latin 
Medal, and five the Graeff English prize. 

Xi has been instrumental in establishing five other chapters ; 
the first of these was Beta Deuteron, at Roanoke College ; the 
second, Epsilon Deuteron, at Muhlenberg College, and the third. 
Phi, at the University of Maryland ; the other chapters have 
been instituted through the efforts of W. E. Stabler and H. L. 
Stabler. She has furnished two associate editors of the frater- 
nity's monthly journal, D. McConaughy, Jr., and W. P. Swartz. 
Two of her number have served as chiefs of the Central District, 
M. L. Young and H. L. Stabler, the present chief She 



130 COLLEGE SOCIETIES.. 

was insliuiuctUal in inaui_^uratini;' the rcnnsvKania State Con\on- 
tioiis, the third of which will be hold in Gettysburg, June 30, 1882. 

The twentieth anni\ ersan^ of the chapter was celebrated in 
March, 1878. Public exercises were hekl in Christ Church, the 
prograuune being as follow s : Address of Welcome, A. V. 
Shindel ; roeui, J. Clinton 11 ill. esq.; Oration, Rev. J. A. Sing- 
master; \"igintennial Poem. Re\ . Prof ^I. IT. Richards. At the 
banquet. Prof l"'.. S. Breidenbaugh serxed as Toast Master. Rew 
M. Iv. Young read a history of the chapter, and speeches Avere 
made b\- Prof 11. L. Paug^ier, Prof. H. E. Jacobs, D. D., E. A. 
Muhlenberg, esq., and others. September 11. 1880. an elegant 
banquet was given at the Springs Hotel, in honor of visiting 
brothers from New York, New tuigland. and the West, the 
pleasure of the occasion being greatl}' enhanced b)- the presence 
of the chapter's lady friends. 

Tn the center of the illustrated page accompam'ing this sketch, 
are the coat of arms and the badge of the fraternity, surrounded 
b)- the photographs of the legate who organized the chapter, 
Re\. V. J.Collier. Downington. Pa.; of the three oldest members 
who ha\ e served as professors in sister colleges. Rev. Prof. M. H. 
Richards. Re\-. Prof W. 11. Pill, and Rev. President 11. W. Roth; 
of the oldest attorney-at-law, J. llarvc)- White, l^sq.. and of the 
oldest plu'sician, li. W. Meisenhelder. 



Tiii'TA riiArri'R of suni.v c\\\. 

VA' C. K. rivOWr-KUHiK. '8_\ 

-.rhe Sigma t.'hi 1-^aternit)- was tlnmded at ^lianu l^ni\ersit>-. 
Oxford, Ohio, June j8, 1835. '■''>' ^'^^-'^'-'i^ ^^^^-''^ '-^t the Uni\ersit}'. It 
was the third fraternity to start from this Institution and spread 
South and West. It branched out but slowly at first, and has 
since been inclined to be conserx ati\e. although this rule has not 
always been adhered to. Theta chapter, the ninth in order, was 
established on April 3d, 1863. Previous to this time eight chap- 
ters of the fraternity had been placed at \ arious institutions of 
learning, five in the West, one in the I'last. and two in the South. 



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THETA CHAPTER OF SIGMA CHI. 1 39 

Its charter members are S. P. Mikesell, '64; Rev. T. C. Blll- 
heimer, '65; Prof. P. M. Bikle and Rev. H. L. Zeigeiifuss, '66. 

The initiation ceremonies were performed by four or five mem- 
bers of Omicron Chapter, located at Dickinson College, Carlisle, 
Pa. To S. P. Mikesell presumably belongs the honor of having 
started the idea of petitioning for a Sigma Chi charter. At the 
time of the founding of the chapter, there were three other 
Greek letter societies at Pennsylvania College. Phi Kappa Psi, 
founded in 1855, Phi Gamma Delta in 1858, and Zeta Psi in 1861. 

On its establishment, Theta found itself confronted by these 
three rivals. No whit dismayed, the charter members went to 
work, and on the anniversary of the organizing of the chapter' 
April 3d, 1864, nine men answered to roll-call. This anniversary 
of its birthday was celebrated in a becoming manner, and found 
the chapter in good condition, fully acknowledged and respected, 
if not loved, by its rivals. From that time to the present the 
course of the chapter has been one of the usual kind ; no start- 
ling occurrences have broken the calm monotony of its life. It 
has had its ups and downs, its successes and defeats ; learning, 
and we hope faithfully, the wholesome lessons of experience. 
Seldom has the number of active members risen above ten or 
twelve: at one time during the life of Theta (in the first session 
of 1869-70,) the chapter was represented by one member — A. 
S. Kemp, '71. He stuck by the chapter, and other members 
returning after a brief absence, soon had Theta in working order 
once more. Of other similar experiences we need not speak, 
preferring to let the past be past; only saying that in h\\\. fnu, 
very few instances, has Theta been compelled to have recourse to 
that most painful necessity — expulsion. 

Early in the history of the chapter, the need of a hall for meet- 
ing purposes was sadly felt. Several times was the idea broached, 
and several attempts were made to secure a suitable room, all of 
which proved unsuccessful. It remained for a later generation of 
Sigma Chis to perform this obvious duty. Meanwhile the meet- 
ings were held at various rooms in town and College. It was not 
until 1877 that the present hall, occupied by Theta, was secured 
and furnished. T. C. Linn, Salisbury, N. C, class of '81, was the 



140 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

first member initiated in this hall, on March 23d, 1877. On Jan- 
uary 31st, 1874, a proposition was made by M. B. Hartzell, '74, 
(Sigma Chi) to take into full membership the members of the 
Theta Chapter of the Upsilon Beta Fraternity. A word as to 
this society. The founding and existence of this particular chap- 
ter is involved in doubt. We endeavored to secure data as to 
the founding of the fraternity, but were unable to do so. It, at 
one time, possessed chapters elsewhere in Pennsylvania, and in 
other states, but these were gradually absorbed and passed from 
sight. The Pennsylvania College chapter, as far as we could 
discover, had initiated but eighteen men, and at the time of 
absorption by Sigma Chi, was composed of but eight active 
members. The before-mentioned proposition, of uniting the two 
Theta Chapters of Sigma Chi and Upsilon Beta, after some de- 
bate, was accepted, and February 3d, 1874, witnessed the initi- 
ation of these men into Sigm.a Chi. It is but just to them to say 
that they took up the work eagerly, and soon became as active 
as any full-fledged Sigma Chis. This action created no little 
comment, of course, but we believe the step to have been a good 
one. 

On May 24, 1877, the Annual State Convention of the Penn- 
sylvania chapters, was held at Gettysburg, under the auspices of 
Theta, and was attended by representatives from the various 
chapters in the State. 

The Thirteenth Biennial Convention of the fraternity, held in 
Washington, D. C, in November, 1880, decided on the establish- 
ment of a bi-monthly magazine, to be the official organ of the 
fraternit}-, and gave the editing of the journal to Theta chapter. 
Some surprise was expressed at this action of the convention, as 
Theta is by no means the oldest, and does not consider itself the 
most influential chapter. However, the Avork was undertaken, 
with the assurance that the chapter would be supported by the 
fraternity. The result shows how the promise has been kept. 
C. R. Trowbridge, '82, was elected editor-in-chief, and W. L. 
McPherson, '83, business manager. Theta's delegate to the 
thirteenth convention was Jno. Fahnestock, '79. A. S. Kemp, 
'71, and Dr. G. N. Acker, '72, were chosen President and \''ice- 



PHI DELTA THETA. I4I 

President, respectively. At the convention of '78, held in Indian- 
apolis, Ind., A. S. Kemp was Theta's delegate, and was chosen 
Assistant Recording Secretary. At other conventions a delegate 
from Theta has generally been present, but few having been 
missed. 

April 3d of the present year was Theta's nineteenth birthday. 
The past has been a happy one, and the future is still as full of 
possibilities for pleasure and success. Since its establishment, 
Theta has initiated eighty-nine men, many of whom are prosper- 
ing, and filling places of honor and trust. Of these eighty-nine, 
the ministry claims fourteen ; law possibly as many, if not more ; 
medicine some dozen or so; while the rest are scattered far and 
wide over the States, engaged in the various pursuits of life. To 
them all, we can only say " God speed," and hope they may be as 
true knights in the battle of life, as they were of the " white cross." 
We glance down our roll, and find the black mark, signifying 
dead, opposite only a few of our names — William Sturgis, '68, 
of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Henry Woodward, '71, Reading, Pa.; 
David A. Horner, '76, Gettysburg, Pa. All of them were young 
men, comparatively, and just entering on what promised to be a 
happy and successful life, but they were called away from their 
work. 



PHI DELTA THETA. 

BY REV. HOLMES DYSINGER. 

The society of Pennsylvania College, known by the title of the 
" Phi Delta Theta Fraternity," is one of the chapters of a secret 
organization of the same name, located at fifty of the best Col- 
leges in the United States. The original chapter was organized 
in "Miami University," Oxford, Ohio, 1848. Previous to the 
civil war it extended mainly toward the South and West; but 
during the continuance of that strife, the Southern chapters were 
destroyed, and many of the West in a state of decline. Since that 
time, however, most of these chapters have been revived or re- 
newed, and many new ones have been organized, reaching as far 
to the East as the "University of Vermont." 



14^ COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

The lull title of the chapter located at Penas}-lvania College is 
the " Pennsylvania Beta of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity." It 
was organized May 5th. 1875, with a membership of ten. Among 
its charter members were Revs. S. E. Smith, O. H. Meleher, J. C. ■ 
Jacoby. H. ]\Iax Lentz, Albert Bell, and Mr. C. J. Reddig. 

The earl)" progress of the chapter was slo\\-, and much retarded 
b}" en\-ious foes without and faithless friends within, by the inex- 
perience and inacti\it}- of its members, and by other circum- 
stances which pre\"ent rapid growth and prominence among 
long-established and strong ri\-als. But all these difficulties were 
overcome in a comparati\-ely short time by a strict adherence to 
the principles of the Order ; and its condition now compares 
favorabl}- in ex'ery wa)" with any of the much older societies of 
the same class. 

The aim of the fraternit}* is the moral, intellectual and social 
cultivation of its members ; and for the accomplishment of these 
ends they are bound to secrecN' on the ground of individual and 
organic protection and interest. 

The demands made of its members are such as are calculated 
to develop and foster good, and repress and restrain bad purposes 
and conduct; and the exclusion of such as do not comply with 
these requirements, has been producti\"e of good not on!}' to the 
members as indi\iduals, but to the chapter as a whole, lea\-ing it 
purer and stronger. 

The \\hole number that has been mitiated into the Fraternit\" 
is forty-fi\"e. Of these there are now nineteen active members. 
Plight have alread}- entered the acti\-e ministr}', and there are • 
fourteen more in preparation, of ^^•hom se\-en are in the Luth- 
eran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa. Of the rest, there 
is one ph\-sician, and three more are preparing for the same pro- 
fession ; three propose stud}'ing law, and three are engaged in 
mercantile pursuits, thirteen being as }'et undecided concerning 
their profession. 

The following prizes, honors, etc., ha\-e been awarded to the 
different members of the fraternit}- : S. E; Smith, '~6. Third 
Honor and Biennial Speaker for Phrenakosmian Literar}- Societ}*; 
J. C. F. Rupp, '78. First Honor, Greek Oration, and honorable 



r'Hi i)Ki,TA tiii-:ta. 143 

mention for Ilasslcr's Latin Prize, '7/; Holmes Dysinger, '7^, 
Second Honor, Class Valedictorian and Biennial Speaker for 
Phrenakosmian ; H. Max Lentz, '78. Third Honor, and honorable 
mention for Graeff's Prize Kssay ; W. K. Hill, '79, First Honor, 
and honorable mention for Hassler's Latin Prize, '7^; ^^- I'- 
Troxell, '80, Graefif Prize Kssay, and Biennial Speaker for Phrena- 
kosmian; C. M. Lyster, '81, Third Honor, Hassler's Latin Prize, 
and PVeshman IVize, '78 ; H. FL Weber, '82, honorable mention 
for Freshman Prize, '80, and Biennial Speaker for Phrenakosmian; 
M. C. Remsberg, '83, Biennial Speaker for Phrenakosmian; Chas. 
A. Britt, '84, honorable mention for Freshman Prize, '81. 

The following have held positions of trust in connection with 
their Alma Mater: H. Max Lentz and M. V. Troxell, Phrena. 
Editors of the College Monthly, and each the College Proctor- 
ship for two years; H. D. Withers, '81, Phrena. Business Manager 
of College Monthly, and Holmes Dysinger the position of Tutor 
in the Preparatory Department for four years. 

The meetings of the fraternity are regularly held in a hall 
rented and furnished for that purpose. 

F2ver since the organization of the Pennsylvania Beta, its mem- 
bers have exerted an important influence on the fraternity at 
large, and have taken an active part in all its work. It has sent 
delegates to all the National Conventions of the fraternity since 
its organization, of which C. J. Reddig, '"jy, was chosen President 
at Woo-ster, Ohio, 1878. On retiring from the presidency at the 
convention held in Indianapolis, 1880, he was chosen Treasurer 
of the fraternity at large, which position he still holds. 

The official organ of the fraternity, The Scroll, has been pub- 
lished in Gettysburg since the fall of 1879, under the manage- 
ment of M. F". Troxell, who was elected Editor and Manager by 
the National Convention of the fraternity held in Indianapolis, 
1880. He is assisted by H. H. W'eber, '81, and under its present 
management it has doubled its circulation, and exerts a wide- 
spread and beneficial influence on the whole body. 

The influence of the fraternity on its members is the same in 
kind as is ever exerted by men upon one another, when banded 
together for the accomplishment of some good, through right 



144 COLLEGE SOCIETIES. 

means. The efforts they put fortli to attain the ends contem- 
plated in their " Bond," ah\'a}'s widen their horizon, elevate their 
purposes, ennoble their lives, and lift them to higher planes of 
usefulness and activity. Hence the experience of all its mem- 
bers has been, that their connection with Phi Delta Theta has 
given them a keener appreciation of, and higher aspiration after 
the True, the Beautiful and the Good. 



In addition to the above, three other Greek Letter Societies 
have existed in Pennsylvania College. The Zeta Psi from i86i 
to -about 1867 or '68. The Chi Phi of the Princeton Order 1867- 
72. These became extinct from various causes. The Upsilon 
Beta was absorbed by the Sigma Chi. and is referred to under 
that title. 



FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 



DAVID JACOBS. 

BY I'ROF. 11. K. JACOBS, I). D. 

David Jacoljs, tlie first teacher in the Gettysburg Gymnasium, was born near 
Waynesboro', Franklin County (Jacobs' Church), November 22d, 1805. His father, 
Henry, and grandfather, Martin, were devoted members of the Lutheran Church. 
At an early age he was left an orphan. He is said to have been in his youth of a very 
mild and gentle disposition, diffident and retiring, who loved to withdraw himself 
from his companions, and spend his time in study and reflection. From the very 
beginning he manifested great thoroughness as a scholar, and was aUvays continuing 
a side course of .study in addition to those which were regularly prescribed. He was 
equally attentive to his religious duties, and even before his College days was known 
as a young man of unobtrusive but deep piety. Under the instruction of Rev. J. 
Ruthrauff, Sr., he felt himself called to prepare for the ministry, and, with the advice 
of Dr. Benjamin Kurtz, then pastor at Hagerstown, Md., began his preparation at 
the Hagerstown Academy, June 15th, 1822. So great was his diligence that within 
nine days he had committed thoroughly to memory a by no means brief Latin Gram- 
mar, still in possession of his relatives. In October, 1823, after only a year's prepa- 
ration, he entered the Junior class of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., and while 
there was so distinguished as a linguist, as to supply the place of his Professor of 
Latin and Greek during his occasional absences. He graduated in 1825, and began 
the study of Theology at first privately at Hagerstown under Dr. Kurtz, and after- 
wards when the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg was founded, with its first cla.ss, 
his name being second on the roll of students. When it was determined to start an 
Academy as a preparing school for the Seminary, he was requested to assume its 
charge, and began the exercises of the Gettysburg Gymnasium, June 25th, 1827, with 
two pupils in attendance. He was distinguished as a thorough teacher, a rigid dis- 
ciplinarian, and a kind and faithful friend of his pupils, amoffg whom he seems to 
have been universally beloved. In 1829 he was licensed to preach by the West 
Pennsylvania Synod, but, owing to the pressure of work upon him, and his constitu- 
tional diffidence, seldom officiated. That his labors were very arduous is attested not 
only by the number of hours he spent in instruction, but by the character of his prep- 
aration for his classes, as is manifest from the annotations with which his text-books 
abound. His health soon began to yield to the strain, and although net seriously ill, 
he left Gettysburg .September loth, 1830, on a trip to the South for its recovery, from 
which he never returned. After traversing North and South Carolina and Virginia 
on horseback, and visiting among the Lutheran churches scattered throughout those 
states, he was prostrated on his return trip, by fever at Shepherdstown, Va., where he 
died November 4th, 1830, when not quite twenty-five years old. His remains rest 
with those of his fathers in the graveyard of Jacobs' Church. 

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146 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

CHARLES PHILIP KRAUTH. 

BY D. A. BUEHLER, ESQ. 

Charles Philip Kniulh. the lirst Presitleat of Pennsylvania College, was born in 
Montgomery county, Pa., J\Iay 7th, 1797. His father, Charles J., was a native of 
Liermanv, and came to this country in the capacity of teacher and church organist. 
His mother, Catharine, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Lutheran 
church. His parents removed to York, then to Baltimore, and subsequently to Lynch- 
burg, Va., whei'e both died, the one in 1821, the other in 1823. The son enjoyed no 
special educational advantages aside from his father's instruction and that obtained at 
schools in the neighborhood of which he lixed ; but being gifted with superior natural 
talents, he diligently iinproved his opportunities, and made up their deficiency by 
unwearying study, forming the habits of accuracy and thoroughness which marked 
his more mature life and laid the foundations of literary success and commanding 
influence. He early developed a taste for linguistic studies, in the prosecution of 
which, while yet a youth, he attained a reputable measure of intellectual culture. 
Having selected medicine as his profession, he began its study at eighteen years of 
age under Dr. SeUlen, of Norfolk, ^'a., and attended a course of lectures at the 
University of Maryland. Ha\ing been brought under special religious influences 
about that time, he promptly changed his purpose, and determined to consecrate 
himself to the Christian ministrj-. He began his theological studies undei" Di"- D- F. 
Schaefler, of Frederick, Md., and completed them under Rev. Abram Reck, of Win- 
chester, Va., assisting the latter meanwhile in his laborious pastoral duties. He was 
licensed to preach the gospel by the Synod of Pennsylvania at Baltimore, June 7, 
1 819. His first pastoral charge embraced the churches of Martinsburg and Shep- 
herdstown, Va., where he was eminently successful. The Lutheran Intelligeucer of 
March, 1S26, gives an interesting account of a remai^kable religious awakening in the 
charge which, gradual in its beginning, "gathered strength as it proceeded,'" extend- 
ing through a period of two years. 

It was at a District Conference held in the church at Martinsburg, whilst Dr. 
Krauth was pastor, that the enterprise of establishing a Theological Seminary, in 
connection with the General Synod, originated, and the first funds towards that 
object were contributed. He presided at the formation of the Synod of Maryland 
and Virginia in 1S26, and was elected a member of the first Board of Directors of 
the Rew Seminary. 

In 1827 Dr. Krauth accepted a call to the newly-organized St. Matthew's English 
Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, where he not only found a congenial field of labor, 
but soon won recognition as a faithful pastor and eloquent preacher. His pulpit abil- 
ities attracted large audiences, and the new enterprise rapidly developed into a strong 
and influential church. • 

In 1833, when Dr. Hazelius resigned his Professoi'ship in the Theological Sem- 
inarj- at Gettysburg, the attention of the Board of Directors was directed to Dr. 
Krauth, whose reputation as a scholar and theologian was by this time fully recog- 
nized, and he was chosen Professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature. He gave 
part of his time to instruction in Pennsylvania College, which had been incorporated 
the previous year, and the succeeding year (1834) he was unanimously elected Presi- 



CHARLES IMIIl.II' KKAUTH. I47 

(lent of tlie College, being inducted into the latter office at tlie beginning of the 
winter term. The duties of this responsible ]K)sition he faitlifully ancl continuously 
discharged, v\ ilh marked acceptance, also giving instruction from time to time in the 
Seminary, until the fall of 1850, when he resigned the Presidency of the College in 
order to devote himself wholly to the Professorship in tlic Seminary, to which he had 
again been unanimously elected by the Hoard of Directors. 'J'his position he held 
until his death. May 30, 1876. Thirty-three years of his professional life were thu.s 
devoted to the institutions at Gettysburg, nearly e(iually divided between the College 
and Seminary. For live years, during his connection with the Seminary, he also met 
the additional responsibilities of pastor of the College church. 

Dr. Krautli was a man of great and varied learning — a profound scholar in tlic 
true sense of the term. He was gifted with a singularly retentive memory, in which 
were treasured the results of reading and study, covering the whole range of classical 
and theological literature. He read Latin, (Jreek and (German, with almost the same 
facility as his vernacular, whereby he familiarized himself with the older ma.sters, 
while keeping thoroughly abreast the current advance in all <le])artments of learning. 
He al.so familiarized himself with the jirinciples of law and medicine, and took a 
deep interest in current p(jlitical movements. While he thus accumulated a vast 
store-house of knowledge, I)r. Krauth's minti was not of the sponge order — simiily 
taking up and letting out again. Ready to pay due deference to recognized auth(;rity 
in the various departments of learning, he did not slavishly .submit his judgment to 
the views of others. In a word, he was in the halnt of thinking for himself. He 
had the self-reliance which promptly challenged error, in whatever guise or under 
whatever authority it presented itself, accepting only that which stood the te.st of care- 
ful examination. He had, moreover, the faculty of generalizing and methodizing, so 
that the vast store-house of information accumulated in years of study, instead of 
lying around in confu.sed variety, became a well-ordered treasury on which he could 
draw at pleasure, and those who did not know him intimately were apt to be aston 
ished at the wealth of learning he exhibited when occasicjn called it f(;rth in discus 
sion or social converse. 

Dr. Krautli had also in a marked degree the trait which usually characterizes true 
scholarship — unpretentiousness. Few men had less self-assertion. He had a pro- 
found regard for men of real learning, but an equally profound contempt for the mere 
sciolist, and habitually shrank from any seeming display of his own attainments. 
Llis innate kindly nature, generous bearing toward those who differed from him, and 
readiness to take the mo.st charitable view of defects or faults in others, made him 
shrink from controversy. Yet no man was more tenacious of fully-formed convic- 
tions, or more ready to defend them when a.ssailed. His whole nature was e.ssentially 
irenic, but not to the extent of tame submission to imputations on his honor or integ- 
rity. Then the lamb could become the lion. Habitually treating others with respect 
ful and thoughtful consideration, he exacted due courtesy in return. But .so profound 
was the regard by all who came to know him — .so implicit the confidence in his 
Christian character, his integrity, his truthfulness, his fairness — that few occasions 
demanded a departure from the irenic disposition .so characteristic of him. To this 
is probably due the fact that, notwithstanding Dr. Krauth's prominence in the 
Lutheran church and the constancy with which his counsels were sought on all 



148 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

important movements bearing on its development, he did so little in the direction of 
authorship. Most of his publications were contributions to church papers, magazines 
and reviews, baccalaureate addresses, Synodical sermons, or discourses on special 
occasions, which, attracting attention by reason of their excellence, were published 
by or at the request of those before whom they were delivered. He was frequently 
elected a member of the General Synod, serving on important committees, and pre- 
sided over its sessions in New York City in 1848. He was a member of the com- 
mittee appointed in 1821 to prepare the Formula of Government and Discipline for 
the Lutheran Church of the United States; co-editor of the General Synod's Hymn- 
Book in 1828; on the editing committee (1831) charged with the duty of preparing 
sundry church publications; editor of the Lutheran Sunday-School Hymn-Book; 
chairman of 'the committee ( 184 1) to prepare an English Liturgy; co-editor of the 
L^lthera7l Intelligencer in 1826, and editor of the Evangelical Review from 1850 to 
1861. 

In abandoning a congenial and inviting field of pastoral labor in Philadelphia 
in 1833, to enter the service of our institutions at Gettysburg, Dr. Krauth simply 
heeded the spirit of self-devotion to the Master's work that characterized his whole 
life, personal inclinations yielding to the demands of duty. Both Seminary and 
College were then without adequate endowment, and but meager salaries could be 
paid to the professors. The College was just entering oh a struggle for position 
among already accredited academic institutions. Dr. Krauth's reputation for schol- 
arship and learning, then well established, was a great gain to the Faculty, and 
Pennsylvania College rapidly advanced to creditable rank among the higher collegi- 
ate institutions. Besides admitted scholarship, he possessed in a high degree the 
requisites for a successful college president — dignified bearing, suavity of manner, 
cool temperament, conservative judgment, enthusiasm for his work, and large sympa- 
thy with young men preparing for life's struggles. In his intercourse with colleagues 
and students he was noted for his courtesy, high sense of honor, kind but finri 
administration, which compelled a return of respect and affectionate regard. No 
student, even when .smarting under discipline, failed to accredit the President with 
the purest motives, or permitted his confidence in or profound regard for him to be 
weakened. During his presidency there were graduated one hundred and sixty 
young men, the larger proportion of whom entered the ministry, besides many others 
who pursued a partial course. On his resignation in 1850, the College had secured 
a firm footing, enjoying the confidence of the church and the friends of higher edu- 
cation generally. 

As a preacher he had rare qualifications. He was a close Bible student. The 
Word of God with him was the Book of books, easily first. He never tired 
of its study, always finding renewed attraction in its wonderful comprehensiveness, 
its profound mysteries, classic style, and wealth of illustration. More than once has 
the , writer heard him affirm that after years of careful daily study of the Bible, he 
never opened it without finding some fresh phase of truth, some new beauty- 
Hence he came to the pulpit with heart and mind thoroughly imbued with the spirit 
of the Bible itself. Regarding the chief end of preaching to be the winning of 
souls to Christ, the cross was the central theme of his pulpit efforts. He was careful 
and discriminating in the selection of his texts — always clear, practical, and impres- 



HENRY LOUIS BAUGHER. 1 49 

sive, and avoiding polemical discussions. When enforcing some special doctrine, he 
avoided ostentatious displays of learning, preferring to rely on the declarations of 
the Bible itself as conclusive — " Thus saith God's Word." Gifted with great fluency 
of speech, intense earnestness, and an impressive delivery that often rose to the dig- 
nity of true eloquence, he became an attractive and popular preacher. He rarely 
wrote or read his sermons, preferring the freedom and effectiveness of the extempore 
speaker, and relying largely on the inspiration of the hour. Some of his most elo- 
quent and effective sermons were extemporaneous efforts, when called from his 
pew to meet some failure in the pulpit appointments. Yet he never entered the 
sacred de.sk unprepared. Even when called unexpectedly to preach, he was able to 
draw at will on the treasured results of years of study and observation, and utilize 
them to great advantage in illustrating and enforcing whatever line of thought he 
was presenting. During his presidency the College church enjoyed several precious 
revivals of religion, in which Dr. Krauth was deeply interested, and in which he 
heartily co-operated — notably those of the winter of 1836-7, the summer of 1839, 
and the winter of 1842-3. The latter was so extensive that at its close nearly all 
the students, not previously in church relation, made public professions of religion. 

Dr. Kraufti's religious character was as marked as his intellectual. Singularly 
pure and blameless in his walk and conversation, his daily life was an exemplification 
of the highest type of the religion he professed and preached. His end was a fitting 
consummation of such a life — calm and serene. "Tell them to be faithful," was his 
dying message to his colleagues and the students in the Seminary. " Peace," — "All 
is well," — " fesus is precious," — " Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory 
through our Lord Jesus Christ," were the joyful assurances amid which his soul went 
home to God.. 

A touching tribute to Dr. Krauth's memory, attesting the reverent regard in which 
he was held by all classes of the community before whom he had gone in and out for 
a third of a century, was the Sabbath-like stillness of the streets as the funeral cor- 
tege passed on its way to the cemetery, all the public offices and stores being closed, 
and business entirely suspended — a tribute rarely accorded to a mere private citizen. 

Dr. KraiUh was twice married. His first wife was Miss Catharine Susan Heiskell, 
of Staunton, Va., who was the mother of C. Porterfield Krauth, D. D., of Philadel- 
phia, and of the late Mrs. Julia H. Kinsolving, wife of Rev. O. A. Kinsolving, of 
Middleburg, Virginia. His second wife was Miss Harriet Brown, of Gettysburg, Pa., 
who survives him, with two children, John M. Krauth, esq., the present Secretary of 
the Board of Trustees of the College, and Miss Sallis Pearson Krauth. 



HENRY LOUIS BAUGHER. 

BY F. W. CONRAD, D. D. 

Henry L. Baugher was the son of Frederick and Catharine Baugher. He was 
born at Abbottstown, Adams county. Pa., July 19, 1804, was baptized in infancy, 
and confirmed as a member of the Lutheran church in his youth. He was prepared 
for college by Rev. David McConaughy, of Gettysburg, Pa., and graduated at Dick- 
inson College, Carlisle, in 1826. As a student he took a high rank in his class, was 
awarded one of its honors, and delivered the Latin Salutatory at its Commencement. 



150 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

At the conclusion of his college course he made arrangements to read law with 
Francis S. Key, esq., of Georgetown, D. C, a jurist and poet, and widely known as 
the author of "The Star Spangled Banner." But the death of his mother made 
such an impression upon him that he changed his mind, and resolved to study for the 
ministry. He commenced his theological course at Princeton, N. J., and after pur- 
suing it there two years, completed it in the Theological Seminary which had in the 
meantime been opened at Gettysburg. He was licensed to preach the gospel by the 
Synod of West Pennsylvania in 1828, and became pastor of the Boonsboro charge, 
in Washington county, Md., in 1829, where he labored one year. On the 29th of 
October, 1829, he was married by Rev. George Duffield, D. D., pastor of the First 
Presbyterian church of Carlisle, Pa., to Miss Clara Mary Brooks, a member of that 
congregation. He removed to Gettysburg early in 1831, and became a teacher in 
the Gymnasium established at that place. At the opening of Pennsylvania College 
in 1832 he was chosen Professor of the Greek Language and Belles-Lettres. 

Thus, under the guidance of Providence, Dr. Baugher entered upon his chosen 
career, and devoted his life to the work of higher education, for which he was emi- 
nently fitted by his natural endowments, and a thorough academic' and theological 
training. Resigning his pastoral charge at the expiration of a single y%ar, he began 
his career as an educator at the age of twenty-seven. Blessed with a strong consti- 
tution and good health, he brought into requisition all the ardor of youth and the 
energy of manhood, in the prosecution of his life-work. 

On the i-esignation of Dr. Charles P. Krauth, in 1850, all eyes were turned to 
Prof. Baugher as his successor, and he was elected President by the Board of Trus- 
tees. Plis scholarship and other literary attainments, the result of twenty years of 
study and experience, fitted him to give instruction in the branches pertaining to the 
presidency ; while his firmness, decision and executive ability, enabled him not only 
to govern the institution, but also to manage its diversified affairs with wisdom and 
success. In the discharge of routine duties, he was prompt, punctual and methodi- 
■ cal. He entered the class-room thoroughly prepared, and was always interesting 
and instructive. He threw the students upon their own resources, and by withhold- 
ing premature assistance, tested their ability, required them to exercisg their own 
powers, and thus secured the highest culture. 

President Baugher was a rigid disciplinarian. He realized the importance of gov- 
ernment, and had a high regard for law. Believing that reverence for superiors, sub- 
mission to authority, and obedience to the rules and regulations of the College, were 
indispensable to the formation of a good character, he inculcated and enforced the 
duty of loyalty both by counsel and authority. He had a thorough knowledge of 
human nature, and could read the character of students as by intuition. He was 
proficient in detecting those guilty of misdemeanors and violations of the college 
laws. He could make due allowance for the exuberance of animal spirits in the 
young, and for innocent boyish pranks and tricks ; but he detested all kinds of false- 
hood, cunning deception and evasion of rules, and all malicious and dishonorable 
conduct. Prevaricators, mischief-makers, and ringleaders in wickedness found little 
mercy at his hands ; yet, as soon as an offender manifested regret for his conduct, he 
was ready to forgive, and encouraged him to reform and redeem his character. 
Ardent in temperament and impulsive in disposition, his indignation sometimes ex- 



HENRY LOUIS BAUGHER. I5I 

posed him to the charge of severity. But when, on reflection, he discovered any 
real error in his judgment, he had no hesitancy in manfully acknovvledgmg his mis- 
take, and in making the amende honorable. Although many students may have 
thought him unnecessarily severe during their college course, yet in after life they 
justified his discipline, expressed their gratitude for his solicitude for them, and 
revered his memory as that of a father. The high estimation in which he was held 
by the students may be inferred from the testimony of an alumnus, now at the head 
of a literary institution. " Excepting only my own father," said he, " I thought more 
of Dr. Baugher than of any man living." 

President Baugher accepted the Christian ideal of education. He held that char- 
acter was its ultimate end, and that this could only be attained through the cultivation 
of the moral faculty, together with the reason, by inculcating the principles of Chris- 
tianity. Desirous as he was that every student should obtain a thorough education, 
he was still more solicitous that none should leave the College without becoming 
Christians. He was constantly on the lookout for opportunities to drop " a word in 
season." A student would enter his room on bu.siness, and, before leaving, might be 
accosted with the question: "Are you a Christian?" Another might meet him on 
the way, and ere long find himself engaged in religious conversation. And a third 
might receive a visit from him at his room, and become the subject of his counsels 
and prayers. In the class-room he interspersed his instructions, as occasion offered, 
with religious truths, as well as when he expounded the Scriptures in the Bible Class. 
And in the pulpit, he urged with deep pathos the claims of Christ upon the attention 
of young men. Nor was he satisfied with this, but at propitious times appointed 
special religious services, in which it was the privilege of the writer to assist on five 
different occasions. In these meetings he rendered efficient service by his exhorta- 
tions and directions, as well as by his prayers, concerning which one of his colleagues 
declared that " he never knew a man who had such unction in extemporaneous 
prayer." Through these private and public efforts he became instrumental, directly 
and indirectly, in leading scores of the alumni and students to Christ, a large propor- 
tion of whom became ministers of the gospel. " They that turn many to righteous- 
ness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever." 

As a preacher. Dr. Baugher occupied a high position. He wrote his sermons care- 
fully, and read them with such freedom and naturalness, that, but for the turning of 
the leaves of his manuscript, his hearers would have thought that he'was speaking 
extemporaneously. He was, however, not confined to his notes, but would frequently 
dispense with them to give expression to burning thoughts suggested by the inspira- 
tion of the moment. " Leaving his manuscript," says one of his associates, " for a 
.while, as he often did, he allowed the feelings of the moment to find free utterance, 
Men quailed before his denunciations of sin, or were moved to tears as the ten- 
derer side of his character was manifested. Occasionally I have noticed him to be so 
much affected himself, that he had to pause to recover his self-control." The same 
witness refers to his impromptu bursts of eloquence in expounding the Scriptures in 
the Bible Class on Sunday afternoon, as follows : " Whatever the Book before him. 
and he told me shortly before his death, that he had taught nearly the whole Bible, 
he was equally eloquent and impressive. Often he seemed to forget the ordinary 
province of the recitation-room, and glided into the most moving appeals, that be- 



152 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

long to the highest style of oratory, and which he never excelled, if he ever equaled, 
in the pulpit." 

His manner was easy and dignified, his style clear and terse, and his delivery earn- 
est and impressive. One of his colleagues excelled him in natural oratory, and 
another in systematic arrangement ; but he excelled them all in directness of state- 
ment, pungency of utterance, and closeness of application. Indeed, he was recognized 
as the most effective preacher in Gettysburg. A striking illustration of this is fur- 
nished by one of the Alumni, a distinguished divine of another denomination. He 
says : " In my day, the students went to hear preaching generally with an air of non- 
chalance ; but they were afraid to go to hear Dr. Baugher, for fear of being con- 
verted." 

Pennsylvania College was founded as a Christian institution. Although placed 
under Lutheran auspices, it was, nevertheless, non-sectarian, and distinguished by 
true catholicity. Dr. Baugher, actuated by the spirit of its founders, devoted his 
energies to the maintenance of its religious character, and stamped his own impress 
upon it. 

Ten professors, including his son, H. Louis, named after him, were students under 
him, six of whom, with Dr. Milton Valentine, his worthy successor, are still members 
of the Faculty. His gifted predecessor, as well as each of his colleagues, contributed 
his full share in advancing the institution from one stage of progress to another, until 
it took rank among the best denominational Colleges in the country. 

Dr. Baugher, through his long connection with the institution, his official position, 
and pastoral relations, inscribed, as it were, his image and superscription upon the 
hearts of his pupils, and by his instructions and admonitions, made impressions that 
have moulded the character, shaped the life and influenced the destiny of hundreds 
of the Alumni, and thousands of the students of Pennsylvania College. And the 
declaration with which he closed his tribute to the memory of Dr. Krauth, at his 
obsequies, may as justly be applied to him — " His life was not a failure," but, we 
may add, a success, an achievement and a glory. "He being dead, yet speaketh." 

This sketch of President Baugher would be incomplete without at least a brief 
reference to his attainments and personal traits of character. His talents were of a 
high order, and by reading and study he made constant progress in the accumulation 
of useful knowledge. He was, however, too much absorbed with his official duties 
to attain eminence in other departments of learning, yet he attained a respectable 
standing among educators as a man of culture and force. His exegetical knowledge 
and peculiar cast of mind impelled him to the prosecution of theological studies. 
He mastered Turretin, took part in translating Schmid's Dogmatic, and made him- 
self acquainted with the works of Lutheran theologians. His estimate of their 
ability he expressed as follows : " The first two centuries of Protestantism could not 
have left, humanly speaking, a richer legacy to posterity than the learning and 
piety and genius and industry which are embodied in the works to which Schmid 
refers, and from which he quotes. They were giants who wrote them, which the 
efforts of modern writers may strive to imitate, but can never excel." — Ev. Rev., 
JX. 496. This led him to a more thorough investigation of our standards, and he 
became a decided but conservative Lutheran. Pie wrote with facility, and expressed 
his views with great clearness and force. His articles in the Evangelical Review, 



HENRY LOUIS BAUGHEK. 153 

his communications in the Lutheran Observer, and his baccalaureate addresses, are 
characterized by practical wisdom, pure ethics, and sound doctrine. In 1848 his 
Alma Mater recognized his theological attainments by conferring upon him the hon- 
orary degree of Doctor of Divinity. 

In stature Dr. Baugher was about the medium height, and rather stoutly built. He 
had a genial flow of spirits and fine conversational powers. He enjoyed society, and 
was engaging in his intercourse with men. He was fond of humor, and frequently 
indulged in pleasantry. He had a high sense of honor, and was above all chicanery 
or artifice in carrying out his purposes, and could not brook it in others. In the 
household he inspired reverence and obedience, and moved among his children 
rather as a familiar companion than an exacting ruler. As a citizen he was actuated 
by public spirit, ardent patriotism, and true philanthropy. 

Dr. Baugher was emphatically a man of mark. He was possessed of such de- 
cided traits of character that he could not prove a ciplier anywhere, but must be 
felt as a positive power wherever he was, and in whatever he engaged. 

Sanguine in temperament, he did everything with all his might ; frank and candid, 
he uttered his sentiments without fear or favor ; honest and courageous, he took his 
stand for the right, and rather courted than shrank from meeting difiiculties and oppo- 
sition. Possessed of strong points of character, he was not exempt from correspond- 
ing faults; but he strove earnestly to overcome them. As he grew older, he became, 
through grace, more mellow in heart and riper for heaven. It was observed that 
during the closing year of his life his sermons were marked lay more than ordinary 
fervor and spiritual dejjth. , 

The writer first made the acquaintance of Dr. Baugher in 1837, when a theolog- 
ical student, and was on the mo.st intimate terms of personal friendship with him 
through life. He feels a melancholy pleasure in having afforded him the privilege 
of paying this cheerful tribute to his memory, which he cannot close more appro- 
priately than by quoting the following extract from a letter, written by one intimately 
associated with him in the Faculty, and who fully appreciated both his worth and his 
work : " Dr. Baugher was to the last devoted to his work, and his zeal never flagged. 
Not long before his death he showed me in his study some work he had just finished, 
designed for the Senior class of '68. He had also prepared a sermon with great care, 
which he proposed preaching on the first Sabbath morning of the next term. That 
work was never used, and that sermon never preached. At that interview, he referred 
with great feeling to the fact that his labors mu.st soon close, and very appropriately 
quoted a verse from the ninetieth Psalm : " E.stablish thou the work of our hands upon 
us, yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it." That lifted the burden. Man dies, 
but his work abides. What we do for God and for man, moved by the love of Christ, 
has in it an element of immortality." 

During the last year of his life, Dr. Baugher's health was more or less impaired, 
and he was at intervals confined to his house in consequence. His last illness, how- 
ever, was quite short, and he died on the 14th of April, 1868, in the sixty-fourth year 
of his age. His widow died about a year ago, and his daughter Alice, with his 
sons Leegh, H. Louis, and Wilmer, still survive. 

" And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me. Write, Blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord from henceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labors; and their works do follow them." 



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SAMUEL S. SCHMUCKER. 

BY B. M. SCHMUCKER. D. 0. 

Samuel Simon Schmucker, the son of Rev. Dr. John George Schmucker and 
Catharine his wife, born Gross, was born at Hagerstown, Md., Februar}' 28, 1799. 
His grandfather, Nicholas Schmucker, came from Michaelstadt, in the county of Er- 
bach, Grand-Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, in 17S5. After tarr}'ing a year at Balliet's 
Furnace, now in Lehigh county, and a year at Manheim, Lancaster county, Pa., he 
settled near Woodstock, Shenandoah count}% Va. Dr. J. G. Schmucker removed to 
York, Pa., August i, 1809, and his son studied at the York Academy. The desire 
to study for the ministry- was awakened in the pastor's son at a very early period in 
his life ; and amid many conflicting impulses and doubts, grew constantly stronger. 
In a most kindly letter, written in Latin to him when but thirteen years old. Dr. 
Helmuth urges him to come to the University of Pennsylvania. In 1S14 he entered 
the Freshman class at the Universit)', and remained there to the close of the Sopho- 
more year, when he returned to York, July 16, 1S16, and took charge, August 5, of 
the Classical Department of the York Academy. He had in the first session seven- 
teen boys, afterward twentj'-eight, under his care, among whom was entered on the 
first day, John Moritz, now Rev. Dr. J. G. Morris. He remained in charge of the 
Academy until November, 1817, when he accompanied his brother George on a tour 
westward along the Juniata, over the mountains to Pittsburgh; and down the Ohio to 
Louisville. His diar}- at this time shows much mental conflict about his plans for 
the future, but the resvjlt was that he finally decided to devote himself to the work 
of the ministry. He commenced his direct preparation under the supervision of his 
father, with such diligence that when he decided to go to Princeton and enter the 
Theological Seminar)-, he was able to stand a very satisfactorj' examination in all the 
studies of the first year, and to enter his class at the opening of the second year of 
their course of study. He arrived at Princeton, August 17, 1818, was matriculated 
August 22, and remained there until March 30, 1820. Among his fellow-students 
were Bishops Mcllvaine and Johns, and Dr. Robert Baird was his room-mate. He 
did not attend the University after the close of the Sophomore year, but he may have 
applied to be graduated with his class in iSiS, either upon examination or evidence 
of his continuance of study, as the records of the University show that in that year 
it was proposed to confer on him the degree of A. B., hanoris caitsa. No action 
was taken then, but in 1S19 this degree was conferred on him at the Commencement. 
After a careful and verj- satisfactory examination by Drs. Lochman and Endress, 
he was admitted to the work of the ministrj^ by the JNIinisterium of Pennsylvania, at 
Lancaster, June i, 1S20, his father being President. He assisted his father until 
September, when he went to Yirginia, where he had been invited to take charge of 
congregations in Shenandoah count\-, which had been under the care of his uncle, 
Nicholas Schmucker. He was elected, and in December took charge of four congre- 
gations. New Market, Solomon's, Reder's and Armentrout's. The Episcoj>al congrega- 
tion at Mt. Jackson also invited him to become its pastor, and became and has 
remained Lutheran. He was ordained at Frederick, !Md., September 5, 1S21, by the 
Synod of Maryland and Yirginia, of which Dr. D. Kurtz was President and D. F. 
Schceffer, Secretary. In this retired countr)- charge he remained until 1S26. There 



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were seventy communicants when he look charge, and although Rev. Kueblcr became 
pastor of Armcntroul's and Reder's in 1822, there were two iiundrcd in tlie other 
congregations when lie left. 

During this period he was much occupied with the general interests of the churcli. 
He wrote : " When I left Princeton there .were three pia dcsideria which were very 
near my heart, for the welfare of our Church : a translation of some one eminent sys- 
tem of Lutheran Dogmatics, a Theological Seminary, and a College for the Lutheran 
Church." lie set himself to work to do what in him lay to meet these wants. At 
Princeton already he selected Mosheim's Elementa Theologiae Dogmatics, which 
selection was warmly commended by his father and by his intimate friend, F. C. 
Schaeffer, of New York. Dr. Kiithe, of Allstaedt, near Jena, urged him to take Storr 
and Malt, and I)i-. Moses Stuart, of Andover, strongly urged him to do so. He so 
decided, and translated, re-arranged, enlarged and pul;lished Storr and Flatt's IJiblical 
Theology. The work of preparation of .students for the ministry he began in 1822, 
and during those years had six students, among whom was his old York pupil, John 
G. Morris. The Seminary and College would soon come into being. 

In 1821 a committee was ajipointed by the .Synod of Maryland and Virginia "to 
compose a discipline to be introduced into the congregations connected with the 
Synod," and this committee made him Secretary and charged him with its prepara- 
tion. March 5, 1822, he submitted to the committee at Winchester, Va.,"The 
Formula for the Government and Discipline of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 
Maryland and Virginia." It was adopted liy the Synod in 1822, submitted to and ap- 
proved by the General Synod, 1823, revi^ied and eidarged under his care in 1827 by 
the Synod of West Pennsylvania, adopted as enlarged by the (jeneral Synod, October 
26, 1827, printed in the English Hymn Hook 1829, and became the ground jilan of 
the organization of the great body of congregations within the (ieneral Synod, and 
has endured till now. In 1827 he was directed to j^repare the Constitution for 
Synods, which, adop/ted in 1829, completes the Formula. This little Formula was 
probaldy the most important, influential and enduring work of his life. 

In the General Synod and its work he took an active part from his entrance into 
the ministry to the close of his life. Though not a delegate to the body until its 
third meeting in 1823, he was present in 1819, 1820 and 1821. When in 1823 the 
Ministerium of Pennsylvania withdrew and the existence of the General Synod was 
imperiled, he was very active in the measures taken to prolong its life, and became 
prominent in the group of younger ministers whose energies were aroused to meet 
the demands of that decisive period. In 1823, through the Synod, he proposed to 
the (General Synod a Standing Committee of Foreign Correspondence, and submitted 
a survey of the Lutheran Church in various countries in Eurojie. He wrote the 
Pastoral Address in 1825-1829. He and Rev. C. P. Krauth prepared the English 
Hymn Book, and he edited the English Catechism. 

The energies of his whole life were devoted pre-eminently to the preparation of 
candidates for the ministry. This was, from his entrance into the ministry, the work 
to which he believed himself to be called. He began with one student in 1822, and 
soon others gathered round him in the secluded village of New Market. He was 
invited to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, (jeorgetown, Middletown, and to a 
general agency (jf the American Bible .Society, and declined all prcjposals. When 



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in 1S2S the General Synod decided to establish a Theological Seminary, he was at 
once and by common consent elected as the first Professor. If the Pennsylvania 
Ministerium had not withdrawn, and "the needed Seminary had been established 
under its auspices, Dr. Geissenhainer, Endress, or Lochman would have been 
chosen; but these were out of the question now. The Professor elect submitted the 
Statutes, and was charged with the preparation of the Constitution of the Seminary 
and with much preliminary work. 

On the 5th of September, 1S26, the Seminary \\as opened at Gettysburg, to which 
place the Professor had removed. His work in the Seminary is so fully known and 
so fresh in the memory of all the churches that it need not be described. For four 
years he was sole Professor, and for most of his life one of but two. The largest 
part of the early endowment was secured by him in the vacations. The valuable 
library ^^•as gathered chiefly by Dr. B. Kurtz and himself. Day and night, at home 
and on journeys, year in and year out, the Seminary was continually in his thoughts. 
From 1826 to 1846, when he went for a few months to Europe, he had never rested. 
One generation of students after another had come, received careful instruction, been 
objects of anxious solicitude, and gone out into the work of the Church. Over 
four hundred ministers went out from the Seminary in his time ; and a very large 
proportion of them had been moulded and taken shape under his handling. More 
than any other man, he determined the position and influenced the activities of the 
ministry of the Synods which are connected with Gettysburg. After nearly forty 
years of labor in the Seminary, he resigned his Professorship in 1864. 

His share in the establishment of Pennsylvania College has been described in a 
sketch of its early history which appears in this volume. His interest in the College 
ceased only with his life. In 1848 he was largely instrumental in securing the trans- 
fer of the Franklin Professorship ; and as a Trustee, from its incorporation to the time 
of his death, was always interested, active, and had enlarged views of its needs and 
possibilities. 

The Doctorate of Divinity was conferred on him in 1S30 by Rutgers College, and 
I believe by some other college. 

After the Theological Seminary and the questions connected with its position and 
prosperity, the subject which lay nearest his heart was that of C/irisfian union. In 
1838 already he published an Appeal to the American Churches, with a plan for 
Catholic union. He engaged in an extended correspondence with prominent men 
of all denominations on this subject. He went with much delight to the organiza- 
tion of the Evangelical Alliance in 1846. When all other toils were ended for him, 
his last task was to revise his plan, collect his testimonies, and publish his " True 
Unity of Christ's Church," as a preparation for an American meeting of the Alliance 
which he hoped to witness. He had through all his life a warm interest in, and a 
large Catholic toleration for, all within the limits of Evangelical Christianity. These 
views enabled him to secure much aid for the Seminary and College from others than 
Lutherans, as about $15,000 of the endowment he obtained for the Seminary was from 
such sources; and the American Education Society aided in the support of the 
students in the early years. 

He displayed much activity as an author, having published forty-four works, most 
of which were Synodical and Occasional Discourses. Many of them are contro- 



ERNEST L. HAZELIUS. 157 

versial, in maintenance of his theological position and of that of the General Synod 
as he understood it. His Popular Theology, which grew out of his work in the Semi- 
nary, must have met a want, as it passed through eight editions. His Psychology 
reached a third edition. The Definite Platform, prepared by him and Dr. B. Kurtz, 
was the mo.st unacceptable of his publications, though it was an honest expression of 
his own convictions. His attempts to produce Liturgies were the most unsuccessful 
of his literary endeavors; the whole cast of his mind, his aversion to a liturgical 
service, his rejection of all right of past usage to influence the present, sj^ecially un- 
fitting him for such work. 

As a preacher he was ever very careful in his preparation ; his sermons were de- 
vout, earnest, instructive, and he was ever gladly heard. In the history of the pulpit 
at Christ's Church there have been many admirable preachers : perhaps none of them 
was habitually more acceptable and profitable than he. 

In all the great moral movements of his generation he took an active interest. He 
was an early and earnest advocate of the cause of temperance, the sad end of several 
of his most loved associates in the ministry having been a solemn warning. His 
anti-slavery views were clearly defined, and not concealed even when they gave 
offence, and he carried them out to his own pecuniary loss. He gave much time to 
the claims of the orphan in connection with Frey's legacy. He was generously 
charitable to the needy, with hearty sympathy as well as material help. 

On the 26th of July, 1873, he fell asleep gently, without any protracted suffering, 
with calm trust in Chri.st the Redeemer. In Gettystnirg, where he passed nearly half 
a century, where the work of his life was wrought, where he had so large a part in 
the establishment of Seminary, College and Church, the remembrance of him will 
not soon be let die. 

ERNEST L. HAZELIUS. 

KY PROF. C. A. HAY, D. D. 

This early Professor of our College was born at Neusalz, in the province of .Silesia, 
Prussia, September 6, 1777. His father was a Swedish Lutheran, and his mother a 
Moravian. 

He was educated at Neusalz, Kleinwelke and Harljy, studying theology at Niesky, 
a Moravian institution, and was licensed by the authorities of that church to preach 
the gospel. In 1800, he received an appointment as classical teacher for the Mo- 
ravian Seminary at Nazareth, in Pennsylvania. In this institution he laljorefl eight 
years with great efficiency, having during that period been appointed head teacher 
and Professor of TheoIogy,in the theological department. 

Differing, however, from his brethren in their views of church government and 
discipline, and influenced also by other considerations. Rev. Hazelius severed his 
connection with the Seminary and returned to the church of his ancestors, bearing 
with him the highest testimonials of his ability as a teacher and his character as a 
man and a Christian. 

In 1809, he gave instruction for a short time in a private classical school, and then 
became pastor of the united congregations of New Germantown, German Valley, and 
Spruce Run, conducting also a classical school at New Germantown. 

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158 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

Professor of Christian Theology and Principal of the Classical Department. He 
served this institution for fifteen years, acting also as pastor of the village church. 

In 1830, he became Professor of Biblical and Oriental Literature and of German 
Language in the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., aiding also in the Classical 
Department of the Gymnasium connected with it; but resigned this position in 1833 
to take charge of the Theological Seminary of the Synod of South Carolina, com- 
mencing his labors there January i, 1834, in which employment he died February 
20, 1853. 

He received the Doctorate simultaneously from Union and Columbia Colleges in 
New York in 1S24. He was invited to a professorship in Lafayette College, and 
also in Princeton College. He was a most accurate classical scholar, and very suc- 
cessful as a teacher. His published writings are a Life of Lvither, Life of Stilling, 
Augsburg Confession with Annotations, Materials for Catechisation on Passages of 
Scripture, History of the Lutheran Church in America. He v.as also for some time 
editor of the Evangelical Magazine, published at Gettysburg. 

His personal appearance was striking. He was of middle size, and, whether his 
body was at rest or in motion, there A\as alwavs an inclination of the head so con- 
siderable as to suggest the idea of a natural deformity. His portrait, now in the 
Missionary Hall of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, painted at the expense 
of the students of that institution before he left for South Carolina, is not considered 
as good a likeness as the mezzotint engraving by Sartain from which the photograph 
in this volume was taken. 

MICHAEL JACOBS. 

BY PROF. C. .\. II.AY, D. D.* 

Michael Jacobs was born in Franklin county, Pa., January iSth, iSoS, of parents 
of Alsatian descent, and received his early intellectual training in the country schools 
of his neighborhood. 

In the fall of 1823 he entered the preparator)' department of Jefierson College, 
Canonsburg, Pa., and completed his course in that institution widiout the least stain 
upon his record, being graduated in 1S2S with the second honor of his class and the 
valedictory. 

Shortly afterwards he visited Gettysburg, where his brother David had begun the 
Gettysburg Gymnasium, and was already suffering from overwork as a consequence 
of being the sole teacher. In conference with Dr. Schmucker and his brother, he 
promised to take charge of the mathematical and scientific instruction of the school ; 
but, as he had already engaged to teach in a boarding school at Bel Air, Md., he could 
not enter upon his work until the following spring. In April, 1829, he accordingly 
moved to Gettysburg, and when, in 1S32, the Gettysburg Gymnasium became Penn- 
sylvania College, he was elected Professor of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences. 
He read theology privately, and in the fall of 1832 was licensed by the West Penn- 
sylvania Synod. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him in 1858, almost 
simultaneously, by ^Yittenberg College, Springfield, O., and his Alma Mater. In 
1833 he was married to Miss Julia M. Eyster of Harrisburg, His labors in the Col- 

* Credit is hereby given for matter taken from the sketch in Dr. JNIorris' " Fifty Years in the 
Lutheran Ministry," by H. E. J. 



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lege were very arduous. Three professors have occupied the field which he had to 
cultivate alone. The resources of the College were so limited that, in order to do 
justice to his department, he was compelled to construct the most of the chemical 
and philosophical apparatus that he used, and portions of this apparatus were so well 
made that they are in use to-day in the class-room. He filled his regular appoint- 
ments as preacher in the College church. He was repeatedly President and Treasurer 
of his Synod, and for a time he was Secretary of the General Synod. He was 
editor of the second volume of the Linnrean Record and Journal. In 1865 his 
department was divided, and he remained Professor of Mathematics alone. In 1866 
he withdrew entirely from the work of instruction. For some years his health had 
gradually been declining. He continued a student until the last, and was engaged 
in a course of scientific reading until w ithin a few days of his death, which occurred 
on July 22d, 1871. 

Among the strongly marked characteristics of Dr. Jacobs, we note the following : 

1. His quickness of perception. He seemed almost by intuition to grasp at once 
any subject to which he gave attention. This was most strikinglyillustrated in his 
favorite department of mathematics, often to the no small vexation of the less gifted 
and more sluggish minds that he was painfully laboring to inspire with a love for his 
darling science. Indeed, this very gift became sometimes a cross to him, as it fairly 
tortured him to find how slow his pupils were to grasp what seemed to him clear as 
a sunbeam. This trait made him minutely thorough and accurate in all the branches 
of his wide department, and constituted him a close and discriminating observer, not 
only of the phenomena of nature, but also of human conduct and character. 

2. His soundness of judgment. This is a quality often lacking in men richly en- 
dowed with intellectual gifts, but in Dr. Jacobs it was so strongly marked as to single 
him out as a good adviser even in the most ordinary affairs of life, and particularly in 
matters pertaining to his line of study. This trait was specially noticeable in his 
contribution to the then just formultting science of meteorology of which he was one 
of the early students. The observations of Prof. Jacobs rank high, and his conclu- 
sions in reference to the methods and means necessary for the forecasting of weather 
changes have stood the test of more recent investigations, and in a large measure antici- 
pated them. It is greatly to be regretted that the results of these researches were not 
placed in permanent form. Several papers were published in the Linnsean Record 
and yournal, and one which attracted much attention in the Records of the Ameri- 
can Association for the Advancement of Science. Not long ago the Weather Bureau 
authorities at Washington made inquiry for the lectures of Prof. Jacobs, desiring to 
print them as an evidence of the value of early inquiry into meteorology by Americans. 

3. His excessive modesty. True merit is always modest, but in Dr. Jacobs this 
amounted to bashfulness, and operated often to his disadvantage, hindering him from 
that recognition of his talents and acquirements to which he was so justly entitled. 

4. His self-sacrificing devotion to what he was convinced was his duty. It is not 
too much to say that he " counted not his life dear unto himself" that he might fulfill 
the task to which he had devoted it, viz.: to serve the Church in the sphere to which 
his Heavenly Father had assigned him. Indeed, the thought will obtrude itself upon 
us that that precious and most useful life might have been longer spared to us had he 
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l60 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

5. His outspoken frankness and sincerity-. Himself the farthest removed from all 
double-dealing or hypocrisy, he could hardly restrain his indignation when these 
traits betrayed themselves in others, nor did his native mildness of disposition then 
prevent him from administering deserved rebuke. 

6. His true love of nature. He was in harmony with her evenwhere. The 
stones and the flowers were his familiar friends ; the ver}- clouds seemed to reveal 
their secrets to him. His Father made them all, and in and through them he loved 
his Father all the more. 

7. His sincere attachment to the Lutheran Church. And this not merely, as in 
the case of many others, to her name and to her Protestant principles in general, but 
to her doctrines and life. With no taste for controversy, he was always firm and 
consistent in maintaining his ground as a sound and orthodox Lutheran. 

8. His warmly affectionate pulpit st}-le. His native and unconquerable timidit)' 
operated, as elsewhere so also in the pulpit, to his disadvantage. But he never failed 
to exhibit an earnest and even yearning desire to instrucf his hearers and to persuade 
them to embrace, the truth and come into living communion with God. Those accus- 
tomed to hear him, speak of the impressive character of his discourses and their 
stimulating influence. He joined heartily with his colleagues in the Faculty, during 
the seasons of special religious interest in the earlier years of the College, when, 
under their faithful searching sermons and affectionate appeals, so many of the 
students were hopefully converted. Doubtless there are mam- now in the ranks of 
our ministr}-, and in other spheres of honorable Christian usefulness, whom he was 
instrumental in winning to Christ. 

He possessed in an eminent degree the elements of a good teacher. He was 
greatlv devoted to the work. He comprehended with unusual facility and fulness the 
branch^ he taught. Though these ran in different lines of thought, he was equally 
at home in each of them, whether it was Higher Mathematics, Chemistr}-, Natural 
Philosophy, Mineralog}-, Geolog)\ ISIeteorolog}-. o« Botany. He kept fully abreast of 
the advances in each department, and carried with him to the class-room a vast 
amount of information on each subject, which, as occasion required, he freely com- 
municated. He sought to stimulate inquir}^ and awaken interest in the mind of his 
pupUs. He would simplify- and clear away knottj' points, and often give original and 
easier solutions of mathematical problems, for tlie purpose of encouraging the student. 
It was not enough that a lesson was well recited, but he saw to it that it was under- 
stood. The many pupils under his charge duiing the thiny-seven years of his Pro- 
fessorship bear testimony to his special fitness as a teacher. 

J. H. MARSDEN. 
This member of the early Faculty was bom September 25, 1S03, near New Oxford, 
Adams Count}-, Pa. His preparatorj- education was obtained in the old Gettjsburg 
Academy, under Dr. ^IcConaughy, and after spending one year in Dickinson College, 
he graduated at Jefferson College in 1825. Having pursued a three-year course in the 
Theological Seminar}- of Virginia, Alexandria, D. C, he entered, after a year spent 
in teaching, the Ministr}- of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in September, 1829. 
A dav or two after, Mr. Marsden engaged in a school for young ladies at Gettysburg, 



WILLIAM MORTON REYNOLDS. l6l 

which was afterwards chartered as the Gettysburg Female Seminary. On the death of 
I'rof. David Jacobs, Prof. Marsden was urged by Prof. M. Jacobs and Dr. Schmucker 
to assist in the Gymnasium; he consented, and on the chartering of the College be- 
came one of the Faculty, having charge of Mineralogy and Botany, and continued 
in this position till 1836. During this time Prof. Marsden retained his connection 
with the Female Seminary. In 1839 he was compelled by reason of failing health 
to seek more active employment. He therefore removed to York Springs, and de- 
voted himself to the service of the Episcopal Church in that and neighboring places. 
During his residence in Gettysburg he had served the same church. Finding that his 
health required constant bodily activity. Prof. Marsden completed the medical .studies 
he had previou.sly engaged in, and graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1847, 
Since that date he has been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of med^ 
icine at York Springs. Dr. Marsden has written extensively for the medical journals, 
and has published a Hand-book of Practical Midwifery, pp. 320. K. s. B. 



WILLIAM MORTON REYNOLDS. 

BY PROF. H. E. JACOBS, 1). I). 

Wm. M. Reynolds, the seventh son of George Reynolds, a captain in the Revolu- 
tionary war, and a relative of the distinguished Sir Joshua Reynolds, was born in 
Fayette county. Pa., along the Youghiogheny river, March 4th, 1812. In early child- 
hood he removed with his father to Hagerstown, Md. After the death of his father, 
he was under the care of Mr. George Shryock, one of the founders of the General 
Synod. Under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Kurtz, he entered the Theological 
Seminary at Gettysburg in 1828, where he graduated in 1830. Feeling the la:k of a 
complete classical course, he entered the Junior class of Jefferson College, Canons- 
burg, Pa., the same year, and was ^aduated in 1832. 

After teaching for a year in a classical school in New Jersey, he became in 1833 
Principal of the Preparatory Department of Pennsylvania College, to which the 
duties of Professor of Latin were soon added. In 1835 he was for a brief period 
Financial Agent of the College. In the same year he was licensed by the West 
Pennsylvania Synod, having previously received from its president ad interim license. 
His connection with the College was temporarily interrupted during the scholastic 
year of 1 835-6, when he was pastor of the Lutheran church at Deerfield, near Allo- 
waystown, N. J. He was ordained by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania in 1836. 
He was recalled to his former post the same year, and continued to serve the College 
until he became President of Capital University, Columbus, O., in 1850. Here he 
continued for three years. Then, until 1857, he was successively Principal of a 
Female Seminary at Easton, Pa., and the classical school at AUentown, whence 
Muhlenberg College sprang. From 1857 to i860, he was President of Illinois State 
University, Springfield, 111., after which he became Principal of a Female Seminary 
in Chicago. In 1864 he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal church, and before 
his death served two parishes, one at Warsaw, 111., and the other at Harlem, a 
suburb of Chicago. He died at his home at Oak Park, September 5th, 1876. 

Dr. Reynolds was distinguished as a man of wide and varied scholarship. He 
was especially proficient in the languages, having accpured in addition to the classical, 
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1 62 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

a number of modern languages, German, Dutch, Swedish. Icelandic, Italian, etc. 
His researches into the early histon- of the Lutheran Church in America are a per- 
manent memorial of the thoroughness of his methods. He \Yas an accomplished 
h}Tnnologist, and devoted himself with great zeal to the rendering into Enghsh of 
the inimitable master-pieces of German hymnody. A number of his versions have 
been lai^ely adopted, and are found in collections of various churches. He was a 
man of unwearied energy, as his numerous publications show. While at Gettysbui^, 
he started in 1840 the " Evangelical Magazine," was editor of " Linnsean Record 
and Toumal," Vol. i, and in 1849, founded the "Evangelical Review," of which 
until 1862 he was co-editor and a ver\- frequent contributor. He pubhshed in 1846, 
for the use of his students, an edition of ■• The Captives" of Plautus. The transla- 
rion from the Swedish of Acrelius" History of New Sweden, is the most important 
of his works. He was the chief editor of the Hymn Book of the General Synod, 
in use prior to the Book of Worship, as well as a prominent member of the Liturgi- 
cal Committee. In 1842, he was the acknowledged leader of the movement in which 
a number of English-speaking ministers left the >[!'-i!sreri'.!rp '^f' Fe''-~^ Iv-h'-t and 
founded the East Pennsylvania Synod. 

He was a most earnest champion of the Aboiidon movement. :."ring his residence 
at Gettysburg, and the minutes of the Phrenakosmian Societv* record an animated 
discussion between him and Hon. James Cooper (^afterwards United States Senator), 
on an occasion when they were present, and finished the argument which the mem- 
bers of the Society had begiin. His resignation, in 1835, was prompted by the fear 
that his zeal in this direction was operating against the College, in alienating the 
Southern patronage. 

He received the degree of D. D. in 1S50 from Jefferson College. He was married 
in Tuae, 1838, to Miss Anna M. Swan, of Gettysburg, who still sorrives. His last 
visit to Gettysburg was made in June, 1S73, when he preached once more in the 
College church. 

HERMAN HAUPT. 

Herman Haupt was bom in Philadelphia, March 26, 181 7 ; graduated at West 
Point, 1S35; appointed Brevet-Second Lieutenant 3d Infantry, July i, 1S35; re- 
signed September 30, 1835 5^ assistant engineer Norristown R. R., 1835—6 ; same in 
State service, 1836-9; Principal of Oakridge Academy, Gettysburg, for a number of 
year§, during which he was Professor of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Penn- 
syh-ania College, 1S40-1, and Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1S46-7; Principal 
Assistant and then Superintendent P. R. R., 1S47-52; Chief Engineer of same, 
1S52— 4; member of City Council, Philadelphia, 1S55; Chief Engineer and Con- 
tractor Hoosac Tunnel, 1856-62; Chief of Construction and Transportation. U. S. 
Mil. R. R., May 28, 1S62, to Sept. 14, 1S62 ; promoted Sept. 5, 1862, to Brev-Brigadier 
General U. S, Volunteers for meritorious service, but declined ; subsequently Chief 
Engineer of Seaboard Pipe Line Company ; General Manager of the Piedmont Air 
Line R. R., and since April i. 18S1, has been General Manager of the Northern 
Pacific R. R. 

Mr. Haupt has published ''The General Theor^- of Bridge Construction," 1S51, 
•■ Militar}- Bridges," 1S64. 



DAVID GILBERT & H. I. SCHMIDT. 163 

Pennsylvania College conferred the degree of A. M. on Prof. Ilaupt in 1839, and 
he served a.s member and Secretary of the Board of Visitors to the U. S. Military 
Academy, 1861. Mr. Haupt has a high reputation for aljility and skill among civil 
engineers, as is shown by the several positions he has occupied. K. .s. h. 



DAVID GILBERT. 

liV J. M. KKAUTll, y.St). 

Dr. David tJilbert was born in Adams county. Pa., July 27, 1803, and died in 
Philadelphia, Pa., on the 28th of July, 1868. After an academical education, he 
entered Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, Pa., and graduated in 1825. Upon the 
completion of his college course he read medicine with Dr. John Paxton, of Gettys- 
burg, and attended lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. After 
receiving his degree he located at Northumberland, Pa., where he successfully prac- 
ticed his profession until 1832, when he removed to Gettysburg, lie resided there 
until 1851, when he removed to Philadelphia. Shortly afterwards (iov. Bigler 
appointed him Physician of the Port. In 1844, he was elected Profe.ssor of the 
Principles and Practice of Surgery in the Pennsylvania Medical College, and subse- 
C|uently Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Chiklren in the 
same institution. 

For a long time he was prominently and actively identified with the interests of 
Pennsylvania College, having been elected a member of the Board of Trustees in 
1834, and served until 1865. He was Secretary of the Hoard from 1835 ""til 1852. 
He was also a Director of the Theological Seminary, and for many years Treasurer 
of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church. 

Dr. Gilbert was admirably fitted by nature and education to lill and magnify the 
office of the good physician. With great urbanity and dignity, a most pleasing 
address, full of that rare gift of cheer which brings sunshine wherever its possessor 
goes, he reached a deservedly high position socially and professionally. To him 
more than any one was due the establishment and succe.ss of the Medical Department 
of Pennsylvania College. On his removal to Philadelphia he .soon took that high 
rank to which his rare ([ualities entitled him, and both as professor and practitioner 
he .stood at the very summit of his profession. He discharged the duties of every 
trust assumed l)y him with conscientious fidelity, and died lamented by all who ever 
knew him. 

H. I. SCHMIDT. 
Prof. Schmidt, whom the early students well remember, Vi'as born December 21, 
1806, at Nazareth, Pa. His father was a highly distinguished physician, whose pro- 
found and elegant scholarship gave an early impulse and direction to the successful 
studies of his son. The preparatory education of Prof. Schmidt was received in the 
justly celebrated Pijedagogium or Academy at his native place. His theological 
training was received at the Moravian Seminary, located in the same place. He 
became a Candidatus Theologite in 1826. Teaching for several years in the academy 
was expected of the graduates of the Seminary. Mr. Schmidt complied with this 
custom. In 1829 he severed his connection with the Moravian Church, and was 



164 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

licensed by the Ministerium of Xew York in the same year. From 1S31 to 1S33 he 
served Lutheran congregations in Bergen county, X. J- From 1S33 to 1S36 he was 
Assistant Professor in Hartwick Seminary. He then resigned his professorship to 
obey a call of the New York ^linisterium, to serve a newly-established Lutheran 
church in Boston, Mass. Prof. Schmidt became connected with Pennsylvania College 
in 1S3S, as Professor of German and French Languages and Literature, and in 1839 
became German Professor in the Theological Seminary. Here Prof. Schmidt passed 
what he describes " as nearly- five of the happiest y^ears of my life." 0\\ ing to the 
financial embarrassments of the College, Prof. Schmidt resigned in 1S43 to become 
pastor of the church at Palatine, X. J- In 1S45 he accepted the Principalship of Hart- 
wick Seminary. In 1S48 he became Professor of German Language and Literature 
in Columbia College, New York. After precisely thirty-three years of verj- acceptable 
service, he was compelled by reason of a long-continued peculiar nervous affection to 
resign his position. Since November i, iSSo, he has been Prof. Emeritus in Colum- 
bia College, and occasionally preaching in Lutheran pulpits in Xew York and vicin- 
itv. Pennsylvania College conferred on Prof. Schmidt, in 1839, the degree of A. M., 
and in 1S50 the degree of D. D. 

The pubUcations of Dr. Schmidt have been very- numerous and of high merit. 
Many- articles occur in the earlier numbers of the Ez'angelical JRez-iiiv, as also in 
other magazines and periodicals. In 1842, Prof. Schmidt published in Harper's 
Family Librar\- a " History of Education." In 1S52, " The Scriptural Character of the 
Lutheran Doctrine of the Lord's Supper," pp. 1S6. In 1S61, a " Course of Ancient 
Geography," pp. 32S. 

A former pupil of Dr. Schmidt furnishes us the following estimate of him as a 
teacher. " His most striking traits were accuracy of grammatical analysis, refinement 
and gentleness of manner, and a keen sensitiveness as to the proprieties of intercourse 
between the Professor and the student. Thoroughly familiar with the German and 
French languages, and wielding the pen of a master in English style, those who were 
privileged to enjoys his instructions could implicitly yield themselves to his guidance, 
and had to charge it to the account of their own indolence or dullness if they did 
not make steady and rapid progress." E. s. B. 

MARTIN LUTHER STOEVER. 

BY CHARLES \V. SCHAEFFER, D. D. 

" Some men achieve greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them." Yet, it 
might be possible for both conditions to be realized in one and the same pei-son. A 
man of noble, generous nature, a stranger to the selfish aims of personal ambition, 
will devote his strength and life to the benevolent service of liis race ; and as the 
natural result, his name will come to occupy a prominence amongst the great and the 
good, which he himself, perhaps, would never have anticipated, and be surrounded 
with a lustre that might prove to be dazzling to his own modesty. This greatness is 
thrust upon him, for it comes in defiance of his own unselfishness ; and yet he has 
himself achieved it, for its moving cause is within and not without him. It is the 
result of his own labor, the ripened fruit of his own virtue, not the bhnd offering of 
partial friendship, nor the obsequious homage of irrational admiration. 



MARTIN LUTHER STOEVER. . 1 65 

Such cases, whenever they do occur, ouglit to be set down among the very highest 
types of greatness. They may not he marked by the adventurous courage of the 
sokher, nor by the extraordinary sagacity of the statesman, nor by the brilliant, in- 
tellectual force that distinguishes the poet or the philosopher; but they have all the 
elements of moral greatness, that high degree that can be attained only by those who 
come to know and to discharge the great duties of life, and what they ought to do in 
this present world. 

To the many familiar frienrls of the late Prof. M. L. Stoever, of Pennsylvania 
College, it might naturally occur that his own life was an interesting and truthful 
illustration of the case supposed. Brilliant conceptions, startling schemes, enterprises 
distinguished for f|uaint originality rather than practical utility, cannot be claimed as 
furnishing material for an honest 'record of his life. But, the moral greatness of a 
good man who filled a position that abounded in extraordinary opportunities of use- 
fulness, and filled it well, will be sure to enliven all the pages of any history of him 
that might be written, with a brightness that would be cheerfully recognized, at once, 
by all who knew him, and upon which even strangers might look with approbation. 

The positive limits of the present article will necessarily confine it to a general 
statement of the more prominent facts of his life, and forbid what might otherwise 
prove to be an in.structive exhibition of those principles, of which his life as a man, 
as an educator, and as a Christian, was so fine an illustration. 

Prof. Stoever was born in Germantown, Pa., February 17, 1820. Consecrated to 
the Lord in his infancy, the training t)f his childhood and his youth was continuously 
guided by his mother, a woman of unfeigned faith, in the direction of the ministry of 
the gospel. It was with this high object alone in view, that he went to Getty.slmrg 
in 1833; where, having prosecuted the prescribed course of study in Pennsylvania 
College, he was graduated with high honor, having the Latin Salutatory in 1838. 
From that day, the demands made upon liim as a teacher of generous youth were'so 
pressing and constant as to break up all his early plans, so fondly cherished, and to 
constrain him at last, to his own deep regret, to abandon the hope of ever serving 
his generation in the ministry of the Word. It may be claimed that it was not his 
own choice, but the dispensation of Divine Providence, that turned him aside from 
one noble profession upon which he had set his heart, to another for which he 
seemed to be specially gifted, and in the prosecution of which his life abounded in 
such excellent and enduring fruit. Like as in the case of Dr. Chalmers, ujion 
abandoning the pastoral relation and becoming a Professor of Theology, the argu- 
ment may be the same : " I hope to l)ecome still more useful in the ministry, which 
you say I have abandoned ; for now I expect, by the ble.ssing of the Lord, to educate 
many ministers, and to train them in mind and heart, for the preaching of the 
Word." So the number is not small, of watchmen now upon the walls of Zion 
who, among their fondest recollections, will ever cherish the happy impressions made 
upon them by the well-defined personality of Prof. Stoever — his genial nature, his 
purity of heart, the sincerity of his faith, the warmth of his friendship, his scholarly 
devotion and accuracy, and his success in inspiring his pupils with the love of what- 
soever things are just, and honest, and of good report. 

Beginning with the time of his graduation, in 1838, he advanced by rapid steps, 
through the headship of a Classical Academy in Maryland, and of the Preparatory 



l66 • FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

School at Gettysburg, until in 1S45 ^">^ "'^^ elected Professor of History in Pennsyl- 
vania College ; and after several enlargements of his duties, was finally chosen Pro- 
fessor of the Latin Language and Literature, and of Political Economy, in 1855. 
Correct ideas of discipline and felicity in the administration of it "are of prime im- 
portance in the character of a teacher ; and the high claims of Prof. Stoever in this 
department may be gathered from the fact, that after the retirement of President 
Krauth, the duties of presiding officer devolved upon him for many months, and the 
administration of discipline was successfully disposed of, not in the harshness of un- 
reasoning rigor, but by the subduing and controlling influence of patience, sound 
judgment and wise discrimination. 

Though, as already intimated, he was a stranger to the selfish aims of personal 
ambition, nevertheless his success as an educator spread his fame abroad, whilst the 
literary honors conferred upon him by institutions of learning, and the prominent 
positions in their service offered to his acceptance, were such as might well have sat- 
isfied a spirit even of towering aspirations. The honorary degree Ph. D. was con- 
ferred upon him by Hamilton College, X. Y., in 1S66; and in 1S69 he received the 
degree LL. D. from Union College. X. Y. The presidency of Girard College, 
Philadelphia, was offered to him in 1862 ; in 1869 he was elected Professor of Latin 
in Muhlenberg College ; and at divers times he was strongly pressed to assume the 
charge of several well-organized female seminaries in the West. These honors he 
gracefully acknowledged, but respectfully declined, for the reason that the same 
Providence which had bound him so long to Pennsylvania College, and with such 
good results, did not appear to indicate it as his duty to withdraw from the service of 
his Alma ^Slater. A sad evidence that he departed to his rest in the midst of his 
usefulness, and with his fine capacities in full vigor, may be observed in the fact that 
whilst his mortal remains were as yet awaiting interment, a letter reached his house 
addressed to him by Bishop Clarkson of the Episcopal church, one of his former 
pupils, announcing with great cordiality his election as President of the University 
then recently founded at Lincoln, Xebraska. 

His literary labors, though not greatly diversified, were extended ; and his services 
as a journalist and a biographer afford many illustrations of intelligent enterprise, of 
patient investigation, and of a clear perception of character. He was connected 
with the Evangelical Quarterly Rei.'ie'cV from its beginning in 1849, and was its sole 
Editor from 1857 until the time of his death. He had an article in ever)' number; 
and the Church will ever remember with gratitude his faithful record of the lives of 
good naen who, after an earnest ministry, entered into their rest, and whose names 
and memories have been rescued from oblivion by his industrious and ready pen. 
He has been called, and deservedly, " The Plutarch of the Lutheran Church ;" for 
in the variety of his subjects, in the patience of his investigations, in the heartiness 
of his work, and in the artistic harmony of his details, he seems to have followed, 
though it may be involuntarily, the high example of that illustrious father of biog- 
raphy. 

He ever lived a theologian in spirit, and his official services in the Church were 
constant, varied, and always important. His Secretaryship of the General Synod, 
which continued for years, as also his Treasurership of the Education Society, were 
invariably marked by that love of order, that systematic precision, which had been, 



JOHN GEORGE MORRIS. 16/ 

even from his youth, so distinct a feature of his character. As a representative of 
Lutheranism in the presence of other evangehcal bodies, and in social intercourse 
with Christian men of other name, his bearing was such as to be, at once, creditable 
to himself, and honorable to the Church that he loved. 

Among the attractions of Gettysburg, which are partly natural, as of old, and partly 
historic, of more recent times, we have no hesitation in according a lofty position to 
its hospitality. Of this hospitality Prof. Stoever was a noble representative. He dis- 
pensed it, of course, not with obtrusive display, but with the refinement of a gentle- 
man, with the sincerity of a Christian, with a delicacy that always put his guests at 
ease, and with a heartiness that seemed to show that the use of hospitality was a very 
delight to himself. Men whose names are prominent in the world of letters, theology, 
science, ecclesiastical dignitaries, eminent professors, Christian men, whose reputation 
is world-wide, have often met and been refreshed at his generous board, and enjoyed 
repose beneath his hospitable roof. They may forget the viands and the order of 
courses that attended these fine occasions ; but their recollection of the genial Pro- 
fessor and of his pleasant family, their remembrance of "the feast of reason and the 
flow of soul," that accompanied them, will not soon pass away. 

He was an active member of the United States Christian Commission during the 
war of the Rebellion. His support of the Government was hearty and unwavering, 
whilst his sympathy for sick and wounded soldiers was often costly to himself, and 
always deep, patient, and unbounded. 

To his service as Professor in Pennsylvania College, he ever delighted to add the 
labors of an Alumnus ; and in originating and prosecuting the endowment of the 
Alumni Professorship, his influence was always prominent and untiring. 

Professor Stoever's death, li'ce his life, was peaceful and quiet. He came to Phil- 
adelphia after the arduous labors of a trying session to find rest among his friends, but 
only two days before his death was it thought necessary to seek the aid of a physician. 
During the early morning of the day on which he died, he roused and said to his 
wife and son : " The hour of my departure is at hand." Immediately he fell into a 
sleep, from which he awoke to receive that " crown of righteousness, which the Lord 
the righteous Judge shall give unto all that love his appearing." He died surrounded 
by his own family and friends, among them his aged mother, whom he so dearly 
loved ; and his body was laid quietly to rest in the churchyard of Trinity Lutheran 
church, Germantown. His grave is marked by a stone with this simple inscription : 
"Martin Luther Stoever. Born February 17, 1820. Died July 22, 1870. For 
thirty-one years an instructor in Pennsylvania College. ' He giveth his beloved 
sleep.' " 

JOHN GEORGE MORRIS. 

The subject of this sketch was born in York, Pa., in 1803; graduated from Dick- 
inson College 1823; studied theology at Princeton and Gettysburg Seminaries, and 
was licensed as a member of the first class of the latter institution, in 1826. Dr. 
Morris has gained deserved distinction as a clergyman, scientist, historian, and bibli- 
ophile, combining with these meritorious work as author and teacher. 

As a clergyman he was founder and pastor of Fifst church, Baltimore, from 1827 to 
i860. Served Third church, Baltimore, as supply for some years, and is at present 
serving the church at Lutherville. Dr. Morris is a forcible and impressive preacher. 



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As a scientist. Dr. Morris has devoted himself specially to entomology and micro- 
scopy. He is well and favorably known among American and foreign scientists, 
particularly through his researches in entomology. 

As an historian he has devoted himself to the study of the development of the 
Lutheran Church in America, and the origin of Protestantism in Germany, in the 
labors of Luther and the growth of the Church he established. As a bibliophiler 
Dr. Morris has collected a valuable library in the departments of his study, possessing 
many rare works. He was appointed Librarian and Superintendent of Peabody In- 
stitute, Baltimore, in i860, and projected the plan of conducting the Library^ and 
during his three years' service directed the expenditure of $50,000 for books, laying 
the foundation of one of the finest reference libraries in the country. 

As a teacher, Dr. Morris has delivered courses of lectures on Natural History in 
Pennsylvania College from 1834. These lectures have had great popularity, and 
stimulated much good work. He has given for a number of years instruction in the 
Theological Seminary in pulpit elocution, and the relation of science and religion ; 
he has also given instructions in Lutherville Seminary, and has been in demand as a 
lecturer for many years at various places. Dr. Morris has always been a friend and 
promoter of thorough education. Since the granting of the charter, except an in- 
terval of ten years, he has been a Trustee of Pennsylvania College. AYith his 
brother, C. A. Morris, he founded Lutherville Female Seminary. He has been a 
Director of the Theological Seminaiy at Gettysburg. 

Many honors have been well bestowed on Dr. Morris. The D. D. was given by 
Pennsylvania College in 1839, and the LL. D. in . He has been a lecturer be- 
fore the Smithsonian Institute, is a member of the Royal Ante-Columbian Society 
of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen; of Die Naturhistorische Gesellschaft zu 
Nurnberg, Bavaria ; of the Royal Historical Society, London ; for twenty years an 
active member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and 
Chairman of the Entomological Sub-section of the same ; also member of many other 
American Societies ; Secretary of General Synod in 1839; President, of same, 1843; 
originator and President of First Lutheran Church Diet, Philadelphia, 1877. As 
an author, Dr. Morris has published a number of valuable works in departments 
of theolog)% science, history, and bibliography ; the formal volumes number over 
twenty titles, besides many addresses, review and magazine articles, and scientific 
papers. He was the founder of the Lutheran Obsei-ver in 1831, and one of its most 
esteemed contributors during the time since his editorial connection ceased in 1833; 

We have space to mention but a few of these publications : " Catechumen's and 
Communicant's Companion," 1831, pp. 250. "Popular Exposition of the Gospels 
for Families," etc., 2 vols., 1840. "Catharine de Bora," 1856, pp. 127. "Quaint 
Sayings and Doings Concerning Luther," 1859, pp. 284. "Day in Augsburg." 
"Journeys of Luther." "Luther at Wartburg and Coburg." "Fifty Years in the 
Lutheran Ministrj-," 1878, pp. 630. " Bibliotheca Lutherana," 1876, pp. 139. "Cat- 
alogue of the Described Lepidoptera of North America," i860. "Synopsis of 
Described Lepidoptera of U. S.," 1861, pp. 358. e. s. b. 



FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG & CHARLES F. SCHAEFFER. 169 



FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG. 

F. A. Muhlenberg was born August 25, 1818, in Lancaster, Pa. His father, F. A. 
Muhlenberg, was a prominent physician, and his mother was the granddaughter of 
Rev. J. II. Schauni, one of the early Lutheran clergymen in America. After receiving 
preparatory studies in home schools, he entered the Sophomore class in Pennsylvania 
College in 1833, and subsequently entered Jefferson College, where he graduated in 
1836. While Prof. Muhlenberg entered the ministry in 1854, having spent 1837-8 
in Princeton Theological Seminary, he has devoted himself to teaching, for which 
work he has rare qualifications, as the hundreds of young men who have been under 
his care will all testify. Careful and thorough in drill, never failing to awaken the 
interest, if not the enthusiasm of his pupils; .strict and kind, requiring the best work 
of which the pupil is capable, and helpful and encouraging in every way in which 
the pupil may stand in need ; prompt to punish a vice, just and tender in treating a 
failing. 

The several positions lield by Prof. Muhlenljerg are as follows: Professor in 
Franklin College, 1838 to 1 850; Professor of Greek in Penn.sylvania College, 1850 
to 1867; President of Muhlenberg College, 1867 to 1876; Professor of Greek in the 
University of Pennsylvania since 1876. 

Prof. Muhlenberg has occupied various positions of trust in the Church. His pub- 
lications are numerous contributions to the Reviews and other church periodicals; 
he has also been a membar of the editorial staff of the Lutheran. In 1867 Pennsyl- 
vania College conferred on him the degree of D. D. 

Prof. Muhlenberg was married August 8, 1848, to Miss Catharine Anna Muhlen- 
berg, of Reading, Pa. E. s. li. 

CHARLES F. SCHAEFFER. 

1!Y li. M. SCIIMUfKER, I). D. 

Charles Frederick Schaeffer was born .September 3, 1807, at Germantown, Penna., 
where his father was pa.stor of St. Michael's Church. His parents were Rev. Dr. 
Frederick D. Schaeffer and Rosina his wife, born Rosenmiller. He was baptized at 
St. Michael's, September 14, 1807, and confirmed in Zion's Church, Philadelphia. 

His early training was received in the parochial school of Zion's Church, Philadel- 
phia, where his father became pastor in 1812. The chief language of the school was 
German, and here he began to obtain the accurate acquaintance with that language 
which was so fully recognized in after years. His collegiate studies were pursued at 
the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in July, 1827, Dr. Fred. 
Beasley being then Provost. 

Here he formed the habits of diligent study and minutely accurate scholar.ship, 
which characterized him through life, and became an absolute intellectual necessity 
to him. His attachment to the Alma Mater who nourished him, and his brothers, 
was strong and enduring. 

His theological studies were pursued privately, under the direction, in part, of his 
father, but chiefly of the pastor adjunctus, Rev. Chas. R. Demme. 

He was admitted to the office of the ministry, June 17, 1829, l)y licensure by the 



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Synod of Maryland. He spent some months assisting his brother Christian in New 
York. His first pastoral care was of the Carlisle, Pa., charge of four congregations- 
Carlisle, Frankford, Chuixhtown, and Sulphur Springs — where he was elected October 
20, 1830, and remained in charge until 1834, when, August 24, he resigned, and in 
November removed to Hagerstown. He was received by the Synod of West Penn- 
sylvania, and ordained October 12, 1831. While at Carlisle he was married, August 
27, 1832, by Dr. E. L. Hazelius, to Susanna, daughter of Dr. J. G. Schmucker, of 
York. He remained at Hagerstown, until May, 1840. 

At the close of 1839, he was invited to become the successor of Rev. Wm. Schmidt, 
as sole Professor of the Theological Seminary, Columbus, O., which had been begun 
in 1830 at Canton, and removed, 1831, to Columbus. He accepted, and not only 
had sole charge of the entire course of theological instruction in German and English, 
but was also pastor of the town congregation. The work was very arduous, but also 
delightful, the whole cast and habitudes of his mind specially fitting him to be a the- 
ological instructor. He continued here until 1843, when, on account of difficulties 
with German pastors and interests, he accepted a call to the congregation at Lancaster, 
O., and lemoved November 21, 1843. He removed to Red Hook, Dutchess county, 
N. Y., December 23, 1845. While at Red Hook, the honorary degree of Doctor of 
Divinity was conferred on him by Pennsylvania College. In April, 1851, he became 
pastor of St. John's church, Easton, Pa., and preached in English and German in this 
laborious charge for five years, until called to Gettysburg. 

In 1 85 1, the Trustees of Pennsylvania College propos^ed to the Ministerium of 
Pennsylvania to found a Professorship of the German Language and Literature, and 
to retain the perpetual nomination of the incumbent. The proposition was accepted, 
and steps taken to secure the money. In 1854, Rev. Dr. Mann was nominated, but 
declined; in 1855, the Ministerium nominated Dr. C. F. Schaeffer, and after some 
difficulties with reference to labors to be performed in the Seminary were arranged, 
he accepted and removed to Gettysburg in April, 1856, and entered on his duties at 
the opening of the summer session. 

He was specially well fitted to discharge the duties of his position, whether in the 
College or the Seminary. The Ministerium which founded the Professorship laid 
most stress on his work in the Seminary, and he devoted himself to it with much dil- 
igence and proved very efficient. 

In Pennsylvania College he gave a new impetus to the study of the German. He 
was an enthusiastic lover of the language and its literature, and enthusiasm is conta- 
gious. He established a literary society in which the German language alone was used. 
He induced the Ministerium in 1857 to request that the German language be no 
longer an optional study, but a part of the regular course, and in i860 this change 
was made by the Board. He commanded in an eminent degree the respect .and 
affection of his pupils, by his attainments, by his enthusiasm, by his courtesy, and by 
his whole character and life ; and even his little peculiarities, so interesting to students, 
were amiable. While at Gettysburg he collected about $3,000 for the purchase of a 
residence for the Professor. 

In 1S64 he was removed by the Ministerium to Philadelphia, and made Chairman 
of the Faculty of the Theological Seminary established by it. This was to him the 
most attractive position and occupation of his life, his whole time being given to a 



ALFRED MARSHALL MAYER. I/I 

limited portion of the course of theological instruction. In tliis pcsition of great 
influence, toiling faithfully and successfully, having the love and veneration of the 
students and the perfect confidence of the churches, he continued until the day of 
life waned, and at last closed gently, November 23, 1879. 

He was connected with the following Synods: Synod of Maryland, June, 1829- 
October, 1831, and October, 1834-40; Synod of West Pennsylvania, October, 1831- 
October, 1834; AVestern District Synod of Ohio, 1840-44; Synod of Miami, 1844 
-September, 1846; Ministerium of New York, September, 1846-June, 185 1 ; Min- 
i.sterium of Pennsylvania, June, 1851-November 23, 1879. 

As a preacher, Dr. Schaeffer held a very high place. His preparation for the pul- 
pit was always very thorough and systematic. His sermons were rich and instructive 
in matter, clothed in language of classical purity, and delivered with quiet grace and 
earnest dignity. He devoted much attention to homiletics. He was a diligent exe- 
getical student of the Scriptures in the original, and his sermons were full of the 
results of such careful biblical study. 

As a pastor, he was in the visitation of the afflicted, faithful, sympathetic and con- 
solatory ; in regular systematic visitation he was most exact. 

He was a born teacher. All the peculiarities of his mind, and all the habits of 
his life, united to make him excel in this office. The minute accuracy, even in the 
least matters, which his nature required, made him both exact and exacting as a 
teacher. The enthusiasm with which he entered into every study communicated 
itself to his students. His convictions of truth were attained only after exhaustive 
examination, but were then very ab.solute. A large part of his influence on students 
and in the Synod and Church was due to this sure conviction. 

His personal Christian character was marked by much serious earnestness, devout- 
ness, conscientiousness and consistency. His humility and low estimate of himself 
and his labors were touching. All the ever recurring evidences of the honor and 
esteem of the Church could not evercome it. 

After a long and toilsome life, he lay down to rest with a lowlier sense than ever of 
his own unworthiness, but with a complete trust in a crucified Redeemer. 



ALFRED MARSHALL MAYER. 
Prof. Mayer was the first incumbent of the special chair of Natural Science in 
Pennsylvania College. He was born in Baltimore, November 3, 1836. At sixteen 
he left St. Mary's College, Baltimore, to enter the workshop and draughting-room of 
a mechanical engineer. Here he remained two years, and afterward spent the same 
length of time in an analytical chemical laboratory. He has occupied the chair of 
Physics in connection with Chemistry or Astronomy, in the following institutions : 
University of Maryland, 1856-8; Westminster College, Missouri, 1859-61 ; Penn- 
sylvania College, 1865-7; Lehigh University, 1867-70, and Stevens Institute of 
Technology, Hoboken, N. J., since 1871. The years 1863-4 were spent in Paris, 
engaged in the study of mathematics and physics. Pennsylvania College conferred 
on him the Ph. D., 1867.' Prof. Mayer as a teacher stimulates inquiry, and spares no 
pains to present the subject under discussion in a clear and distinct manner. As an 
experimenter he has few equals, thoroughly comprehending the value of experimen- 



172 FORMER INSTRUCTORS. 

tation ; appreciating the necessity of exact work, and having a full grasp of the bear- 
ing of the several departments of physics, he illustrates each topic in a very lucid 
and striking manner. ' 

As an investigator Prof. Mayer has done a very great deal of excellent work. Not 
confining himself to any special department of physics, his papers cover a wide 
range of subjects, and in many instances very valuable results have been obtained. 
His researches in magnetism, heat, and acoustics, are specially important. Prof. 
Mayer is a member of many scientific societies at home and abroad, and has had 
many well-merited honors shown him by his associates in scientific work. E. S. B. 



EDSALL FERRIER. 

Edsall Ferrier was born in 1831, at Warwick, N. Y. He graduated with the first 
honor of his class from Lafayette College, in 1854. After pursuing a theological 
course in Princeton Seminary, he entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. 
Some years were spent in pastoral labor in New York. His Alma Mater calling for 
his services, he returned as Tutor and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. Resigning 
this post, he became Professor of English Language and Literature in Washington 
and Jefferson College. 

The Graefif Professorship of English Language and Literature having been estab- 
lished in Pennsylvania College, in 1866 Prof. Ferrier became the first incumbent, and 
continued his connection with the institution till 1872. During the last four years— 
1868 to 1872 — he also occupied the position of Vice-President. After resigning his 
professorship. Prof. Ferrier engaged in pastoral and literary labors. He is still, 
serving the same charge at Mauch Chunk, residing in Easton, Pa. Lafayette College 
conferred on him the degree of D. D., in 1881. 

As a teacher. Prof. Ferrier shows decided skill in presenting clearly and accurately 
the facts and principles of his department. Conservative in teaching new theories, he 
is thoroughly familiar with the most advanced and freshest discussion. As a critic. 
Prof. Ferrier is specially apt. While calling attention to all errors in fact or expres 
sion, he gives full credit for every merit. E. S. B. 

JOHN FREDERICK WILKEN. 

BY REV. PROF. A. M.A.RTIN. 

Prof..,Wilken was born at Osselse, near Heidelsheim, in Hanover, May the 17, 
1810. He studied at the University of Goettingen, and after graduation became 
family tutor at the Court of the King of Hanover. March 25, 1846, he was 
ordained to the ministry, and offered his services to an "Association for Preaching 
Among the Germans in Foreign Lands," and came to the United States. He began 
his work in East Tennessee, and organized a congregation in Wartburg. Here he 
labored to the beginning of the civil war in 1861, with very gratifying success. But 
being forced by the effects of the war to leave his field of labor, he came North, and 
in 1866 accepted the call to the Professorship of the German Language and Literature 
in Pennsyvania College. He stayed, however, only two years, and then accepted a 
call of a congregation in Honesdale, Pa. But in 1872 he yielded to the solicitations 



ADAM MARTIN & GEORGE FREDERICK SPIEKER. 1 73 

of his family and friends, to resign a too laborious field, and because he was 
unwilling to retire altogether from the work of his life, he accepted a call of the small 
congregation at Narrowsburg, N. Y. Here he died May 30, 1876. 



ADAM MARTIN. 

Adam Martin was born in Biedershausen, near Zweibruecken in the Palatinate, 
Bavaria. In his early boyhood he came to this country to live with an uncle at 
Utica, N. Y. After a little over a year's experience in the land of his adoption, he 
went to Hartwick Seminary, N. Y., to prepare for college. He was graduated at 
Hamilton College, in the state of New York, in 1858. After studying theology at 
Hartwick Seminary, he was called to the pastorate of St. Mark's Lutheran Church of 
Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., N. Y., and in September, 1861, was ordained by the 
New York Ministerium of the Lutheran Church, at its meeting in Rochester, N. Y. 

In' the fall of 1865, he was called to the presidency of a new institution then being 
established by the Wisconsin Synod at Watertown, Wis., and chartered under the 
title of " Northwestern University." In less than three years this young college was 
in good organization, having buildings to accommodate over one hundred students, 
and a very eligible location, besides secured subscriptions of an endowment of over 
seventy thousand dollars, while the field had not been half canvassed. But by the 
determination of Synod to change the character of the institution. Prof. Martin felt 
constrained to resign his position, and in the Spring of 1869 he was nominated by 
the Ministerium of Pennsylvania to the Professorship of the German Language and 
Literature in Pennsylvania College. The Board of Trustees confirming this nomina- 
tion, he accepted the call, and in September of the same year entered on his duties in 
that position, in which he continues to the present time. 



GEORGE FREDERICK SPIEKER. 

BY PROF. H. E. JACOBS, D. D. 

Mr. Spieker was born in Howard county, Md., November 17, 1844. Graduated 
with Valedictory at Baltimore High School (now " City College") 1863. Entered 
Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, the fall of the same year. When Dr. Schaefifer 
was called to Philadelphia, he filled the German Professorship for two years, the first 
year by appointment of Ministerium of Pennsylvania, and the second, by appointment 
of College Board. He was graduated at Philadelphia Seminary in 1867, whence he 
was called to the Professorship of the German Language and Literature in the Nor- 
mal School, and pastor of the Lutheran church at Kutztown. The former position 
he filled for but one year, but still retains his first pastorate. He co-operated in 
translation of Hutter's Compend of Lutheran Theology, and has published several 
German tracts. A translation of WiWenhahn's Luther will soon be published. He 
has also prepared for the press the Lectures on Dogmatic Theology of Dr. C. F. 
Schaeffer, and has in preparation an original popular life of Luther. 



DAUGHTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 



No institution stands isolated. As the influence of a mother is seen in her chil- 
dren, so the influence of one literary institution is seen in the establishment and 
characteristics of other literary institutions. Nearly all the English Lutheran Col- 
leges in the United States owe to a large degree their existence and their value as 
educational institutions to men educated at Pennsylvania College. Hence a complete - 
statement of the work done through the parent institution requires brief notice -of 
these her daughters. In six instances a member of the Faculty presents the status of 
his own institution. In other cases, repeated inquiry having brought no response, we 
do the best possible. 

Pennsylvania College at this, the golden anniversary of her wedding to higher 
Christian education^ wishes God's blessings upon her daughters, and hopes that she 
and they may be useful in the world, that facilities for doing better work may be 
afforded to each, and that all may be faithful and successful in the future, surpassing 
the past of which we are not ashamed. 



WITTENBERG COLLEGE. 

T?Y PROF. H. R. GEIGER, PH. D. 

This institution is in connection with that branch of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church represented by the "General Synod of the United States," and originated in 
tlie religious and educational wants of the Lutheran Church in the West. Having in 
view this twofold object, the members of the English Synod of Ohio, November, 1842, 

Resolved, " That in reliance on the Triune Jehovah, and alone for his honor and 
glory, we do now establish a Literary and Theological Institution." 

This action of the English Synod was, in the following year, endorsed by similar 
action in the Miami Synod ; but as this was a great work for the small synods, it was 
nearlyi two years before any measure was taken to elect professors and open the school 
for the reception of pupils. Ezra Keller, D. D., a graduate of Pennsylvania College, 
class of '35, was chosen the first President of the new College. 

Dr. Keller opened the Grammar School of the Institution November 3, 1845, i"^ 
the lecture room of the English Lutheran Church of Springfield, O. The attendance 
on the first day of the session was eight students, and a Faculty of one professor and 
two tutors. The number of students was increased to 70 before the close of the first 
year, and to 143 during the second year. Three years of steady progress passed 
without any unusual occurrence in the history of the institution ; but the fourth year 
opened with an event which filled the hearts of the friends of the infant college with 
deep anxiety and profound sadness. After a brief illness, the summons of death 

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WITTENBERG COLLEGE. 1/5 

came to the first President of the Institution, in the midnight hours of December 29, 
1848. He was called away from his most arduous labors and in the prime of his life; 
he died in the 37th year of his age. In the first session of the school, Mr. Joseph 
Welty, of Tuscarawas county, O., and Mr. P. G. Sauerwein ('42 of Pennsylvania 
College), of Baltimore, Md., were associated with Dr. Keller as teachers in Mathe- 
matics and Languages. Upon their withdrawal in the spring of 1846, H. R. Geiger 
and Michael Diehl, both graduates of Pennsylvania College, were chosen professors 
in the institution. After the death of Dr. Keller, Rev. Samuel Sprecher, then pastor 
of the First English Lutheran church at Chambersburg, Pa., was elected to the presi- 
dency. He was publicly inducted to the chair of Christian Theology in the Seminary, 
and installed as President of the College, August 14th, 1849. I" '^^ y^^^" 1850, Isaac 
Sprecher ('51 of Penn'a College) and a nephew of Dr. Sprecher, became connected 
with the institution, at first as Principal of the Preparatory Department, and later as 
Professor of Ancient Languages, which he resigned at the close of the collegiate year 
of 1877. To Dr. Sprecher,* Profs. Diehl and Isaac Sprecher, teachers long identified 
with Wittenberg College, the Lutheran Church and the patrons of the College at 
Springfield and elsewhere, owe a debt of gratitude for their devotion to the cause 
of higher education, and to the general interest and welfare of Wittenberg College, 
through its darkest hours and its long years of struggle and weakness. In failing 
health, Prof. Diehl resigned the Chair of Ancient Languages in 1868, to which he 
had been chosen in 1846. After the lapse of scarcely a year he was borne to his 
burial, honored, beloved, and lamented by all who knew him. From 1873 ""^il 1880, 
J. H. W. Stuckenberg, a graduate of the class of 1859, was associated with Dr. 
Sprecher in the Theological Department. Upon the resignation of Dr. Stuckenberg, 
Rev. S. A. Ort, class of 1863, was chosen to the thus vacated chair of Sacred Philology. 

Among those associated with the Faculty of the College, during the history of the 
institution, we find the names of Rev. J. G. Harris, F. W. Conrad, D. D., present 
Editor of the Lutheran Obseii'er, Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral The- 
ology from 1849 'o 1854; in 1855 Rev. A. Essick was Professor of Natural Sciences; 
and Joel Swartz, D. D., was Professor of Church History, Homiletics, and Pastoral 
Theology, 1865-7. Rev. S. A. Ort was, for a few years Assistant Professor of 
Mathematics, and upon his resignation in 1874, Rev. .S. F. Breckenridge, class of 
i860, was chosen Professor of Mathematics. In June, 1874, after a quarter of a 
century of arduous and successful labor at the head of the institution. Dr. Sprecher 
resigned its presidency in order to devote his time more fully to the writing of theo- 
logical works, long contemplated by himself, constantly urged by his friends, and 
long also a felt want in that branch of the Lutheran church in which he is, beyond 
question, the most profound theologian and eminent teacher. Upon the resignation of 
Dr. Sprecher, Rev. J. B. Helwig, of the class of 1861, pastor of the First English 
Lutheran church of Dayton, O., was elected to the presidency of the College. The 
present Faculty are : 

J. B. Helwig, D. D., President, and Profes.sor of Moral Science and Political 
Economy. 

Samuel Sprecher, D. D., LL. D., Professor of Systematic Theology. 

S. A. Ort, D. D., Professor of Sacred Philology and Mental Philo-sophy, since 1880. 

H. R. Geiger, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Natural Sciences, since 1846. 

* Prof. Geiger's name should be included here. — Editor. 



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B. F. Prince, A. AL, Professor of Greek and History (including service as Princi- 
pal of Preparatorj) since 1866. 

S. F. Breckenridge, A. M., Professor of Alathematics and Logic, since 1874. 

G. H. Young, A. M., Principal of the Preparatory Department, since 1S74. 

W. S. Hoskinson, A. M., Tutor. 

H. C. Stuckenberg, A. M., Teacher of German. 

The average number of students in the various departments of the Institution, 
beginning with the second year of its history, is about no. Last year's catalogue 
numbers iSi. In 1874, the College was opened to females : since that time at least 
60 young ladies have availed themselves of its advantages. Two have graduated 
from the College, and thi'ee of the College classes have now one or more females 
pursuing the regular collegiate course. There are two Literary Societies connected 
with the Institution, the Excelsior and the Philosophian. Their libraries, with that of 
the College, contain eight thousand volumes. The Cabinets contain many fine min- 
eral and geological specimens. The Philosophical apparatus is sufficient to illustrate 
all the general facts and laws of Physics. The Chemical Laboratory is well fitted 
for all necessary experiments and analytical work. Wittenberg College was founded 
in prayer and religious consecration, and from its origin until the present time, 
religious services have been steadily maintained in the Institution. The present 
endowment of the Institution, in available funds, is one hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. The real estate of the College, in buildings and grounds, is valued at about 
fifty thousand dollars. While students have been in attendance from all parts of the 
country, Wittenberg College has drawn her endowment contributions and students, 
principally from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. 



ROANOKE COLLEGE. 

BY PROF. S. C. WELLS, PH. D. 

The establishment of Pennsylvania College and its success produced a marked 
effect in pi-omoting the cause of higher education in the Lutheran Church. To its 
influence can be directly traced the establishment of many other institutions — univer- 
sities, colleges and high schools — which have since cooperated with it in filling the 
ranks of the ministry, in inspiring more intelligent vie\\'S of -the history, doctrines 
and status of the Church, and in promoting the cause of sound education in general 
in the States in which they have been planted. Among these, the first fruits of the 
parent institution, it is our part to sketch the establishment and history of Roanoke 
College, Virginia. 

In 1842 Rev. D. F. Bittle, an alumnus of Pennsylvania College, during his mins- 
trj- in Augusta county ,^^a., united with Rev. C. C. Baughman, another alumnus, in the 
establishiiient of " Virginia College Institute," Augusta county, with a view to fur- 
nish better facilities for higher education within the bounds of the Virginia 
Synods. This was at fii^st a private enterprise, but was adopted by those synods in 
1843. The Institute enjoyed a moderate success, and through the active agency of 
Dr. Bittle in soliciting aid and cooperation for it in the Shenandoah valley, much 



ROANOKE COLLEGE. I 77 

good was accomplished. But the location was an undesirable one, and in 1847 *^ 
was moved to Salem, Virginia, in the beautiful and fertile valley enclosed by the 
Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains. Here so much vigor was developed, and so 
much encouragement was felt in its prospects, that a college charter was applied for 
and obtained at the session of Virginia Legislature 1852-3. In September of the 
latter year the College was organized with Dr. D. F. Bittle, President, and S. C. 
Wells, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, as representatives of the 
alumni of Pennsylvania College. This representation has been increased and con- 
tinued from time to time by the election of Rev. D. H. Bittle, D. D., to the chair of 
Ancient Languages; Rev. J. B. Davis, D. D., to that of Natural Sciences, and Rev. 
T. W. Dosh, D. D., to its presidency in 1877 — making to the present day an unin- 
terrupted succession of Pennsylvania College alumni as workers within its halls, 
The scope of instruction, method and general arrangements have been naturally 
very similar to those of Pennsylvania College. This was the case more particularly 
during its earlier years. The general attendance in college has been from seventy to 
one hundred and eighty students, the number for the last few years being very uni- 
formly about a mean of the limits given. 

As results of its work, it has graduated one hundred and eighty-six students and 
given the benefit of its courses of study, more or less partially, to a large number of 
them. Of its alumni, about one-third have entered the ministry of our own and 
other churches. This number has been increased by many who have taken partial 
courses, giving the College representatives among a large number of the younger and 
more active members of the Lutheran Church in Virginia and adjacent states. 

Its alumni are also, and have been, represented in its own faculty. Theological 
Seminary, Newberry, North Carolina, and Drury College, Mo., Staunton, Wythe- 
ville, Marion, Burkettsville, Lutherville Female College and Seminary, as al.so in 
other educational works, in the professions. State and National Councils, and in the 
intelligent service of State and Church in other departments. Roanoke College, 
therefore, from considerations of origin, traditions, its alumni representatives, its 
common work, sends heartiest greetings to Pennsylvania College on the interesting 
occasion of its semi-centennial, with best wishes for its continued prosperity and 
success. 

FACULTY AND OFFICERS. 

Julius D. Dreher, A. M., President, Professor of History and I>iterature. 

S. Carson Wells, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. 

Rev. W^illiam B. Yonce, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Ancient Languages and Lit- 
erature. 

Luther A. Fox, D. D., Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. 

John T. Crabtree, A. M., Assistant Professor of Ancient Languages, and Librarian. 

Rev. F. V. N. Painter, A. M., Professor of Modern Languages and Literature, 
and Secretary of Faculty. 

Wm. H. Ruffner, LL. D., Lecturer on Field Geology and Commercial Mineralogy. 

John P. Haislip, A. B., Instructor in Mathematics and English. 
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NEWBERRY COLLEGE. 

This Institution grew out of a classical school connected with the Theological 
Seminary at Lexington, S. C. The Institution began operation at Newberry, S. C, 
in i860, organization having been effected in 1858, after over ten years discussion. 
T. Stork, D. D., ('35 Pennsylvania College) was President, and J. A. Brown, D. D., ('42 
Pennsylvania College) was the first Professor of Ancient Languages. The civil war 
shortly after caused the disbanding of the school. Work was resumed after the close 
of the war, and in 1868 the Institution was removed to Walhalla, returning, how- 
ever, to Newberry in 1876. J. P. Smeltzer, D. D., ('46 Pennsylvania College) was 
President from 1861-77. C. A. Stork, D. D., and Rev. J. F. Probst, former students 
of Pennsylvania College, have been Professors in the Institution. 

In 1880-81 the Faculty consisted of five Professors and Principal of preparatory 
department, forty-four College students and sixty-eight preparatorians, with an alumni 
since 1869 of thirty, two of whom are in the Faculty of their Alma Mater. E. s. B. 



NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 

BY REV. PROF. P. U. BIKI.E. 

North Carolina College, Blount Pleasant, N. C, is an outgrowth of the Western 
Carolina Male Academy, which was in successful operation, under the Principalship 
of W. Gerhart, D. D., '41, from 1854 to 1S58. In the latter year it was chartered as 
a College, and gave promise of a successful future. A financial agent was put in the 
field, who secured enough money by December, i860, to pay for two new buildings 
and a residence for the President, besides $20,000 as the beginning of an endowment 
fund. -The opening of the civil war put an end to all efforts to increase this fund, 
and, in the summer of 1861, the College was closed. D. H. Bittle, D. D., '43, was 
President from 1858 to i86i, and associated with him were Professors L. A. Bikle, 
D. D., and Rev. G. F. Schaefter, both of '57, the former being elected in 1859, and 
the latter in i860. Half of the endowment fund was invested in Confederate bonds, 
and half in North Carolina bonds. The former, of course, vanished with the Con- 
federacy, and the latter were greatly reduced in value. Whether the institution 
has ever received the principal or any interest from the State, we do not know. 

In 1866, L. A. Bikle, D. D., was re-elected by the Trustees, and, with the excep- 
tion of two or three years, has ever since been in connection with the institution, 
either as one of its professors or its President. 

Rev. P. M. Bikle, '66, was Professor of Latin and Greek during the collegiate year 
1 869-' 70. The other professors were drawn from other colleges. 

The highest. number of students for any year has been 132; it now has about So. 
We estimate that 700 students have been on its rolls from the beginning, but not more 
than 40 of these have been graduated. It has four good buildings, is healthfully 
located, and has done a good work ; its debt is only $700, but it is virtually without 
endowment, and nine miles distant from the nearest railroad station. 



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ILLINOIS STATE UNIVHRSITY. 

ItY I'ROF. L. H. CROI.l.. 

Tills Institution was located In SprlngvUle, 111., and grew out <jf the IIii]sl)oro' 
Academy in the same state. It commenced ojjerations in April, 1852, about thirty 
year.s after Pennsylvania College, and was officered almost entirely by .sons of the 
latter. Rev. Francis .Springer, D. D., was its first President, with Rev. .S. W. Harkey 
as Professor of Theology, and assistant in the College. Then Dr. Ilarkey became 
President pro tern.; and, in 1857, W. M. Reynolds, D. D., former Profes.sor of Latin 
in Pennsylvania College, became President. Dr. Harkey, in i860, succeeded Dr. 
Reynolds; and, in 1865, Rev. B. C. Sue.sserott was pro /(■iii. President. IJesidcs 
these Alumni of Pennsylvania College, the following were Professors in the College 
at different dates: Rev. Edmund Miller, Rev. Daniel Carver, Rev. Graft M. 'ile, 
L. H. Croll, John T..Ro.ss, Rev. IL Reck and F. R. Feit.shans; and Tutors, V,. M. 
Hrinkerhoff and S. D.Schmucker, es(|. 

Classes were graduated in the Theological and in the Collegiate Departments from 
1854-65, and during most of this period the attendance of students was quite large; 
but the establishment of a High School in Springfield reduced largely the income of 
the Preparatory Department. The debt, also, on the College edifice and on the Pro- 
fessors' salaries, absorbed the income of the College to such an extent that the suc- 
cessive Professors were compelled to withdraw from service. 

After a lingering existence of a few years as .St. Paul's College, maintained by the 
Pennsylvania Synod, to keep good the title-deed, and to secure its claim to m<jncy 
put into the institution, it was transferred to the Germans of the Mis.souri Synod, who 
have made of it a j)rosperous " Preparing-Seminary " for the Theological Seminary 
at St. Louis. 

During its existence under the auspices of the men of our College, it did much 
efficient service, and prepared hundreds of its students for honorable walks in life, 
and it was the forerunner of Carthage College, which was established to meet the 
same wants as were supplied by it. Even the Library and some of the a])])aratus 
were transferred from it to Carthage College, so that we look to tiie latter as the 
direct successor of what was " Illinois State University." 



MUHLENBERG COLLEGE. 

HY RKV. I'Rf)F. M. H. RICHARDS. 

Muhlenberg College began its career in 1867. It was the successor, after various 
vicissitudes, of the " Allentown Seminary," founded by Rev. C. R. Kessler, A'. M., 
in 1848. The chief object in founding it was to furnish the Lutheran pojjulation 
upon the territory of the Pennsylvania Synod, largely grouped around Allentown as 
a centre, with collegiate facilities leased upon a thoroughly scriptural foundation and 
cultus, and giving very considerable prominence to the German language, in view of 
the peculiar character of those it sought to benefit. For a number of years these 



I So DAUGHTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 

ends had been sought by directing patronage to Pennsylvania College, in which the 
Synod held two professorships ; but the remoteness of this institution from the centre 
of the population to be benefited, and various other causes, finally resulted in the 
determination to locate at Allentown, the purchase of the Seminar\' property there, 
and the founding of Muhlenberg College. The promoters of this scheme were 
mainly clergymen of the Synod of Pennsylvania, and such citizens of Allentown as 
sought the local advantages of a college for their town. The necessary funds were 
raised by subscriptions, by the formation of a stock company whose shai-es were sold, 
and by mortgages given upon the property purchased and the buildings erected 
thereon. To the Synod was given the privilege of selecting six trustees out of the 
stockholders in its body, the remainder of the Board being elected by the stock- 
holders themselves. 

Rev. F. A. Muhlenberg, then Professor of Greek at Pennsylvania College, was 
elected president of the new institution, and tlie Pennsylvania Synod at its meeting in 
June, 1867, heartily endoi-sed the choice and the general plan. A " Register" was 
issued soon after, setting forth the purposes, curriculum, and provisional Faculty of the 
institution, which opened on the ist of September of the same year. The first regular 
catalogue, for the year ending June, 1S6S, shows an attendance of 161 students, colle- 
giate and preparatory, of whom four were graduated, the various classes having been 
filled from the start. The Faculty, as then constituted, comprised F. A. Muhlenberg. 
D. D., President, Rev. E. J. Koons, Rev. M. H. Richards, Rev. H. N. Riis, T. C. 
Yeager, M. D., Rev. J. F. Fahs, Rev. T. L. Seip. Three of these were graduates of 
Pennsylvania College. 

During the year 1S70, Rev. E. J- Koons withdrew, and Davis Garber, A. M., (Pa, 
College), was added to the Faculty; while Rev. J. B. Rath (Pa. College) supplied 
the place of Rev. H. N. Riis, who had also retired, until the arrival of his successor, 
Prof. Notz, and Prof. Seip, who had been Pi-incipal of the Academic Department 
became Assistant Professor of Greek. It would be tedious to follow the struggles 
of the institution, and the changes in its Faculty from this time onward for some years. 
The struggles were of two kinds. Financial difficulties, as is usual, arose. The will- 
ingness to donate money had been over-estimated, the energy and vigor necessary to 
secure it, perhaps, somewhat failed, and the expenses needed to be met were not fully 
taken into account. Hard times began to show themselves, and the number of 
students in attendance decreased. Another formidable source of trouble arose from 
the vjjriances that manifested themselves as to the proper methods and spirit of con- 
ducting the college, the impossibility of pleasing all associated together in founding 
the institution, of meeting the views of the membership of the Synod, and from certain 
features of organization themselves. A crisis ensued in 1S76, upon the resignation of 
the President, who had accepted the Professorship of Greek in the University of 
Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. In consequence of this the charter was so changed as 
to give the entire control of the institution to the Synod of Pennsylvania, which 
accepted the trust. The Board then elected Rev. B. Sadtler, D. D., President of the 
institution, who began his administration Januar}\ 1877. Meanwhile, the financial 
recuperation was entrusted to Prof. T. L. Seip, by whom, during the year, some thirty 
thousand doUai-s were secured in cash and subscriptions. A brighter horizon seems 
now to be disclosed for the College. In 1S79, Hon. Asa Packer left a bequest of 



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1130,000 to the College. In 1880, Messrs. Moser and Keck endowed the chair of 
Greek. All difficulties as to the methods, spirit, and management, appear to have 
vanished. The income of the institution met its expenditures, and permitted the 
enlargement of its Faculty. The number of its students again increased to the original 
proportions, and exceeded them. The College was evidently firmly established, had 
taken root, and was growing vigorously upward. 

At present the resources of the College are its valuable grounds and buildings, 
and an endowment of ^112,000. Its mortgages and indebtedness, held mainly 
against the property as security for its endowments, amount to some $70,000. It is 
the annual recipient of a stipend from the Synod also, and of annual gifts from con- 
gregations and individuals to defray certain stipulated expenses. It has a very fair 
beginning of liliraries, collegiate and belonging to its literary societies. It has 
respectable scientific apparatus and cabinets. Its regular course of study embraces 
the ancient and modern languages, together with the array of mathematics, philoso- 
phy, literature, and science, usual to the ordinary college course. Special students 
may devote themselves to science alone in as full a course as they desire. 

The future of Muhlenberg College promises a slow, steady growth, a final accom- 
plishing of its purpose, a conservative career, a useful activity. It has gained a foot- 
hold among those for whose benefit it was established ; it must in the end be fully 
appreciated by them as their college. The Faculty as at present constituted is : 
Rev. B. Sadtler, D. D., President; Davis Garber, A. M.; Rev. T. L. Seip, A. M., 
Rev. M. H. Richards, A. M., Rev. Wm. Wackernagel, A. M., E. F. Smith, Ph. D.; 
Rev. A. R. Home, D. D., Principal of the Academic Department ; all but one 
alumni of Pennsylvania College. Number of students for 188 1, 171. 



THIEL COLLEGE. 

BY REV. PRES. H. W. ROTH. 

Thiel College owes its existence in the good Providence of God to Mr. and Mrs. 
A. Louis Thiel, members of the Second German Evangelical Lutheran Church of 
Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Thiel was an humble laboring man. Through an investment 
in the Columbia Oil Company, he became the possessor of considerable wealth. 
Realizing their stewardship and oppressed with the sense of their responsibility, this 
Christian couple determined to set aside at least the one-tenth of their income for 
some good purpose. 

Whilst turning in their minds the use to which they might best put the Lord's 
tenth, as yet unal)le to reach a satisfactory determination, Mr. Thiel called for con- 
sultation upon the Rev. W. A. Passavant, D. D., of Pittsburgh, who spoke of the 
educational needs of the Lutheran Church in Western Penn.sylvania, and suggested 
the beginning of an educational institution. The suggestion was favorably received, 
but not willing to take immediate action, the whole matter was made the subject of 
mutual prayer. 

After the lapse of more than a year, during which time different places were vis- 
ited with reference to the location of such an in.stitution, suitable buildings were 
found and purchased at Phillipslnirg, P.eaver Co., Pa., for $\,yyo; to which, shortly 



1 82 DAUGHTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 

afterward, at a cost of ^i,ooo, were added a house and lot for a teacher's residence. 
During the meeting of the Pittsburgh Synod, these buildings and grounds were formally 
set apart, after an English address by the Rev. C. P. Krauth, D. D., and a German 
one by the Rev. G. A. Wenzel, on Lord's Day, p. m., October 21, 1866, as the gift 
of Mr. A. Louis Thiel for the establishment of a school devoted to the interests of 
higher Christian education, in connection with the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 
Without the knowledge of the generous donor, and against his protest when known, 
the Institution was named Thiel Hall. 

With five pupils under the care of Rev. E. F. Giese, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 
now Professor of German in Carthage College, Ills., the school had been opened, Sept. 
10, 1866. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thiel took a deep interest in the success of Thiel 
Hall ; and in the hope that its usefulness might be increased, the Rev. W. A. Passa- 
vant, D. D., was authorized to offer to the Pittsburgh Synod the buildings and grounds 
at Phillipsburg. The offer was made to the Synod, in session at Greensburg, Pa., 
October 16, 1869. With thanks, the Synod accepted the proposition of Mr. Thiel, 
solemnly pledging its faith that Thiel Hall, or in case of sale, the proceeds thereof, 
should be regarded as sacred to the cause of Christian education in connection with 
l^ie Evangelical Lutheran Church. It further agreed, in accordance with a sugges- 
tion accompanying Mr. Thiel's offer, that this should be the commencement of a 
Synodical Institution in connection with the Pittsburgh Synod of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church. A Board of Trustees was elected at once, authorized to secure a 
charter and to take the preliminary steps toward the establishment of a College within 
the bounds of the Pittsburgh Synod. 

At the first meeting of the Board, March Sth, 1870, the death of Mr. Thiel was 
announced ; as also his gift of a life insurance policy in aid of the contemplated 
College, together with the residuary interest in his estate, after the death of his wife, 
and the settlement of his estate as directed in his will. The Board of Trustees 
deemed it but befitting that the name of its generous benefactors should be connected 
with the Institution- which they had founded. It was, therefore, resolved that the 
Institution should be known as Thiel College of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 
From the pious foresight of these humble Christian people there came to the College, 
in addition to the property at Thiel Hall, ^22,543 from the policy of insurance, ahd 
^59,720 from the residuary interest in their estate upon its final settlement. 

The College charter was approved April 14th, 1870, and in the following June 
the Trustees resolved that for the present Thiel College should embrace the Fresh- 
man and Sophomore classes, together with an Academic Department. The First 
Session was opened at Thiel Hall, Phillipsburg, Pa., September i, 1870. During 
the year there were five Sophomores and eleven Freshmen in attendance, and in the 
Academic Department twenty-two pupils, of whom five were females. Among the 
first students under the Rev. Prof. Giese were some young ladies. Ladies have been 
admitted to all the classes of the College since its organization ; and by the action of 
the Board of Trustees, June, 1874, young women who complete the prescribed cur- 
riculum are graduated with the like degree as young men. 

To many, the location of the College at Phillipsburg was not satisfactory. Under 
instructions from the Synod that the Institution must remain within Western Pennsyl- 
vania, the Board received proposals for the establishment of the College elsewhere. 



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On May lOth, 1871, a proposition from the citizens of Greenville, Mercer county, 
Pa., was accepted, pledging five acres of ground and ^20,000 toward a building 
fund. The Institution was accordingly removed, and Thiel College began the 
second year, September 7th, 1 871, at Greenville, Pa., in the " Old Academy" building. 

In the Spring of 1S72, the site of the Institution was agreed upon. Dr. D. B. 
Packard donated seven acres of land, Mr. S. Ridgway one acre of woodland, and 
thirteen and one-half acres were purchased at a cost of ^3,275. On the I5lih of 
August, 1872, the corner-stone of a new building was laid with addresses by the Rev. 
W. A. Passavant, D. D., and others in English, and by the Rev. G. A. Wenzel in 
German. On June 25th, 1874, after an English address by the Rev. Prof. H. E. 
Jacobs, and a German one by the Rev. J. G. Pfuhl, the completed edifice was dedi- 
cated to the service of Christian education. The building cost $22,649.79, and in 
commemoration of the subscriptions paid by the citizens of Greenville, it was named 
Greenville Hall. 

Whilst at Phillipsburg, the College had a boarding hall under its control. The 
Board of Trustees believing it best that the institution should again be provided with 
a boarding department, in April, 1876, purchased the remainder of the farm of Mr. 
S. Ridgway, some forty acres, at a cost of jg9,500, and in September of the same 
year provided for the boarding of students, using the old farm residence for a board- 
ing hall. This building becoming inadequate to the wants of the Institution, in 
June, 1881, the Trustees authorized the erection of a new boarding hall, which was 
completed and first used on Thanksgiving Day of the same year. The cost of the 
structure was about $4,000. 

Nearly 1200 students have been in attendance upon this synodical institution since 
its beginning. The first class, consisting of six young men, was graduated June 25th, 
1874. The total number of graduates is fifty-three, of whom sixteen were young 
ladies. Of the graduates, twenty have already entered the ministry of the Lutheran 
Church, or are in preparation therefor; eight have made the law a profession ; one is 
a phy.sician ; one a civil engineer ; and five are engaged as teachers. 

How largely Thiel College is indebted to Pennsylvania College may readily be 
gathered from the fact that among the pastors in the first Board of Trustees were 
Rev. Prof. H. E. Jacobs ('62), Rev. J. Sarver ('62), Rev. J. K. Plitt ('47), Rev. J. 
L. Smith ('63), Rev. H. W. Roth ('61), Rev. H. Reck ('50), Rev. D. M. Kemerer 
('62), F. C. H. Lampe ('59); and later the following have been members of the 
Board: Rev. J. B. Fox ('60), Col. D. M. Armor ('58), Rev. W. F. Ulery ('53), 
Rev. J. R. Groff ('60), Rev. A. H. Waters ('53), Rev. J. Q. Waters ('60), and Revs. 
W. P. Rutluaufif and M. Schweigart, former students. 

The Bassler Synodical Professorship of Biblical Literature and Church History, 
toward which twelve perpetual scholarships, costing $500, have been secured, is 
named after -the Rev. Gottlieb Bassler ('40), at one time tutor in his J /ma Mater. 
The present efficient Financial Secretary of the College is the Rev. D. M. Kemerer 
{'62). At Thiel Hall, Rev. Wm. Kopp ('43) began work in 1867; and through 
1868-1870, Rev. H. E. Jacobs ('62) and F. R. Feitshans ('69) were engaged as 
instructors. 

Upon the organization of Thiel College, the Rev. H. E. Jacobs ('62) was elected 
first Professor, and Rev. W. F. Ulery ('53) second Professor; with Rev. D. McKee 



184 DAUGHTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 

Professor of Mathematics and Principal of the Academic Department. Prof. Jacobs 
having declined the election on account of the serious illness of his father, Rev. H. 
W. Roth ('61) was chosen to the First Professorship. 

Rev. Herman Gilbert, A. M., was elected Professor of the German Language and 
Literature, and entered upon his work in September, 1872. 

Upon the resignation of the Rev. Prof. Ulery, which took effect December 23, 
1874, Rev. Prof. J. R. Titzel ('55) was elected Professor of the Greek Language 
and Literature, and began his duties with 1875. In August, 1875, ^^^- H. W. Roth 
('61), who had hitherto acted as first Professor, was elected President of the insti- 
tution. 

The instructors at present are President H. W. Roth, A. M., Mental and Moral 
Philosophy and Latin ; Rev. D. McKee, A. M., Mathematics and Natural Science ; 
Rev. H. Gilbert, A. M., German; Rev. J. R. Titzel, A. M., Greek; Rev. J. E. 
Whitteker, A. M., Tutor and Assistant in Latin; and Mrs. H. K. Gebhart, A. B., 
Vocal and Instrumental Music. 



CARTHAGE COLLEGE. 

BY REV. PROF. J. W. RICHARD. 

This Institution is a legitimate child of Pennsylvania College. The men who 
took the lead in its founding, Revs. F. Springer, A. A. Trimper, E. Miller, and C. 
Kuhl, had all been students of Pennsylvania College, and the men who have com- 
posed its Faculty have nearly all hailed from the same institution. Carthage College 
grew out of the feeling that an institution of learning of high grade was necessary to 
promote the best interests of the rapidly growing Lutheran Church in the West. 
Several efforts had been made to establish such an institution, but without permanent 
success. The different Lutheran synods in Illinois, and the one in Iowa, in connec- 
tion with the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United 
States, assured of the need of union and co-operation in the work of establishing a 
college, called an Educational Convention to meet at Dixon, Illinois, August 31, 1869. 

The Convention resolved to secure a location, and to proceed at once to the work 
of establishing a college of high grade. To carry such resolution into effect, a com- 
mittee, consisting of three persons from each Synod represented, was appointed. On 
the 29th of the following December, this committee met at Carthage, to deliberate 
and to receive bids for the proposed College. Numerous competing towns presented 
inducements, but the best and most liberal offer was made by Carthage. The citizens 
of this town agreed to erect suitable buildings, on the condition that the Lutheran 
Church would provide the endowment. A local board of trustees was appointed, 
which, in the summer of 1870, began the erection of the fine college building situated 
in the northeastern margin of the town, on a beautiful plat of ground containing 
seven acres. The corner-stone was laid on Wednesday, May 10, 1871, in the pres- 
ence of a very large assemblage of people. The building, 85x65 feet, and four 
stories high, was completed in the autumn of 1872, at a cost of nearly thirty-five 
thousand dollars. Since that time eight acres of land have been added to the 



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campus, and the entire grounds ornamented with trees and shrubbery. Two large 
dormitories were erected in 1873, ^"<^^ ^ President's house was purchased in 1874. 
The cost of the buildings and grounds was nearly fifty thousand dollars. The edu- 
cational work of the Institution was begun September 5, 1870, in a rented hall in 
town, by Prof. L. F. M. Easterday, A. M., who had been Professor of Mathematics 
and Astronomy in Illinois State University. 

In the Autumn of 1871 the school was transferred to the College building. Dur- 
ing the first two years Prof. Easterday was assisted by Rev. C. Kuhl, who taught Ger- 
man. The school increased so rapidly in numbers in the second year that it was 
deemed wise to provide a larger corps of instructors for the immediate futui^e. This 
was done on the third day of April, 1872, by the election of Rev. D. L. Tressler, A. 
M., of Lena, Illinois, as Professor of Ancient Languages, and Rev. J. D. Severing- 
haus, A. M., as Professor of the German Language, and of other branches of study. 
Mr. Tressler accepted the position to which he was elected, and began his work the 
following September; but Mr. Severinghaus having declined the call, Rev. C. Kuhl 
was continued as instructor in German, and Mr. G. W. Eraser was appointed tutor in 
the Preparatory Department. The school still rapidly increasing in numbers, it 
became necessary to organize a College Faculty. Accordingly, on the twenty-sixth 
day of February, 1873, Prof. D. L. Tressler, A. M., was elected President, with Prof. 
Easterday as Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Rev. J. W. Richard, A. M., 
as Professor of the Latin Language and of History, and Mr. F. R. Feitshans, A. M., 
as Professor of the Greek and German Languages. Mr. Feitshans having declined 
the call, Mr. E. S. Breidenbaugh, A. M., who had passed through a course of scien- 
tific study at Yale College, was called to the chair of the Physical and Natural 
Sciences. Prof. Breidenbaugh withdrew about the first of January, 1874, on account 
of failing health. The Faculty as first constitued consisted of Rev. D. L. Tressler, 
A. M., (Class of i860,) President; L. F. M. Easterday, A. M., Professor of Mathe- 
matics and Astronomy; Rev. J. W. Richard, A. M., (class of 1868, Pennsylvania 
College,) Professor of the Latin Language and of History; E. S. Breidenbaugh, A. M., 
(class of 1868, Pennsylvania College) Professor of the Physical and Natural Sciences, 
with Mr. W. S. Cress as tutor. 

In May, 1874, Mr. E. F. Bartholomew, A. M., (class of 1871, Pennsylvania Col- 
lege,) was called to the chair vacated by the resignation of Prof. Breidenbaugh. 
During the summer of 1875, Rev. E. F. Giese was called to the chair of the Greek 
and German Languages. In 1876, Rev. John Brubaker, A. M., (class of 1872, 
Pennsylvania College,) was made Professor of the English Language and Literature; 
and in 1880, P. M. Fasold, A. M., was appointed Assistant Professor of Mathematics 
and Latin. 

On the twentieth of February, 1880, the College was called to mourn the loss of 
Rev. D. L. Tressler, Ph. D., who, for seven years, had filled the office of President. 
He died at Carthage after a brief illness, lamented by a large circle of friends, who 
esteemed him for his many excellent qualities of head and heart. His place has 
been filled by Rev. J. A. Kunkelman, D. D., (class of 1855, Pennsylvania College,) 
who was elected May 4th, 1881. The Institution has had connected with it, from 
the opening of the preparatory school in September, 1870, to the first of May, 1882, 
one thousand and nineteen students. Of this number eighty-seven have been grad- 



1 5b DAUGHTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 

uated, the majority, of whom have either entered the learned professions or are 
engaged in teaching. The career of the College in its educational work has been 
one of great prosperity. By dint of hard labor on the part of the Faculty, and 
through the devotion of its friends, it has attained a high position among the educa- 
tional institutions of the West, and deservedly merits the confidence and patronage 
of the churches and friends of the General Synod. 



THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE MONTHLY. 

BY REV. PROF. P. M. BIKLE. 

As far back as 1844, when scarcely any other college was represented by a period- 
ical other than the annual catalogue, there was published here " The Literary Record 
and Journal of the Linnsean Association of Pennsylvania College." It was a monthly 
publication, and continued through four volumes, from November, 1844, to October, 
1848. This, however, as its name implies, was issued more in the interests of a 
special association, or of a single department (the Scientific), than of the College in 
general. It was felt for years afterwards, that the College should have a journal 
representing all its interests; but it was not till December, 1876, that decided action 
was taken to this end. It was then resolved by the Faculty to begin the publication 
of such a magazine, and the name selected was The Pennsylvania College I\Ionthly. 

In order to have this magazine represent all those most directly concerned, the 
corps of editors was made to consist of a member of the Faculty, a member of the 
Alumni Association, and a member from each of the Literary Societies — the Philo- 
mathsean and Phrenakosmian. It was also decided to have a representative of the 
Faculty and of each of the Literary Societies constitute the board of business managers. 

The first number of the Monthly was published in February, 1877, and consequently 
the magazine is now in the sixth year of its existence. It has been well received 
from the very beginning, and its subscription list has been such as to enable it to pay 
its expenses without any other help than its own resources. It began with an edition 
of 500, but this has been increased from time to time, until it is now 650. The mail- 
ing list, including subscribers and exchanges, numbers about 565. After reserving a 
few copies to meet calls for back numbers, the rest are sent gratuitously to young 
men who may possibly enter our institution as students. 

The Monthly was established as a means for promoting the welfare of the College 
by quickening the interest of its former students, more cli5Sely attaching the present 
ones, enlisting the sympathy of others, and directing the attention of young men to 
the advantages it affords for a thorough education. We think we can say that these 
ends have been accomplished to a gratifying degree. It is, furthermore, a repertory 
for past and current college history, in which respect its pages will grow more valu- 
able the older they become. The Monthly is in pamphlet form, and each volume 
contains about 320 octavo pages. The departments, as at present constituted, consist 
of " Contributed Articles," " Editorial Notes," " Literary Notices," " Alumni Per- 
sonals," " General College News," " Notes and Clippings," "Among our Exchanges," 
and " College Locals." These cover a wide range, and yet all are made to bear more 



PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE MONTHLY. 1 8/ 

or less directly on the affairs and interests of Pennsylvania College and collegiate edu- 
cation in general. 

The writer of this has been, from the beginning, the editor and business manager 
representing the Faculty. The associate editors and managers for the time specified 
have been as follows: 

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 

Rev. Charles S. Albert, '67, 1877-78. 
William C. Stoever, esq., '68, 1878-81. 

PHRENAKOSMIAN SOCIETY. 

Editors. Business Managers. 

H. Max. Lentz, Feb., '77, to June, '77 . B. F. Kautz, Feb., '77, to June, '77. 

Geo. J. Benner, 1877-78 Adam Stump, 1877-78. 

M. F. Troxell, 1878-79 William K. Hill, 1878-79. 

Chas. W. Heisler, 1879-80 S. G. Valentine, 1879-80. 

Thos. C.Linn, 1880-81 Harry D. Withers, 1880-81. 

PHILOMATHy^AN SOCIETY. 

Editors. Business Managers. 

F. P. Manhart, Feb., '77, to June, '77 . . F. P. Manhart, Feb., 77, to June, '77. 

Luther Kuhlman, 1877-78 O. C. Roth, 1877-78. 

Ephraim Felton, 1878-79 D. Fleisher, 1878-79. 

L. N. Fleck, 1879-80 S. J. Taylor, 1879-80. 

S.J. Taylor, 1880-81 Harry M. Freas, 1880-81. 

The present editors and business managers are as follows : 

P. M. Bikle, Editor-in-Chief. 

!Hart Gilbert, esq.. Alumni Association. 
Horace L. Jacobs, Philomathccan Society. 
Charles W. Bingham, Phrenakosmian Society. 
rV. M. Bikle, Factilty. 
Business Managers, \ G. W. Baughman, Philoynatluvan Society. 
i C. R. Trowbridge, Phrenakosmian Society. 



PATRONS AND TRUSTEES. 



BY D. A. BUEHLER, ESQ. 

As already appears in President Valentine's History of the College, the original 
act of incorporation provided a dual organization. The corporate powers of the in- 
stitution were vested in a Board of Patrons, who were authorized to elect twenty-one 
Trustees, at least three-fourths of whom were to be chosen from among the Patrons. 
This Board of Trustees were charged with the general administration of the College, 
the election of Professors, etc. The Board of Patrons, however, were made respon- 
sible for all the acts of the Board of Trustees, and were empowered not only to fill 
vacancies occurring in their own number, from time to time, but also the vacancies 
occurring in the Board of Trustees, and to determine the tenure of office of the 
latter. To complete the history of the College, it has been thought desirable to pre- 
sent a full list of the persons who, from time to time, constituted both these Boards, 
as gathered from the official records. 

BOARD OF PATRONS. 

By the act of incorporation, approved April 7, 1832, the following gentlemen were 
constituted the first Board of Patrons : 



John B. McPherson, 
Thomas C. Miller, 
Thomas J. Cooper, 
Samuel Fahnestock, 
Samuel S. Schmucker, 
Ernest L. Hazelius, 
David F. Schaeffer, 
John G. Morris, 
Benjamin Kurtz, 
William Heim, 
Jonathan Ruthrauff, 
Jacob Crigler, 
John Herbst, 
Subsequent vacancies in the Board of Patrons were filled by the election of the 
following gentlemen in the years designated : 



Charle.s P. Krauth, 
Frederick D. Schaeffer, 
J. George Schmucker, 
J. F. Heyer,* 
Jacob Martin, 
Abraham Reck, 
William Ernst, 
Jacob Medtart, 
Lewis Eichelberger, 
Michael Meyerheffer, 
John F. Macfarlane, 
Robert G. Harper. 



1832 — Rev. Daniel Gottwaldt, 

1833 — Rev. Emanuel Keller. 

1834— Dr. David Gilbert. 

1838 — Thaddeus Stevens, 
" Samuel H. Buehler, 
" Rev. Benjamin Keller, 
" Rev. Charles F. Schaeffer, 



1844 — Isaac Baugher, 
" Charles A. Morris, 
" Rev. A. H. Lochman. 

1848— Rev. H. L. Baugher. 

1852 — David A. Buehler, 
" Rev. C. P. Krauth, jr. 
" Rev. F. Ruthrauff. 



■ Evidently a misprint for C. F. Heyer. 
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PATRONS AND TRUSTEES, 



189 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

The first Board of Trustees, elected by the Board of Patrons in 1832, was consti- 
tuted as follows : 



Hon. Daniel Sheffer, 
Rev. C. F. Heyer, 
Rev. Abraham Reck, 
Robert G. Harper, 
Thomas C. Miller, 
John F. Macfarlane, 
Rev. Jonathan Ruthrauff, 
Rev. Jacob Medtart, 
Rev. Emanuel Keller, 
A. H. Lochman, D. D., 



Hon. Calvin Blythe, 
John G. Morris, D. D., 
John B. McPherson, 
A. Thompson, LL. D., 
J. G. Schmucker, D. D., 

D. F. Schaeffer, D. D., 
J. C. Baker, D. D., 
Benjamin Kurtz, D. D., 
S. S. Schmucker, D. D., 

E. L. Hazelius, D. D., 
C. P. Krauth, D. D., 

The original tenure of office of the Trustees was three years, but a large proportion 
were re-elected from time to time by the Patrons. Of the above-named gentlemen, 
Mr. McPherson served confinuously until his death in 1858, and Dr. S. S. Schmucker 
until his death in 1873. Dr. Morris and Dr. Eochman, after brief retirement, were 
re-elected, and have served continuously to the present date, and are the only surviv- 
ing members of the original Board. 

By an amendment to the charter, approved April 19, 1850, which became opera- 
tive in the spring of 1853, on the fulfillment of certain conditions therein prescribed, 
the Board of Patrons was abolished, and the membership of the Board of Trustees 
increased to thirty-six, with power to fill vacancies thereafter occurring by death, 
resignation, or non-attendance for three years. The last official record of action by 
the Board of Patrons is under date of September, 1852. 

We annex a full list of all the Trustees, from the organization of the College to 
this date, with dates of election and terms of service. Where Trustees temporarily 
retired from the Board and were re-elected, their names re-appear at the date of 
re-election. Asterisks (*) indicate that the gentlemen thus marked were members 
of the Board at the time of their death. The figures on the left indicate the date of 
election ; those on the right the termination of membership in the Board. 

When Elected. Expiration of Membership. 

1832 — Hon. Calvin Blythe 1844 

John G. Morris, D. D ig^e 

John B. McPherson* 1858 

Hon. A. Thompson, LL. D 1834 

John G. Schmucker, D. D 1844 

David F. Schaeffer, D. D 1837 

John C. Baker, D. D 1838 

Benjamin Kurtz, D. D 1834 

Samuel S. Schmucker, D. D.* 1873 

Ernest L. Hazelius, D. D 1834 

Charles P. Krauth, D. D 1834 

Hon. Daniel Sheffer 1844 



190 PATRONS AND TRUSTEES. 

When Elected. Expiration of Membership. 

1832— Rev. Charles F. Heyer 1833 

" Abraham Reck . 1838 

" Robert G. Harper 1864 

Thomas C. Miller 1844 

" John F. Macfarlane ....••• 1844 

" Rev. Jonathan Ruthrauff 1848 

" " Jacob Medtart 1838 

" " Emanuel Keller 1837 

" Augustus H. Lochman, D. D 185 1 

i833_William Ernst, D. D 1838 

1834 — Rev. Daniel Gottwaldt 1844 

" Thomas J. Cooper 1844 

" Hon. Thaddeus Stevens* 1868 

Dr. David Gilbert 1865 

1835 — Benjamin Kurtz, D. D 1844 

1838 — Samuel H. Buehler* 1856 

" Samuel Fahnestock* • i860 

" Rev. Benjamin Keller 1844 

" " John N. Hoffman " 

Jonathan Oswald, D. D " 

• " Charles F. Schaeffer, D. D 1850 

1844 — Isaac Baugher* 1849 

Frederick W. Conrad, D. D 1850 

" Dr. David Horner " 

Charles P. Krauth, D.D.* •••..... 1867 

John G. Morris, D. D 1882 

" Hon. Moses McClean* 1870 

" Charles A. Morris* 1873 

J. Few Smith, D. D 1847 

" Frederick Smith 1856 

" Daniel H. Swope 1847 

" Rev. John Ulrich 1850 

1848 — Benjamin Kurtz, D. D. . . , 1865 

" Rev. Benjamin Keller* 1864 

" Thomas J. Cooper 185 1 

Thomas C. Miller " 

. " Rev. Lewis Eichelberger •••... " 

1850— Henry L. Baugher, D. D.* 1868 

1852— David A. Buehler 1882 

Charles A. Hay, D. D " 

C. Porterfield Krauth, D. D 1869 

" Rev. Frederick Ruthrauff 1856 

Theophilus Stork, D. D . 1857 

Charles F. Schaeffer, D. D 1864 

1853— Rev. John Ulrich* 1862 



PATRONS AND TRUSTEES. IQI 

When Elected. Expiration of Membership. 

i853_Rev. John C. Baker, D. D 1856 

Rev. William Beates J856 

Charles R. Demme, D. D " 

" Christopher Hager " 

Dr. Henry S. Huber * 1873 

Adam Keller 1856 

" George Krug " 

" Augustus H. Lochman, D. D 1882 

John P. Long 1856 

" George Musser " 

" George Mayer " 

" Dr. Frederick A. Muhlenberg • 1865 

" Dr. Hiester H. Muhlenberg 1869 

" J. George Schmucker, D. D. * 1855 

1855— Charles W. Schteffer, D. D 1873 

1856— Alexander D. Buehler 1882 

J. Allen Brown, D. D " 

Frederick R. Anspach, D. D 1859 

" Martin Buehler* 1880 

" Rev. Frederick Benedict 1862 

" Jacob R. Drege " 

Hon. WilHam Dock 1859 

George Diehl, D. D 1882 

George F. Krotel, D. D • . 1862 

William M. Reynolds, D. D 1859 

" George Shryock* 1861 

" Rev. Solomon Sentman * 1871 

" Augustus C. Wedekind, D. D 1882 

1857 — Hon. Simon Cameron i860 

1859 — Rev. John Heck* " 

" Herman Haupt 1873 

Edwin W. Hutter, D. D 1862 

William A. Passavant, D. D 1869 

1S61— Hon. Edward McPherson, LL. D 1882 

William M. Baum, D. D " 

" James F. Fahnestock 1879 

1862— Frederick W. Conrad, D. D 1882 

" J. George Butler, D. D " 

" Daniel Eppley ■ . " 

" John Loats 1870 

Benjamin Sadtler, D. D 1877 

1864— Edwin W. Hutter, D. D 1869 

" Rev. Frederick Benedict 187 1 

John E. Graeff 1882 

1865— John J. Cochran 1871 



192 PATRONS AND TRUSTEES. 

When Elected. Expiration of Membership. 

1865 — George P. Ockershausen 1 882 

1866 — Christian Yeager 1869 

1867 — Charles Appold 1870 

1 868— Reuben A. Fink, D. D 1882 

" Milton Valentine, D. D " 

1869 — Edward G. Smyser 1880 

" Christopher Graff ••.... 1872 

1870— Luther E. Albert, D. D 1882 

" T. Newton Kurtz* 1880 

A. S. Pratt 1873 

1871 — John T. Monis 1874 

Peter Born, D. D 1878 

" John W. Rice 1882 

1872 — Samuel Appold iSSo 

" Edward G. Fahnestock 1882 

" Albert Hummel 1S75 

" John Loats " 

1873— Luther A. Gotwald, D. D 18S2 

John Graff 1876 

" John Lutz 1882 

" George Ryneal, jr " 

1S74— Rev. J. Ilgen Burrell* 1876 

" Augustus Kountze 1877 

1875 — Samuel D. Schmucker 1882 

1876 — Hon. John E. Smith " 

" Charles Dengler 1879 

1877— Charles A. Stork, D. D 1S82 

" Rev. Henry Baker " 

" Rev. John G. Goettman " 

Hon. David Wills " 

1878— Rev. Harvey W. McKnight " 

1879 — ^Jo'"'' ^I- Krauth " 

" Jeremiah Carl " ■ 

1880 — Benjamin S. Kunkle " 

" Jacob Buehler " 

" Hon. Frank E. Beltzhoover " 

1881 — Charles W. Humrichouse " 

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 

Presidents. — Hon. Calvin Blythe, 1S32-35; Benjamin Kurtz, D. D., 1S35-38; 
Hon. Calvin Blythe, 1838-43; John B. McPherson, 1S43-57; Hon. Moses McClean, 
1857-70; David A. Buehler, 1870-82. 

Secretaries. — John G. Morris, D. D., 1832 to 1835 ; Dr. David Gilbert, 1835-52 ; 
David A. Buehler, 1852-67; Charles A. Hay, D. D., 1867-80; John IkL Krauth, 
1S80-S2. 




Photographed by Tipton, 



Gettysburg, Pa. 




COPIED BY W. H. TIPTON, 



GETTYSBURG, PA. 



MICHAEL JACOBS, 
Professor 1832-187 1. 



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PATRONS AND TRUSTEES. 



193 



Treasurers. — John B. McPhcrson, 183210 1839; Samuel II. Buehler, 1839-56; 
Alexander D. P.uehler, 1856-82. 



rKESENT MEMBERS OK 

Arranged According to 
Augustus H. Lochman, 1). I)., 
John G. Morris, D. I)., LL. D., 
David A. Buehler, Pres., 
Charles A. Hay, D. D., 
Alexander D. Buehler, Treas., 
J. Allen Brown, D. 1)., LL. I)., 
George Diehl, I). I)., 
Augustus C. Wedekind, I). I)., 
Hon. Edw. McPherson, LL. I)., 
William M. Baum, D. I)., 
Frederick W. Conrad, 1). I)., 
J. George Butler, D. D., 
Daniel Eppley, 
John E. Graefif, 
George P. Ockershausen, 
Milton Valentine, D. D., 
Reuben A. Fink, D. I)., 
Luther E. Albert, D. D., 

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THE liO.'VRU 1882. 

Seniority of Service. 
John W. Rice, 
Edw. G. Fahnestock, 
John Lutz, 

Luther A. (^otwald, D. D., 
George Ryneal, jr., 
Samuel D. Schmucker, 
Hon. John E. Smith, 
Charles A. Stork, D. D., 
Rev. Henry Baker, 
Rev. John Ci. Goettman, 
John M. Krauth, Sec, 
Hon. David Wills, 
Rev. Harvey W. McKnight, 
Jeremiah Carl, 
Benjamin S. Kunkle, 
Jacob Buehler, 
Hon. Frank E. Beltzhoover, 
Charles W. Humrichouse. 



PERSONAL RECORD 

OF 

STUDENTS 

OF 

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE 

COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY PROF. E. S. BREIDENBAUGH. 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



The Personal Record of the former students of Pennsylvania College presents 
a statement of the most important events in the life of each, as far as it has been pos- 
sible to gather material. The aim has been accuracy and completeness. The limited 
space in which to treat of so large a number of individuals has necessitated the 
adoption of the method of brief record, rather than of sketches. The relative promi- 
nence of several deceased alumni called for brief sketches. With these few excep- 
tions, no comment is made as to special merit of any individual. Matters of fact 
alone are dealt with, and only such as are of public rather than private interest. 
The method employed for obtaining the material here incorporated has, in the case of 
those living, been largely by correspondence with the individuals themselves; in the 
case of those deceased, by inquiries among relatives and friends. 

First, considerable time and patience was required to obtain the address of the 
former .students matriculated. Less than three hundred remain unascertained, and 
these principally of such persons as spent but a few terms in the Preparatory Depart- 
ment. Circulars were forwarded explaining the design of this volume, and blank 
forms for recording information were enclosed. In a majority of instances more than 
one request was required before an answer was obtained, and many letters had also 
to be written. These delays were not due to lack of interest, but arose no doubt from 
the natural temptation to po.stpone what does not seem to be a pressing duty, and the 
matter finally is forgotten. Numerous letters were also necessary in order to obtain 
more exact statements than the circulars had elicited. 

Besides these means of obtaining data, resort was constantly necessary to College 
and Literary Society records, catalogues, records of the Theological Seminary, synod- 

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196 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 

ical minutes, the ministerial register in church almanacs, the College Mo7tthly, news- 
paper files, Dr. Morris's Bibliotheca Lutherana, Reminiscences of Deceased Luth- 
eran Ministers in Evangelical Revieiv, Bates's History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
etc., etc. Besides, correspondents were obtained in every locality, through whom 
information was secured. Only one engaging in a similar undertaking can have any 
approximate idea of the amount of labor involved in preparing this record. 

The alumni properly occupy much the larger space, and are placed first, classified 
according to the year of graduation. The present roll of students comes next, fol- 
lowed by the names of those who were for various periods members of college classes, 
arranged as nearly as possible according to the year of entrance. Those who left 
while attending the Preparatory Department come last. The record of any individual 
can easily be found by using the index of names found at the close of the volume. 

Whatever inaccuracies appear, they are not due to lack of care for their avoidance. 
Whenever doubt has arisen in reference to any item of information, either it has been 
omitted unless inquiry has secured exact data, or attention is called to the uncertainty. 
Great care has been taken to use the precise information given by each individual. 
Unless otherwise indicated, all ecclesiastical connections are with the Lutheran 
Church. In the preface to this volume, acknowledgment is made of the many courte- 
sies received during our prosecution of this work. 

Alma Mater has reason to be proud of the record her sons have made. No lauda- 
tions are called for. The deeds do speak of themselves for the doers thereof. 



Deceased are indicated by the asterisk (*). Membership in the literary societies, 
Linnsean Association, or Fraternities, is shown by giving simply the name of the so- 
ciety; college honors and appointments are similarly mentioned. 



ALUMNI. 



CLASS OF 1834. 

Jacob Barnitz Bacon, the son of Rev. Samuel Bacon (A. B., Harvard, i{ 
and Anna Mary (Barnitz), was born in York, March lo, 1815. He entered the Get- 
tysburg Gymnasium among its first students in June, 1828, and on the incorporation 
of the College in 1832 was its first matriculate. He was a member of the Phrena- 
kosmian Society; essayist, contests of 1832 and ';^;^. 

After teaching some years in York, Mr. Bacon became a civil engineer, and fol- 
lowed his profession in New York city, during which time he was married in 1837 to 
Miss Simonson, a member of one of the oldest families of Staten Island. Subse- 
quently he resided in Kentucky and Indiana, and was in 1838 resident engineer on 
the Madison & Indianapolis R. R., the first railroad built west of the Ohio river. 
Climatic reasons compelled a return to the east, and after residing successively in 
York, Pa., as resident engineer and superintendent of York and Wrightsville R. R., 
and at the Navy Yard in Maine, Mr. Bacon settled in New York city, and has been 
engaged in honorable positions as civil engineer on the railroads of Staten Island and 
other parts of New York state, as also in Central America, and on the Central Park 
of New York city, and is the oldest city surveyor of that city. The last official 
position of Mr. Bacon, ending in the spring of 1881, was that of Civil Engineer to 
the City and County Finance Department. He was Professor of Languages and 
Mathematics, Newport, Ky., 1838; Principal of Military School, Brooklyn, 1849-51. 
Publications — numerous contributions running through nearly half a century to New 
York papers, such as the Tribitne, Times, Herald, Evening Post, Leader, Evening 
Express, Citizen, Star, the Leslie publications, N. Y. Ledger; Editor of Excelsior 
and Saturday Visitor, of Brooklyn, 1848-9. The contributions are mainly on local 
historical topics, often running through extended series, such as " New York in the 
Olden Times," in N. Y. Times, 1874-7, " Summer Day Footings Around New York," 
in N. Y. Teacher, 1858-9; was also a contributor to Appleton's American Cyclopae- 
dia; published American and German Primer, 1845. 

David Grier Barnitz, the son of Charles A. Barnitz, was born in York, Pa., 
June 22, 1816. He entered the Gettysburg Gymnasium in June, 1828, and continued 
his studies in this school till it was incorporated as a College. Member of the 
Phrenakosmian Society; orator, anniversary 1833; debater, contest, 1833; Valedic- 
tory. Studied law and was admitted to the bar in York. In 1S54 he removed to 
Philadelphia, and in 1861 was appointed by Secretary Chase Special Agent of the 
Treasury Department, having charge till the close of the war of the Custom Depart- 
ment from Cincinnati to Memphis, including the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. 
In 1866 was appointed one of the judges on cotton claims, transacting his business at 
New Orleans, Memphis, and elsewhere in the Southern States. After the conclusion 
of these labors, resumed the practice of law in New York city, and subsequently in 
Washington, D. C, and Newark, N. J. While attending to some legal business, Mr. 

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IQo ALUMNI RECORD. 

Barnitz was stricken with paralysis, and after lingering some time in a helpless state, 
died January 21, 1877. Married December 22, 1842, to Emily, daughter of Judge 
Bradford, York, Pa. 

William H. Smith, the son of Lewis Smith, was born in Georgetown, D. C, Octo- 
ber 8, 1 81 6. Entered the Gettysburg Gymnasium and pursued his studies till gradua- 
tion; Philomathcean ; orator, contest 1834; salutatory; entered the Lutheran ministry, 
and served congregations at Charleston, S. C., as assistant to Rev. Dr. J. Bachman ; 
at Barren Hill, Penn'a ; St. Louis, Missouri ; and also at Baltimore. Received 
degree M. D., where and when not ascertained. Dr. Smith gave much attention to 
scientific studies, especially to chemistry and electricity, and in their useful application 
made a number of inventions; among others was one for the utilization of iron 
furnace slag, particularly for paving purposes ; in pushing its introduction, he visited 
London, England, where he died. Married May 28, 1840, to Caroline C. Trescott, 
Charleston, S. C. 

CLASS OF 1835. 

*David Frederick Bittle was born in the year i8ii,in Middletown Valley, 
Frederick county, Md., near the junction of the South and Catoctin mountains. His 
father, Thomas Bittle, was a soldier in the war of 1S12. On both sides he was of 
German lineage, his father, as also his mother, Mary Baer, of Washington county, 
Md., being descendants of Prussian immigrants who at an early day had settled in 
this county. He is described as having been a boy of quiet and retiring habits, and 
studious tastes, eager to avail himself of the advantages offered for culture by the 
introduction of English schools, and that general quickening which was so largely 
promoted by the establishment of the institutions of the church at Gettysburg. Hav- 
ing consecrated himself to the service of God, and desiring better advantages in pi-epar- 
ing himself for the ministry, he entered the Preparatory Department of Pennsylvania 
College in 1830, through the influence of Rev. Abram Reck and his early friend and 
associate, Ezra Keller. In 1835 he entered the Theological Seminary of the Lutheran 
Church, completing its course of studies in 1837, serving his College in the meanwhile 
as tutor. Having received a call to the pastorate of Mt. Tabor Lutheran congrega- 
tion, Augusta county, Va., he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa C. Krauth, sister 
of Rev. C. P. Krauth, D. D., President of Pennsylvania College, and at once entered 
upon the duties of his charge. As the result of his work in this field, the Tabor con- 
gregation was strengthened, another congregation was organized at Churchville, and 
a classical school established, the nucleus of Roanoke College. 

From this sphere of usefulness he was called to the Middletown charge. Here he 
labored with success for seven years. At their close he moved to Hagerstown, Md., 
serving the Church for two years as traveling agent for the Home Missionary Society, 
and as agent for the Hagerstown Female Seminary. From this work he was called 
to the presidency of Roanoke College in 1853. Here the remainder of his life was 
spent, and his most efficient work performed. To the young and struggling insti- 
tution he gave his undivided interest and time. His labors in this connection were 
not only arduous but manifold ; within, executive and administrative work in shaping 
and putting the college on its career, and in so handling resources as to make them 
commensurate with wants and expectations of friends and patrons ; outside, much 



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visiting and preaching to the churches, to arouse sympathy and secure support. To 
meet the want of means he entered the field for two years as financial agent. His 
interest in the work and fruitfulness in plans for its welfare kept his energies taxed 
during term-time and vacation. The conception of these plans and modes of execu- 
tion were largely conditioned by an abounding trust in the providence of God. The 
work had its dark as well as brighter days, yet with a faith higher and nobler than 
the Roman's he never despaired of its success. 

For a year before his death there was a gradual failure of his physical strength. 
Of this, however, the general public knew nothing, as it led to no relaxation from 
his labors. These continued to the end. On the evening of September 25, 1876, 
after a day which had been spent in the class-room, and in such other work as his 
hands always found time to do, in the College faculty room, in converse with his 
colleagues and other friends, the workman suddenly ceased from his work. An 
elegant and commodious building, erected by the offerings of friends at home and 
abroad for the reception of the college library, was formally dedicated to its ofhce as 
the " Bittle Memorial Hall." But the condition of the College at his death, its pros- 
pects for the future, its impressions on Church and State, the estimation in which his 
consecrated labors will ever be held by all who were their witnesses, and whose own 
usefulness will be conditioned by them, will be his best monument. Among Dr. 
Bittle's publications are: Remarks on New Measures, 1839; Female Education; Our 
Responsibilities; Address at Wytheville Female Seminary, 1859; Appeal to the Ger- 
man Population of Virginia, 1852. Prof. S. C. Wells. 

MicH.\EL GuNDAKER Dale. Born November 30, 1814, in Lancaster, Pa. Parents 
Judge Samuel and Eliza (Gundaker). Prepared at Lancaster schools and at West 
Chester, Pa.; entered Sophomore 1832; Phrenakosmian, essayist, contest, 1835; 
Latin Salutatory; admitted to the bar, Lancaster, 1838; in the same year located at 
Greenville, 111.; Judge of Probate Courts of Bond County, 111., 1839-53; resigned 
to accept the office of Register of the U. S. Land Office at Edwards, 111. ; subse- 
quently elected Judge of his county (Madison), served for eight years; after an 
interval of active practice and acting mo.st of the time as Master in Chancery, he was 
in 1874 again elected Judge of Madison County, which position he still occupies. 
Among other positions held by Judge Dale are : the continuous service as an officer 
under the common school law of the state .since 1851, and for many years President 
of the Board of Education of the city of Edwardsville ; a member of the Constitu- 
tional Convention of the State of Illinois in 1847 ; and was for several years, from 
1844, Major in the state Militia. Married in 1849 to Margaret, daughter of Gov. W. 
L. D. Ewing, of Illinois. 

*EzRA Keller was born in Middletown Valley, PVederick county, Md., on the 
I2th of June, 1812. In his fifteenth year he made a public profession of religion by 
uniting with the church under the pastoral care of Rev. A. Reck. At this time he 
became impressed with the conviction that it was his duty to serve God in the work 
of the ministry. He made known his wishes to his father, who at first consented, 
but afterwards, through the influence of friends, withdrew his consent, and positively 
refused to furnish him with the means necessary to prepare for the work. This 
seemingly fatal barrier did not chill his conviction. It deepened until at length it 
became so intense that he had no rest day or night ; he could neither work, eat, nor 



200 ALUMNI RECORD. 

sleep. Unl)urdening his mind to his pastor, he counseled him to obey this manifest 
call of God. 

In the fall of 1830 he went on foot and with only fifty cents in his pocket to Get- 
tysburg, and entered the Gymnasium. With the pecuniary aid he received from the 
Education Society, which he subsequently refunded, and from the home congrega- 
tion, he was able without interruption to continue his studies till 1835, when he was 
graduated with high honor. Already as a student the sterling qualities of his char- 
acter were recognized by his professors and fellow students. Phrenakosmian, dispu- 
tant, contests, 1832 and 1834; orator, anniversary, 1834. At the completion of his 
theological studies in the Seminary at Gettysburg, he made a missionary tour through 
some of the Western States under the direction of the Pennsylvania Synod. 

In the spring of 1837 he was married to Miss Caroline Routzon, of Middletown 
Valley. In the summer of this year he took the pastoral care of the congregations 
at Taneytown and Emmittsburg, which he served until the autumn of 1840, when he 
accepted a call to Hagerstown. The preaching ability of Dr. Keller was of the 
highest -order. He held the closest attention of his audience, not by an oratorical 
effort, but by his calm, clear, logical and solemn statements of the truth. His min- 
istry was blessed with frequent revivals of religion. While pastor at Hagerstown he 
went to Gettysburg, where he preached, alternating with F. W. Conrad, D. D., a 
series of sermons with such impressiveness and power that a large number of the 
citizens of the town, and all except about half a dozen of the students in the College, 
became deeply interested in their salvation. 

The only publication of Dr. Keller was a discourse delivered before the alumni of 
the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 1844. Jefferson College, in 1845, 'con- 
ferred upon him the title of Doctor of Divinity. 

In 1844 Dr Keller was called to the presidency of Wittenberg College and Semi- 
nary, in Springfield, Ohio. By his fine executive ability, his untiring energy, and 
commanding influence, he soon succeeded in placing this new institution on a solid 
foundation. His eminent fitness for this position was everywhere acknowledged. 
But the incessant labor and anxiety connected with his work at length so sapped his 
strength, that when attacked with typhoid fever he sank under it, and calmly fell 
asleep in Jesus on the 29th of December, 1848, in his 37th year. 

Rev. E. Breidenbaugh. 

* William Ruthrauff. Entered Gymnasium ; Phrenakosmian, orator, contest, 
183.5. Engaged in mercantile business in York, and subsequently in Gettysburg, 
where he died about 1847; Treasurer of Alumni Association in 1S45. Married to 
Juliana Thompson, Gettysburg. 

* Abraham B. Shuman. Entered Gymnasium; residence Taneytown, Md. Phil- 
omathean, disputant, contest, 1833; essayist, contest, 1834. Died in Philadelphia 
about 1 85 1. 

* Alexander Russel Stevenson. Born October 11, 1816, at Bedford, Pa. 
Parents, John M. and Nancy (Russel). After the removal of his family to Gettys- 
burg, and an engagement in mercantile pursuits, entered Sophomore, 1833; Phrena- 
kosmian. Admitted to the bar at Gettysburg, 1836, and continued, in that place, the 
practice of his profession till his death, September i, 1852. Alumni Speaker, 1847. 
Married September 27, 1843, to Margaret S. Winrott, Gettysburg. 



CLASS OF 1835. 201. 

* Charles Franklin Stoever. Born February 28, 181 1, at Lebanon, Pa. 
Parents, Jacob and Mary. Served some time in the printing office of his father; 
entered Gymnasium ; Philomathean ; after a Theological course in the Seminary at 
Gettysburg, was licensed at Lewistown, 1836; pastor at Milton, Pa., 1836-45; Ber- 
rysburg, Pa., 1845-50; Dauphin, Pa., 1850-56; Mechanicsburg, Pa., 1856, where 
he died November 17, 1880. Married December 13, 1836, to Sophia Van Hoff, 
Palmyra, Pa. 

*Theophilus Stork, youngest son of Rev. Charles A. G. Storch, of Brunswick, 
Germany, was born near Salisbury, N. C, August, 1814. From his father, a Uni- 
versity-bred scholar, he inherited a taste for letters which marked his whole life. In 
1 83 1, he became a .student at Gettysburg. He was a good scholar in a class which 
included such names as those of Drs. S. Sprecher, Ezra Keller, D. F. Bittle, and 
Hon. M. G. Dale. At the Commencement he was assigned the Valedictory. Phren- 
akosmian, disputant, contests 1833 and 1835; orator, anniversary 1835. From 1835 to 
1837, he studied theology in the Seminary under Drs. Schmucker and Krauth. He 
was licensed to preach in 1837, and was immediately called to Grace Lutheran church, 
Winchester, Va. 

The church grew rapidly under his ministrations, and he was regarded as one of 
the rising young men of the denomination. In 1841, he was called to St. Matthew's, 
Philadelphia. Here he labored successfully for nine years, building up a strong 
church, and being identified with all the great christian charities and institutions of 
the city. In 1842, he was one of the active promoters of the organization of the 
East Pennsylvania Synod. In 1850, he organized a new congregation in the north- 
western part of the city, and built the large church widely known as St. Mark's. In 
1858, he was called to the Presidency of the new Lutheran College at Newberry, 
S. C. In i860, he was called to the charge of the newly-organized church of St. 
Mark's in Baltimore. He labored here with his usual success until 1865, when he 
removed to Philadelphia and organized the church of St. Andrew's. This was after- 
wards merged in the«Messiah Mission, the beginning of the present flourishing church 
of the Messiah, under the joint pastoral care of Drs. Conrad and Stork. His impaired 
health soon compelled him to resign this charge ; and thus ended the pastoral labors 
of Dr. Stork, a ministerial career of thirty-six years crowded with useful activities. 
• Dr. Stork was at various times editor of the Home Journal, of the Lutheran Home 
Monthly, and joint editor of the Lutheran Observer. 

He was author of the following books: "Luther at Home," "Luther and the 
Bible," " Luther's Christmas Tree," " Children of the New Testament," " Home 
Scenes of the New Testament," "Jesus in the Temple," and "Afternoon." These 
were all popular and met with a wide sale. A volume of his sermons, edited by his 
sons, was published after his death. 

He was twice married, and left three sons, Charles A., Wm. L., and Theo. B. Stork. 
He died after a short illness, in Philadelphia, March 28, 1874. 

The name of Dr. Stork adorns the roll of our alumni as a scholar of fine literary 
taste, an elegant and popular writer, and an eloquent preacher. His work will live 
in the Lutheran Church as that of an eminently successful organizer of churches, and 
an efficient pastor ; two great churches, St. Mark's, of Philadelphia, and St. Mark's, 
of Baltimore, he founded; and three othe/s, Grace of Winchester, Va., St. Matthew's 



202 ALUMNI RECORD. 

and Messiah, of Philadelphia, he largely contributed to build up. But his best con- 
tribution to his times was the character he displayed in a pure, winning and godly life 
and ministry. In the memory and influence of that he still lives. As his biographer 
quotes from Carlyle's saying of Luther, " he was one of our most precious and lov- 
able men." Prof. C. A. Stork, D. D. 

CLASS OF 1837. 

George Diehl. Born near Greencastle, Franklin county, Pa. Parents, Michael 
and Catharine. After studying at home schools, entered Preparatoiy 1832; Philo- 
mathfean, essayist, contest, 1836, Valedictory; Tutor in Alma Mater, 1837-9. After 
pursuing Theological studies in the Seminary at Gettysburg, was licensed by the Synod 
of Virginia in 1S40 ; Pastor, Boonsboro, Md., 1840-43 ; organized and served Second 
lAitheran Church, Easton, Pa., 1843-51 ; Frederick, Md., since 1851; Secretary and 
President of Maryland Synod at different times ; also of General Synod, Secretary 
1850, President 1871 ; Director of the Seminary at Gettysburg a number of terms; 
Trustee of Alma Mater since 1856; a Corporate Member of Board of Trustees of the 
Pastors' Fund of the Maryland Synod ; President of the Board of Trustees and has 
pastoral charge, by the will of the founder, of the Loats Female Orphan Asylum at 
Frederick; Alumni address. Alma Mater, on Energy of Character, 1839; D. D. 
from Alma Mater, 1858. Married July, 1850, to Kate E. Drinkhouse, Easton, Pa. 

Publications : In 1855, Dr. Diehl was associated with Dr. F. R. Anspach and Mr. T. 
N. Kurtz in the purchase of the Lutheran Observer, and became one of its Editors and 
was Senior Editor from 1862-67, since which time, when it was purchased by the 
Observer Association, he has been one of its special contributors, and a member of 
the Board of Control. Thanksgiving Sermon, Easton, 1849; Historical Discourse of 
the Church of Frederick, 1855; Historical Society address, Reading, 1857; The 
Bible the Safeguard of Our Political Institutions, Gettysburg, 1858; Historical 
Jubilee Discourse of Sunday School, Frederick, 1870; Holman Lecture on Ninth 
Article of Augsburg Confession, Gettysburg, 1S75 ; Lutheran Quarterly, V. 4S2 ; Our 
Office (Translation), Evangelical Review, I. 59; Preaching, lb., V. 527; Ceme- 
teries and the Sepulchres of our Departed, lb., VI. 124; Martin Luther (Transla- 
tions), lb., XIV. ■^■^■, Church Love among our People, Quarterly Review, II. 434; 
The Position in the Church of Baptized, Non-confirmed Children, lb.. III. 113; 
Biographical Sketch of Dr. S. S. Schmucker, lb., IV. i, of Dr. T. Stork, lb., V. 42, 
and of Dr. D. F. Bittle, lb., VII. 541 ; Organization for Efficient Work, Quarterly 
Review, III. 604; Church Discipline, lb., X. 362. 

* Emanuel Frey. Born August 3, 1816, in York, Pa., son of Jacob Frey. 
Prepared at the York county Academy ; entered Preparatory ; Philomathrean, essayist, 
contest, 1837; Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Gettysburg; Hcensed 1838. 
Served as Home Missicnaiy at Pittsburgh during 1838, and had been called to take 
charo-e of the church at Lewistown, Pa., when he was taken ill by an attack of 
inflammatory rheumatism, which causing the gradual anchylosis of the joints, ren- 
dered him a confirmed invalid till his death, after much suffering, borne with cheerful 
Christian resignation, November 7, 1871. Resided at York. Bachelor. 

James Macfarlane. Born in Gettysburg, Sept. 2d, 1819. His father, J. F. Mac- 



CLASS OF 1838. 203 

farlanc, was one of the Patrons and a Trustee of Pennsylvania College from its foun- 
dation till his death. His mother was a Miss Graham, of Cumberland county, Pa. 
Entered Preparatory 1832; Philomathsean, orator several times in contests. Taught 
school for several months, and then was for three years and a half in the civil engineer 
corps of the State on the North Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal; at Gcttysbuig 
and Carlisle engaged in the study of law ; admitted to the bar 1843; engaged in the 
practitice of law at Bloomfield, Perry county, 1843-51 ; at Towanda, Bradford 
county, 1851-57; served three years as District Attorney for Perry county, and dur- 
ing one term for Bradford county. In 1857 abandoned a successful law practice to 
engage in railroad and coal business; General Superintendent and Manager of the 
Barclay R. R. and Coal Co., 1857-65, bringing the Company successfully through 
the business panic of 1857 and the subsequent dull times. In 1865 organized the 
Towanda Coal Co., and on its purchase by the Erie R. R. became the General Sales 
Agent of the Associated Blossburg Coal Companies, the largest and most successful 
bituminous' coal association in the county. 

Married in 1847,10 Mary Overton, of Towanda, Pa. In 1880, with his sons, 
opened and has been since operating the Long Valley coal mine. Mr. Macfarlane 
has embodied the results of his geological observations and studies in two works. 
"The Coal Regions of America," 1873 (several editions), and "The Geologist's 
Traveling Hand Book, Containing an American Geological Railway Guide," 1878. 
Among other publications are several geological articles in the " American Encyclo- 
pedia," 1873. A memoir on the Bituminous Coal Fields of the State in " Gray's 
Pennsylvania Atlas." Numerous geological contributions to the local press of differ- 
ent parts of the states, several on Adams Co. The Lost Books of the Old Testa- 
ment, Ev. Rev., XVII. 417. The Conversion of Children, lb., XVII. 581. 

Commissioner of the Second Geological Survey of Penna. Ph. I)., Alma Mater, 
1872. 

Thomas Means. Entered Preparatory 1833; Philomathx'an ; residence, Fayette- 
ville, Pa.; entered the legal profession. Has resided at Circleville, O (1860% 
Omaha, Neb. (1870); present residence, Centreville, Ind. 

CLASS OF 1838. 

* James Crapster. Entered Preparatory 1832. Residence, Poplar Springs, Md. 
Philomathsean, orator, anniversary, 1838. Died in Baltimore, Md., 1842. 

* James R. Keiser. Entered Preparatory 1833. Residence, Augusta County, 
Va. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 1836, contest, 1837; disputant, 1836 and 
1838. Theological course, Getty-sburg ; Pastor at Winchester, Va. ; Schoharie, N. Y., 
1851-7; West Chester, Pa., 1857-8; Gettysburg, 1858-61 ; Dixon, 111., 1861-5 ; 
Rahway, N. J., 1865; Plainfield, N. J., 1866; Plcssis, N. ¥.; Theresa, N. Y." 
Died in Petersburg, Va. 

Publications: Address to the Graduating Class, Hagerstown Female Seminary, 
1859; The Incomprehen.sibility of God ; Evangelical Review, VIII. 153; The Study 
of the Scriptures, lb., XI. 461. 

*F. A. M. Keller. Born April 28, 1819, at Carlisle, Pa. Parents, Benjamin 

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204 ALUMNI RECORD. 

and Catharine Eliza (Schaeffer). From Germantown, Pa., entered Preparatory- 
Department in 1833; Philomathsean. Theological Course at Gettysburg ; Licensed in 
1840; Founded St. James' Lutheran Church of Reading, and served it till his death, 
March 18, 1864. Married in 1848, to Susan Hunter, of Reading. Enlisted in State 
service in 1862. 

*JOHN E. Naill. Entered Preparatory 1832. Residence, Taneytown, Md. 
Philomathsean, disputant, contest, 1837 ; Valedictory. After studying under Hon. 
James Cooper, entered legal profession, residing till his death, about 1874 or 1875, 
at Jonesboro, IlL 

* Martin Luther Stoever. See page 164. 

* Cyrus Waters. Born 1818, at Frederick, Md. Parents, Horatio and Margaret. 
Entered Preparatory. Philomathsean. Pursued theological course in Seminary of 
Protestant Episcopal church, Alexandria, Va. Served churches in Maryland and at 
Windsor, N. C. His health failing, retired to Frederick, and subsequeritly, on the 
death of his wife, to the Clergymen's Home (Prot. Epis.) near Baltimore, where he 
died in 1870. 

CLASS OF 1839. 

* Frederick Reinhardt Anspach. Born January, 1815, in Potter township, 
Centre county. Parents John and Catharine R. Prepared at Mififlinburg Academy. 
Entered Freshman 1835. Philomathsean, contest, 1838, disputant; 1839, Valedic- 
tory. Theological course Gettysburg. Licensed 1 841. Pastor Barren Hill and 
Whitemarsh charge, Montgomery county. Pa., 1841-50; Hagerstown, Md., 1850-4, 
remained at Hagerstown to 1857. Interested in the origination of the Hagerstown 
Female Seminary. Co-editor and Proprietor of Lutheran Observer. Residence 
Baltimore, Md., 1857-61. Owing to failing health, retired from active work, residing 
principally in Anne Arundel county, Md. D. D., Franklin and Marshall, 1857. 
Died in Baltimore, September 16, 1867. Buried at Shepherdstown, Va. Married 
twice : fii"st wife was Miss Tilly Rhinehardt, of Shepherdstown, Va. Second wife. 
Miss Susan M. Gale, of West River. 

Publications. — Discourse on the death of Henry Clay, 1852. Discourse on Syste- 
matic Benevolence, before Maiyland Synod, i'853. The Sepulchres of Our Departed, 
pp. 450, 1854. Translations from the German of Heavenly Balm, etc., of Casper 
Schwenkfeld, pp. 454, 1853. The Sons of the Sires; a History of the American 
Party, pp. 223, 1855. Spiritualism and Spirit Rapping, Lecture, 1855. Address on 
Odd Fellowship, 1855. The Two Pilgrims: the Israelite and the Christian, 1857. 

* Charles Louis Baker. Born August 13, 1821, in Germantown, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. Dr. John C, and Wilhelmina H. P'rom Lancaster Academy entered Freshman 
class, 1835 ; Phrenakosmian. Taught school at Jefferson, Md., for a short while and 
in 1843 graduated from Medical Department of University of Penna. Practiced 
medicine in Lancaster, except two years in Napa Valley, California, till his death, 
which occurred suddenly in Lancaster, April 21, 1859. Bachelor. 

Christopher C. Baughman. Entered Preparatory, 1833. Residence, Baltimore, 
Md., Tailor. Philomathsean, orator, anniversary, 1838. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1840. Pastor Jefferson, Md. ; Instructor in Virginia Collegiate In- 



CLASS OF 1839. 205 

stitute, (Roanoke College), 1842-53. Principal Female Seminaries, Hagerstown, 
Md., 1854-9, Selinsgrove, Pa., 1859-64. Residence Nashville, Tenn., 1864, Tam- 
aqua, 1865, Philadelphia since 1868." No longer a clergyman. Married to Louisa 
Herbst, Gettysburg. 

David A. S. Eyster. Born January 9, 1820, in Gettysburg. Parents, Gen. 
Jacob and Mary. From Harrisburg, entered Preparatory, 1833; Phrenakosmian ; 
orator, anniversary, 1837, disputant, contest, 1839; Principal successively of Cham- 
bersburg. Pa., Academy ; Grammar School, Germantown, Pa., and Frederick, Md., 
Academy ; during residence in Chambersburg read law, but never applied for admis- 
sion to the bar; since 1849 engaged in mercantile and clerical pursuits; in 1875 
removed to present residence, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California; clerk in 
Commissary Department U. S. A., 1861-3; in Sheriff's Office, Dauphin County, Pa., 
for six years; Financial Clerk of School Department of Pennsylvania, residence, 
Harrisburg, 1863-75; Po.stmaster San Jose for several years; at present Secretary of 
San Jose Water Company; married to Penelope A. Blessing, Frederick, Md. 

William Franklin Eyster. Born January 20, 1822. Parents, Gen. Jacob and 
Mary Middlecoff. Entered Preparatory 1833; residence, Harrisburg; Phrenakos- 
mian, orator, anniversary, 1839. theological course, Gettysburg; Licensed 1841 ; 
Teaching and then Pastor, Jefferson, Md., 1841-4 ; Pastor, Germantown, Pa., 1844-51 ; 
Chambersburg, Pa., 1851-58; Principal Female Seminary, Hagerstown, 1858-60, 
1868-72; Pastor, Smithsburg, Md., 1860-64; Greencastle, Pa., 1864-68; owing to 
impaired health, retired from active work, residing at Pleasant Hill, Neb., 1872-5; 
Professor of English Language and Literature, in Augustana College, Rock Island, 111., 
since 1875 ; married March 25, 1850, to Lucretia Williams Gibson, of Middleburg, Vt. 

Publications.— The Field and Harvest of Ministerial Labor; Evangelical Review, 
XL 550; True and False Reformation, Lecture, 1878; Law of Moral Influence, 
Lecture, 1880; Various Contributions to Secular and Religious Press. 

Jacob Goering Harris. Born February 14, 181 7, in York, Pa. Parents, 
William C. and Maria B. (Goering). Prepared at York County Academy; entered 
Junior in Spring of 1838; Philomathcean, essayist, contest, 1839. Theological 
course, Gettysburg; Licensed 1841 ; Pastor, Bellefontaine, O., 1842-3; Shanesville, 
O., 1843-8; Professor in Wittenberg College, 1848-9; Pastor, Tippecanoe, O., 
1849-55; Boone County, Ky., 1855-63; owing to impaired health in 1863, retired 
from active ministry to a farm near Bellefontaine, O. ; married December 28, 1843, 
to Sarah Horn, of Bellefontaine, O. 

Published sermon on death of Jonas Crissler, 1858, and delivered address before 
Literary Societies of Wittenberg College, 1852; frequent contributor to Church 
Papers. 

Charles Augustus Hay. Born February 11, 1821, in York, Pa. Parents John 
and Eliza. Prepared at schools in York and under Dr. Morris. Entered Sopho- 
more, 1836. Philomathajan, orator, anniversary, 1839. Linnsean. Latin Salutatory. 
Pursued theological studies at Gettysburg, and Universities of Berlin and Halle, Ger- 
many. Licensed 1843; Pastor, Middletown, Pa., 1844; Professor of German, in 
Alma Mater and Theological Seminary, 1844-8; Pastor, Hanover, Pa., 1848-9; 
Firsi: church, Harrisburg, 1849-65; Professor in Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 

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since 1865. Pastor of Christ church, Gettysburg, since 1866. President General 
Synod, 1881. Trustee Alma Mater since 1852. Secretary of same, 1867-80. D. D. 
Alma Mater, 1859. Married in 1845 to S. Rebecca Barnitz, York, Pa. 

Publications. — The Ancient Rechabites and their Modern Imitators, Harrisburg, 
1852; The Wisdom of God in a Mysteiy; Funeral Sermon of James Fox, esq., 
1858; Life of Capt. Sees, 1864; History of Harrisburg Bible Society, 1864; The 
Ministerium, Ev. Rev., XH. 401; Inaugural Discourse, lb., XVIII. 6; Schmid's 
Dogmatik, lb., XIX. 16, 161, 259; Is the Doxologyin Matt. vii. 6, an Interpolation? 
lb., XXVII. 477. Missouri Synod, lb., XXIII. 157. Review of Meier's Lexicon of 
Hebrew Books, Bibliotheca Sacra, IV. 369. Student Life in Germany, Linnsean 
Record and Journal. Schmid's Dogmatik, Ev. Rev., XXI. 299. The Ministry; 
Holman Lecture on 5th Article of Augsburg Confession, Ev. Rev., XXI. 599. The 
Codex Sinaiticus, Quarterly Review, II. 122. The Communion of Saints,, lb. 377. 
The Castle of Wartburg, Year Book, p. 241. Schmid's Dogmatik (TransL), Hay & 
Jacobs, 1875, 8vo. Peculiarities of the Codex Sinaiticus, Quarterly Review, X. 153. 

*JoHN Heck. Born December 11, 1809, in Chambersburg, Pa. Parents Ludwig 
and Catharine. Hatter. Entered Preparatory 1833. Philomathsean, orator, anni- 
versary, 1839. Theological co'urse, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1842. Pastor^ Newville, 
Pa., 1842-4; Waynesboro, Pa., 1844-57; Smithsburg, Pa., 1857 till his death, 
March 11, 1861. Director Seminary at Gettysburg; Trustee of Alma Mater. Married 
December 2, 1847, to Anna Ziegler, Leitersburg, Md. 

William M. Heilig. Born June 17, 1813, near Germantown, Pa.. Parents, 
Adam and Margaret. Prepared at Mt. Airy Academy; entered Freshman 1833; 
Philomathaean. Theological course, Gettysburg ; licensed 1841 ; pastor Abbottstown, 
Adams county. Pa., 1841-5; pastor and Principal Male Academy, Mt. Joy, Pa., 
1845-7; Principal Emmaus Institute, Middletown, Pa., 1847-55; Female Semi- 
nary, Lutherville, Md., 1855-61 ; Professor of German and History, Baltimore City 
High School, 1861-8; pastor Chestnut Ridge and Sweet Air, Md., since 1868; was 
Postmaster at Lutherville, Md., 1857-66, present residence; married March 3, 1843, 
to Mary B. Carl, Abbottstown, Pa. 

Charles Porterfield Krauth. Born March 17, 1823, at Martinsburg, Va. 
Parents, Rev. Dr. Charles Philip and Catherine Susan (Heiskell). Entered Gymna- 
sium; Philomathffian, orator, contest, 1839. Pursued theological course at Gettysburg 
Seminary; licensed 1841 ; pastor, Canton; Baltimore, 1842-45; Shepherdstown, 
Md.,- Martinsburg, Va.; Winchester, Va., 1848-55 ; Pittsburgh, Pa., 1855-9 ; Norton 
Professor of Systematic Theology and Church Polity, Lutheran Seminary at Phila- 
delphia, 1864; Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy in University of 
Pennsylvania since 1868; Vice Provost of same since 1873; Dean of Faculty of 
Arts, 1881 ; Professor of History, 1881 ; President of Geneial Council Sessions, 
1870-80 ; member of the Oriental, Philosophical and Historical (Pennsylvania) 
Societies ; of the Committee of Revision of the Authorized Version, and of Com- 
mittee on Version of American Bible Society ; library numbers 14,000 volumes ; 
spent portion of 1852-3 in Danish West Indies, and in 1880 visited Europe in gath- 
ering matter for a life of Luther; D. D., Alma Mater, 1856; LL. D., same, 1874. 
Married twice: in 1843 to Susan Reynolds, Baltimore, second wife, Mary Virginia 
Baker, Winchester, Va. 



CLASS OF 1839. 207 

Publications. — Benefits of the Pastoral Office : Farewell Discourse in Baltimore, 
1845. Popular Amusements : Sermon, 1851. The Bible a Perfect Book. A Dis- 
course Delivered before the Bible Society of Pennsylvania College and Theological 
Seminary, 1852. , Discourse, suggested by the Burning of the Old Lutheran Church 
on the night of September 27, 1854, Winchester, Va. The Former Days and These 
Days. Thanksgiving Day Discourse, 1856. The Altar on the Threshing Floor. 
Thanksgiving Day Discourse, 1857. Poverty. Three Essays for the Season, 1858. 
Commentary on the Gospel of John, by Dr. Augustus Tholuck, pp. 440, 1859. 
Christian Liberty, in its Relation to the Usages of the Evangelical Lutheran Church : 
Two Sermons, i860. Fleming's Vocabulary of Philosophy. Editor. With an 
introduction. Chronology of the History of Philosophy brought down to i860. 
Bibliographical Index, Synthetical Tables, and other Additions, i86o. The Jubilee 
Service: Order of Divine Worship, 1867. The Evangelical Lutheran Church: 
Reformation Sermon, 1863. Translation of the Augsburg Confession. Introduction, 
Notes, and Index, 1861. The Reformation: Its Occasion and Causes, 1869. The 
Transfiguration : Sermon. Luther's Translation of the Holy Scriptures : Essay. The 
Two Pageants : Sermon. Banner of the Truth. Baptism. Gettysburg. C^sar and 
God; or, Politics and Religion : Sermon, 1874. Origin and Result of the 95 Theses 
of Dr. Martin Luther. New Translation of the 95 Theses. The Conservative Re- 
formation and its Theology, pp. 840, 1872. Infant Baptism and Infant Salvation on 
the Calvinistic System, 1874. Installation Services, 1864. Francis Delitzsch, Sketch 
in "A Day in Capernaum." Historic Sketch, in the "Iron Age of Germany." 
Chrysostom considered with reference to Training for the Pulpit. Ev. Rev., I. 84. 
The Relation of the Confessions to the Reformation, lb., I. 234. Horn on Feet 
Washing, lb., I. 434. The Articles of Torgau, lb., II. 78. The Transfiguration, lb., 
II. 237. Review of Koenig and Luther, lb., HI. 451. The Works of Melanchthon, 
lb.. III. 575. The Bible a Perfect Book, lb., IV. no. The Church as set forth in 
the Confessions of Christendom, lb., V. 17. Sunday Service, lb., V. 151. Unity of 
the Lutheran Chuixh, Translated from Reinhard, lb., V. 352. Commentary on John, 
by Tholuck, lb., VII. 30. The Lutheran Church and the Divine Obligation of the 
Lord's Day, lb., VIII. 354. Tholuck on John, Translated, lb., IX. 301. Biblio- 
graphy of the Augsburg Confession, lb., X. 16. Evangelical Mass and Romish 
Mass, lb., XII. 263. The My.stic Union, Translated, lb., XV. 564. Installation 
Addresses, lb., XVI. 434. Baptism, lb,, XVII. 309. Dr. Shed's History of Chris- 
tian Doctrine, lb., XVIII. 56. The Person of our Lord and His Sacramental Pres- 
ence, lb., XVIII, 395. The Reformation, Its Occasions and Causes, lb., XX. 94. 
Luther's Translation of the Holy Scriptures, The New Testament, i860. The Luth- 
eran Church, in Appleton's Encyclopaedia. Translated Renderings from Ileinrich 
■Schmid, (Dogmatik); Gueriche, (Symbolik) ; Tholuck, Reinhard, (Predigten) ; Del- 
itzsch, (Genesis) ; Ulrici. Tholuck's yV/« (1859); Ulrici's Review of Strauss, (1874) ; 
" Dies Irae;" " Puer natus ;" " Ein feste Burg;" " Det Kimer nu til Julefest," (from 
the Danish), and other Hymns. 

Edited Berkeley's Principles, with a prolegomera, the entire notes of Uberweg, and 
original annotations, 1874; and prefixed to Ulrici's Strauss a sketch of the latest 
phases of the materialistic discussion, 1874. Among his other writings not enum- 
erated above may be mentioned the Torgau articles, 1850; the Lord's Day; Theo- 



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logical Encyclopfedia from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century, 1857; The 
Evangelical Mass and the Romish Mass, i860; Sunday Services of the Churches of 
the Reformation, on the basis of Alt's Cultus, 1853; The Jubilee Service, 1867; 
Common Prayer, arranged from the Collects in ancient use in the Lutheran Church ; 
The Liturgical Movement in the German Reformed and Presbyterian Churches. 
Prepared the Fundamental Principles of Faith, Ecclesiastical Power, and Church 
Polity of General Council, 1866; the Constitution adopted at the first convention, 
Fort Wayne, Ind., 1867. Wrote the Reply to the Pope's Letter, adopted 1869; the 
Theses on Justification, 1870-74. Has contributed articles to McClintock and 
Strong's Cyclopsedia, to Appleton's, to Blackwood's, and to Johnson's, of which he 
is an associate editor. 

Religion and Religionisms, a sermon, 1877 ; One Hundred and Five Theses on 
Pulpit and Altar Fellowship, pp. 32, Philadelphia, 1877 ; Relations of the Lutheran 
Church to the Denominations Around Us ; Proceedings of Lutheran Diet of 1877, 
and separately, pp. 43, Philadelphia, 1878 ; A Chronicle of the Augsburg Confes- 
sion, pp. 92, Philadelphia, 1878; Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences, Part II., 
New Edition of Fleming, New York, 1878; The Older Enghsh and the Authorized 
Versions, pp. 26, in Anglo-American Bible Revision, New York, 1879; Remarks at 
the funeral of Dr. C. F. Schaeffer, in Memorial Volume, Philadelphia, 1880, pp. 3; 
Cosmos, in the Rhymes of a Summer Holiday Journey, 16 mo., pp. 24, Philadelphia, 
1881. 

*JoHN George Leas. Born in Menallen township, Adams county, Pa.; parents, 

Moses and Anna ; after working at harness making, entered preparatory ; Philo-_ 

mathtean. Theological course, Gettysburg; supplied the pulpit at Harrisburg for 
several months; died of consumption at Gettysburg, April 9, 1841. Bachelor. 

* James L. Schock. Born March 16, 1816, in Berks county, Pa.; parents, Val- 
entine and Elizabeth; entered Preparatory, 1833; residence, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; 
Philomathsean ; orator, anniversary, 1837; contest, 1838; disputant, contest, 1839; 
tutor, Alma Mater, and theological student, Seminary, 1840-1 ; licensed, 1841 ; pastor, 

Reading, Pa., 1841 ; Chambersburg, Pa., ; St. James church. New York city, 

1852, till his mysterious death, during a mental disturbance as a result of impaired 
physical health ; was last seen October 29, 1865 ; D. D., Alma Mater, 1863. Bachelor. 

Publications. — Temperance Address, 1846 ; A Good Mother : Funeral Discourse, 
1861 ; Funeral Sermon on John A. Keyser, 1854; Symbolism Not Opposed to 
Evaagelical Religion, Evangelical Review, IV., 293. 

* William A. Wadsworth. Born 1812, at Jefferson, Frederick county, Md.; 
parents, William and Susan; entered Preparatory; Philomathaean. Theological 
course, Gettysburg; licensed 1841 ; assisted Dr. G. Diehl a few months during 
spring of 1842, and while on a trip in the W^est, died in 1843. 

J. Philip Willard. Born September 29, 1809, at Jefferson, Md. Parents, 
George and Susannah. Farmer and tanner. Entered Preparatory 1834. Phrenakos- 
mian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1 841. Pastor Manchester, Md., 
1841-2; Westminster, Md., 1842-5; Lovettsville, Va., 1845-8. Engaged during 
1849 in collecting funds for German Professorship in Alma Mater. Pastor Danville, 
Pa., 1850-6; Loysville, Pa., 1856-8; Mifflintown, Pa., 1858-61 ; Schuylkill Haven, 



CLASS OF 1840. 209 

1861-3; Financial Agent Lutheran Board of i'uhlication 1863-8; Superintendent of 
Loysville (General Synod) Orphans' Home, 1869. Married October 21, 1841, to 
Mary;aretta Chritzman, (icttyslnirg. 

CLASS OF 1840. 

*GoTTLiKiJ Basslek. Born in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, in 1813. Emi- 
grated in early childhood with his parents, to Harmony, Butler county, I'a. In 1827 
became an apprentice in a printing office at Greensburg, Pa. A journeyman printer, 
first at Greensburg, and then at Washington, 1). C". Entered I"'reshman class in 
1836. The minutes of the Phrenakosmian Society show that he was one of the mo.st 
active members of his period. Latin Salutatory. Tutor in Alma Mater 1 841-2. 
Student Theological Seminary, Gettysburg. Licensed 1842. Returning to his home 
at Harmony, he began at once to organize English Lutheran congregations in the 
neighborhood, at Zelienople, Middle Lancaster, Ryder's, Butler, and Prospect, 
" laboring for a mere pittance, and amid great bodily weakness." Here he contin- 
ued to labor until his fleath. His pastorate was repeatedly divided. Zelienople 
remained the centre, until his ill health compelled him about 1864 to resign, and 
devote his remaining energies exclusively to the Orphans' Farm School, of which he 
was the Director from its establishment in 1854. He was one of the founders of the 
Pittsburgh Synod in 1845, ^'^*^^ until he was on his death-bed never missed a session. 
He was repeatedly President, the la.st time up to a few days of his death, and almost 
uniformly on the delegation to the General Synod. He was President of the conven- 
tion held at Reading, Pa., in 1866, to organize the General Council, and at the first 
convention of the General Council at P'ort Wayne, Ind., 1867, he became its Presi- 
dent, and held this office at the time of his death. His prominence in church 
councils was unsought. He was among the mo.st humble and unambitious; l)ut his 
clear convictions of duty, his well-balanced judgment, and the universal confidence 
of his brethren, brought him to the front. He was an able and strict parliamentarian, 
usually, for fear of unconscious partiality, more exacting of those with whose views 
he was in sympathy, than their opponents. During his last illness, he .sought relief 
at Atlantic City, but returned with great difficulty to the house of Dr. Krauth in 
West Philadelphia, where he lingered for weeks. Finally he reached Pittsburgh, 
where he died, October 3d, 1868, at the house of the friend of his boyhood and co- 
laborer in works of mercy for many years, Dr. Passavant. Llis last thoughts were of 
the Church, and as the brethren, on their way to Synod, bade him farewell in his 
.sick-room, his prayer was "God bless the Church. God bless the General Council. 
God bless the Pittsburgh .Synod." Both organizations that claimed the latter name 
(General Council and General Synod), in the midst of the heat of controversy, 
united in resolutions in his memory. «J"hiel College has begun to raise a Bassier 
Memorial Professorship. He was married, October 31, 1844, to Miss Eliza (Gilbert, 
of Gettysburg. Pkof. H. E. Jacohs. 

James A. Brown. Born December 21, 1816, in Wythe County, Va. Parents, 
Christopher and Anna M. After farming entered Preparatory, 1835; Phrenakos- 
mian, essayist, 1838, and orator, contest, 1839, Lihnsean. Theological course, Get- 
tysburg; Licensed 1843; Pastor at Wytheville, Va., since 1843. Married July 9, 
1843, to Eleanora C, daughter of Rev. J. Herbst, Gettysburg, 



2IO ALUMNI RECORD. 

* Hugh Denwiddie Downey. Bom January i8, 1819, near Waynesboro, Pa. 
Parents, James and Catharine (Wishard). Prepared at Marshall College. Entered 
Junior 1838; Philomathaean, disputant, contest, 1840. Valedictory. Read law under 
Judge Thompson, Gettysburg ; admitted to the bar at Iowa City, Iowa, 1842, where 
he continued to reside; Member Territorial Legislature, 1845-6; under President 
Fillmore, Register U. S. Land Office, Iowa City; subsequently engaged in banking 
business. After a lingering illness died September 26, 1867. Married October 8, 
1845, to Jane Murray, Iowa City, Iowa. 

David Abram Martin. Born February i, 1824, near Taneytown, Md. Parents, 
David and Catharine (Reck). From Baltimore entered Preparatory, 1834; Philo- 
matheean, essayist, contest, 1840. After teaching for some time, engaged in mercan- 
tile pursuits in 1844. At present, owing to ill health, retired and residing in Balti- 
more, Md. Served during battle of Gettysburg as volunteer, being enabled by 
acquaintance with locality to act as guide to ist Connecticut Cavalry in signal and 
picket service. In Subsistence Department, U. S. A., 1863-5. Married January, 
1845, to Mary Jane Drury, Baltimore, Md. 

Eli Schwartz. Born November 5, 1815, in Adams County, Pa. Parents, Jacob 
and Magdalena. After farming for some years entered the Preparatory ; Philoma- 
thsean, orator, anniversaiy, 1840. Theological course, Gettysburg; Licensed 1842; 
Pastor, Danville, Pa., 1842-5; Manchester, Md., 1845-8; Martinsburg, Pa., 1848- 
50; Canton, 111., 1850-3; Hillsboro, 111., 1853-4; Shelbyville, 111., 1854-7; Canton, 
111., 1857-9; De Soto, 111., since 1859. Married twice: in 1843 to Rebecca Buf- 
fington, Carrol County, Md.; and in 1853 to Juliette L. Sherer. 

Columbus Witherow. Born in Adams county. Pa. Parents Samuel and Polly. 
Entered Preparatory 1834. Residence, Gettysburg. Phrenakosmian. Studied med- 
icine, residing for some years in Schuylkill county. Pa. Removed west a number of 
years ago; recently at Danville, Ind. 

CLASS OF 1841. 

J. William Albach. Entered Preparatory 1835. Residence, Baltimore, Md. 
Philomathsean, orator, anniversary, 1 841. Theological course, Gettysburg. Re- 
mained but short time in the ministry. For many years residing in St. Louis, Mo., 
engaged in business. 

Henry Baker. Bom November 23, 1816, at Bakersville, Washington county, 
Md. Parents, Elias and Ann. Clerking in a store. Entered Preparatory 1836. 
Philomathaean, orator, contest, 1839. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1S42. Pastor, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1842-45; Altoona, Pa., 1845-57; Levvistown, 
Pa., 1857-60; Newville, 1860-66; Altoona since 1866. At different times Secretary 
and President of Central and Allegheny Synods. Trustee of Alma Mater since 1877. 
Director of the Seminary at Gettysburg. Married in 1843 to Miss M. O. Eanerson, 
Shepherdstown, W. Va. 

Nathan H. Cornell. Born 1818, in Frederick county, Md. Parents, Smith and 
Mary. Entered Preparatory. Residence, Taneytown, Md. Phrenakosmian, essay- 
ist, contest, 1839; orator, anniversary 1840; disputant, contest, 1S41. Linnaean. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1844. Pastor, Ardmore, Pa., 1844-48; 



CLASS OF I 84 1. 211 

New York State, 1848-64; Pikeland charge, Chester county, Pa., 1864-74. Phila- 
delphia has since been residence. Married in 1851 to Maria Finger of Saugerties, 
N. Y. Published Thanksgiving Sermon, Red Hook, 1862. 

J. George Donmeyer. Entered Preparatory 1836; Phrenakosmian ; Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1842. Residing at Wanam's Grove, 111., in 1851 ; 
Buena Vista, 111., since about 1852. 

William Gerhardt. Born October 28, 181 7, at Beuern, Hesse Darmstadt, 
Germany. Parents, Baltzer and Anna Maria (Henz). Taught several years. En- 
tered Preparatory 1836, from Berlin, Pa. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 184I. 
Principal of academy at Emmitsburg, Md., 1842-5; at Canton, O., 1846; Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg, 1846-7. Licensed 1847. Pastor, Ehzabethtown, Pa., 
1847-52; Bloomfield, Pa., 1852-3; Mt. Bethel charge, Northampton county. Pa., 
1853-5. Principal of Western Carolina Academy, Mt. Pleasant, N. C. (and pastor 
at Mt. Carmel), 1855-9; Franklin Academy, Concord, N. C, 1859-60; Pleasant 
Hill Seminary, Hanover, Pa., i860. Pastor, Jonestown, Pa., 1860-7. Principal 
Martinsburg, Va., graded school, 1867-80; Martinsburg, Va., High School, and 
Superintendent City Schools, 1880. Since 1867 Pastor of German church, Martins- 
burg. D. D., North Carolina College, 1880. Married November 9, 1844, to Lucinda 
A. Riley, of Fairfield, Adams county. Pa. 

Publications. — Inaugural Address, 1855. The Almanac Explained, in preparation. 

* William B. McClellan. Born May 9, 1822, at Gettysburg. Parents, William 
and Mary. Entered Preparatory, 1836. Philomathaean, orator, anniversary, 1840. 
Latin Salutatory. Studied law under D. M. Smyser, esq. Admitted to the bar at 
Gettysburg, 1844. District Attorney of Adams county, 1855-62. Died May 6, 1863. 
Married in 1846 to Miss McCosh, Gettysburg. 

Ephraim Miller. Born December 8, 1818, in Cumberland county. Pa. Parents, 
Daniel and Elizabeth; after being in a store, entered Preparatory, 1835; Philo- 
mathaean; essayist, contest, 1840. Whilst teaching at Pittsfield and Hillsboro, 111., 
studied theology; licensed, 1845; pastor, Springfield, 111., 1847-51; Oregon, 111., 
1851-2; Cedarville, 111., 1852-3; Peru, 111., 1853-5; Cedarville, 111., 1855-61; 
Mt. Morris, 111., 1861-4; Springfield, 111., 1864-70; Dixon, 111., 1870-5; Cincin- 
nati, O., 1875-9; Smicksburg, Pa., 1 879-8 1 ; Shrewsbury, Pa., 1881 ; D. D., Alma 
Mater, 1881 ; an active friend of Illinois State University at Springfield, 111.; 
assisted in founding Carthage College, as member of Board of Commissioners. 
Married October 13, 1846, to Mary J. Boone, Hillsboro, 111. 

Publications. — Genius and the Cross, Evangelical Review, VI., 355 ; Catechisa- 
tion. Quarterly Review, V., 20I. 

* Jacob Scherer. Born November 25, 181 6, in Virginia; parents, Daniel and 
Rachel; prepared at Hillsboro Academy; entered Sophomore, 1838; residence, 
Hillsboro, 111. Phrenakosmian. Valedictorian.. Theological course, Getty.sburg; 
licensed, 1845; pastor, Indianapolis, Ind., 1845-6; Olney, 111., 1846-7; missionary 
work in Illinois, residing at Hillsboro, 1848-9; pastor, Shelbyville, 111., 1850, where 
he died October 15, 1851, and buried at Hillsboro. Married May, 1845, to Eliza 
Gotwald, of Aaronsburg, Pa. 

William Weaver. Born May 20, 1815, in Adams county, Pa. ; parents, Jacob 



212 ALUMNI RECORD. 

and Margaret; farmer; entered preparatory, 1S34. Phrenakosmian. Tlieological 
course, Gettysburg; licensed 1843; pastor, Newry and Altoona, Pa. ; Millerstown, Pa., 
1846-56; Bloonisburg, Pa., 1850-3; Phoenixville, Pa., 1853-63; retired from active 
ministry: residence, Phoenixville. Married in 1S53 to Susan C. Painter; has taken 
out fourteen patents : Victor Rock Drill and Well Borer and Prospector, Coal 
Drilling Machine, Cherry Seeder, etc. 

Charles Witmer. Born September i, 1820, in Northumberland county. Pa. 
Parents, George and Catharine. Entered Preparatory 1836; Phrenakosmian, orator, 
anniversary, 1840, essayist, contest, 1841 ; Linnsean. Taught 1841-3. Theological 
course, Gettysburg; Licensed 1844; Pastor, Abbotstown, Pa., 1845-50; Cumber- 
land, Md., 1850-7; Somerset, Pa., 1857-60; owing to impaired health was engaged 
from 1860-9 successively as Superintendent of Orphans' Homes at Germantown, Pa., 
and McAllisterville, Pa.; then in book-keeping at Georgetown, Col. ; subsequently 
in nieixantile business; in 1869 returned to pastoral woi-k, residing at Milton, Iowa, 
Roseville, O., and Middlepoint, O., present residence. Served in Pennsylvania 
Militia in 1862. INIarried October 9, 1858, to Miss M. H. Smith, Emmittsburg, Md. 

Henry Zeigler. Born August 19, 1816, near Old Fort, Centre County, Pa. 
Parents, Jacob and Catharine. Spent several years assisting on farm and in black- 
smith shop. Entered Preparatory 1835, absent by reason of ill health 1837-38; 
rhrenakosmian, essayist, contest, 1840; Theological course, Gettysburg; Licensed, 
1S43; 1 843-5 Pastor at Selinsgrove ; 1845-50 travelHng Missionary and Missionary 
President of Pittsburgh Synod; 1S50-3 Pastor at Williamsport, Pa.; 1853-5 agent 
for Parent Education Society, residing at Selinsgrove; 1855-8 Pastor at Salona; 
1858-81 Theological Professor in Missionary Institute at Selinsgrove. D. D., Witten- 
berg College, i860. Married May 19, 1846, to Eliza App, of Selinsgrove, Pa. 

Pubhcations. — Books: Natural Theology, i860; Apologetic Theology, 1S61 ; 
Catechetics, pp. 225, 1873; The Pastor, 1876; The Preacher, 1876; Dogmatic 
Theology, 1878. The Importance of Studying and Circulating the Bible; Evangel- 
ical Review, III. 3S9; Treatment of the Awakened, lb., IX. 237; Politics and the 
Pulpit, lb., XVI. 245; Natural Theology, lb., XVI. 480; Sermonizing, lb., XX. 
290; Holman Lecture, Article VIII. of Augsburg Confession; The Value to the 
Lutheran Church of her Confessions; Diet, 1878; many Baccalaureate and other ad- 
dresses ; also a number of series of important aiticles in Observer, Jiigend Freund, etc. 

CLASS OF 1842. 

Frederick Augustus B.\rmtz. Born September 4, 1S21, in Vork, Pa. Par- 
ents, John E. and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory 1836. Phrenakosmian. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1844. Pastor Jersey Shore, Pa., 1845-9; 
Bloody Run (Everett), Pa., 1849-52; Smicksburg, Pa., 1852-5; Lairdsville, 1855- 
61 ; Ashland, 1861-3. Owing to impaired health, retired from active ministry, 
residing at Middletown, Pa. Married twice : March 9, 1846, to Sarah J; Babb, 
Jersey Shore, Pa.; November 13, 1866, to Dora Reimensnyder, Hummelstown, Pa. 

Edw.vrd Breidenbaugh. Born December 17, 1821, at Myerstown, Lebanon 
county, Pa. Parents Frederick and Mary (Ulrich). Entered Preparatoiy 1S36. 
Residence Annville, Lebanon county, Pa. Philomathc\;an, orator, anniversary 1841. 



CLASS OF 1842. 213 

Theological course, Gettysburg and Lane Seminaries. Licensed 1844. Pastor 
Newville, Pa., 1844-9; Pine Grove, Schuylkill county. Pa., 1849-52; Greencastle, 
Pa., 1852-65; St. James, Gettysburg, 1865-72, where he has continued to reside. 
Since 1866 Director of Seminary at Gettysburg, and since 1867 Secretary of same 
Board. Has filled at different times the several offices of West Pennsylvania Synod, 
being Treasurer since 1874. Married March 16, 1847, to C. Elizabeth Swoyer, 
Newville, Pa. Published sermons on Universalism, 1853. 

James Allkn Brown. Born February 19, 182-1, in Drumore township, Lancaster 
county. Pa. Parents, James and Ann. While teaching, prepared for college. En- 
tered Senior 1841. Residence, Middletown, Pa. Philomathaean. Taught and 
studied theology three years. Licensed 1844. Pastor Luther Chapel, Baltimore, 
Md., 1845-8; York, Pa., 1848-9; Reading, 1849-59. Professor of Theology in 
Seminary, and of Ancient Languages in College, Newberry, S. C, 1859-61. Chaplain 
87th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, September 25, 1861-July 16, 1862, and 
Po.st Chaplain United States Army Hospital, York, 1862-4. Chairman of Faculty 
and Professer of Didactic Theology, Seminary, Gettysburg, 1864-81. By reason of 
impaired health, due to paralysis in 1880, has retired from active work, residing in 
Lancaster, Pa. President District Synods and of General Synod 1866. D. D., Alma 
Mater, 1859. LL. D., Wooster (O.j University, 1879. Married September 12, 1848, 
to Mary E. Hay, York, Pa. 

Puljlications. — The Duty, Spirit, and Reward of the Christian Ministry : Synodical 
Sermon, 1854. Inaugural Address before the Directors of the Theological Seminary 
of South Carolina, 1859. The New Theology, its Abettors and Defenders, Gettys- 
burg, 1857. The Christian $abbath : Sermon, 1869. The Apostolic Fathers, Ev. 
Rev., IV. 36. Justin Martyr, lb., VI. 151. Inauguration Address, as Profes.sor, in 
Gettysburg, lb., XXI. 577. The Poetry of the Bible, lb., XVI. 283. The Refor- 
mation the Work of God, IVj., XVI. i. Holman Lecture on the First Article of 
Augsburg Confession, lb., XVIII. 547. The General Synod and its Assailants, lb., 
XVHI. 120. Second Advent and the Creeds of Christendom, Bib. Sacr., 1867. 
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United .States, lb., 1863. Christian An- 
thropology, American Presbyterian Rev., 1869. The Review, Quarterly Rev., I. i. 
Book of Worship, lb., 146. Union in the Lutheran Church, Ib„ I. 241. Papal 
Infallibility, lb., I. 585. Dr. Krauth's Metaphysics of the Lord's Supper, lb., II. 
80. Dr. Hodge on the Lutheran Doctrine of the Person of Christ, lb., II. 255. 
Exposition of i Corinthians xv. 22. The Ministerium, lb!. III. 93. Conversion of 
the World to Christ, lb.. III. 161. Exegesis of Tit. ii. 13, lb., III. Angelology, 
lb., HI. 374. Augsburg Confession and Second Coming of Christ, lb., IV., 52. 
Mercersburg Theology, lb., IV. 257; lb., IV. 443. Did the Apostles expect the 
Second Coming of Christ in their Day? lb., IV. 321.. The Pietistic Controversy, lb., 
IV. 278. Tyndall's Address, lb., V. 68. Gladstone on the Vatican Decress, lb., V. 
128. Religious Opinions of J. Stuart Mill, lb., V. 279. Dr. Dale's Inquiry into the 
Use of Baptizo, lb., V. Quarterly Review, Editor. The General Synod Quarterly 
Review, October, 1875. The Review, lb. Exegesis of Hebrew xiii. 10, lb., V. 
564. A Question in ChurcK Polity, lb., VI. 81. Lutheran Church Polity, lb., VI. 
397. Lutheran Church Polity, lb., VII. 119. The Eldership of the New Testa- 
ment, lb., VII. 161. Public Libraries in the United States, lb., VII. 285. General 



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Synod, lb., VII. 325. Theses on the Galesburg Rule, by Charles P. Krauth, lb., 
VII. 595- 

Adam Raby Height. Born in York county, Pa. After pursuing the trade of 
hatter, entered Preparatory 1837. Philomathsean, orator, anniversary, 1842. Entered 
the Lutheran ministry and served various charges in Pennsylvania. Has also been 
engaged in teaching. Superintendent of Schools Perry county for three years, and in 
merchandise. Residing at present at Cicero, Hamilton county, Ind. Married twice: 
September 7, 1843, to Elizabeth C. Lentz, Gettysburg; April, 1875, to Mrs. Sarah 
Shultz. Has v^'ritten considerably for periodicals and newspapers. 

* Andrew Jacob Karn. Born August, 1820, in Loudon county, Va. Entered 
Preparatory 1836. Philomathsean, orator, contest, 1841, disputant, contest, 1842. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1844. Pastor, Pinegrove, Schuykill 
county, Pa., 1844-5; Canton, O., 1845-8; Savannah, Ga., 1848. Owing to ill 
health, traveled in Europe, 1852-60, but returned unbenefited and died in Chicago, 
111., December 9, i860. Buried at Massillon, O. Married in 1849 to Lucy M. Hawk, 
Canton, O. 

John Kohler. Born May 27, 1820, in Juniata county, Pa. Parents, Andrew and 
Anna M. Entered Preparatory 1838. Phrenakosmian. Latin Salutatory. Theolog- 
ical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1844. Pastor, Williamsport, Pa., 1845-9; New 
Holland, 1850-64; Trappe, Pa., 1864-73; Stroudsburg, Pa., since 1873. Director 
of Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Married February 26, 1846, to Louisa A. 
Baum, of New Berlin, Pa. 

George Washington McMillan. Born October 14, 1812, at Fountain Dale, 
Adams county, Pa. Parents, William and Alice. Entered Preparatory, 1836. Phil- 
omathsean. Theological course at Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, O. Ordained in Pres- 
byterian ministry, 1844. Pastor, Scottsville, Ky., 1844-5; Missionary under A. B. 
C. F. M. in Southern India, 1845-1855. Pastor, Yorktown, N. Y., 1856-64; Downs- 
ville, N. Y., 1864-9; Chanute, Kansas, 1869-78; owing to impaired health has for 
last few years retired from active work, residing at Madison, N. Y. Married March 
14, 1846, to Miss R. N. Brand, of New York City. 

Published " Satteya Tenechi," a work in language of S. India, 270 pp., 1853; 
" Eight Years Among the Hindoos," Ev. Rev., XXI. 443. For six years regular 
correspondent of Journal of Commerce, Kansas City, Mo. 

George Parson. Born March 11, 1819, near Harrisburg, Pa. Parents, Wilham 
and Mary (Mahon). After working as a carpenter, entered Preparatory 1837. 
Phrenakosmian, orator, contest 1840. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1844. Pastor Muncy, Pa., 1844-65; Milton, Pa., 1865-68; Hanover, Pa., 1868-75; 
Wilhamsport, 1875-76; Sunbury since 1876. Alumni speaker in 1868. Has been 
a number of times President and Treasurer of District Synods, and several terms a 
Director of Seminary at Gettysburg. Married twice : October 31, 1844, to Mary Ann 
Gilbert, of Gettysburg, Pa.; February 15, 1847, to Emma Bear, of Clinton township, 
Lycoming county. Pa. 

Matthew Frederick Pfahler. Born December 10, 1815, at Wurtemberg, 
Germany. Parents, David and Mary. Entered Preparatory 1836. Residence 
Juniata county. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1845. 



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Teaching a few months. Pastor of Addison charge, Somerset county, 1845-51 ; 
Freeport, 111., 1851-2; Elk Lick charge, Somerset county, 1852-65; Lewisburg 
charge, York county, 1865-8; Elk Lick charge, 1868-76; Wittenberg, Somerset 
county, since 1876. Married May 29, 1849, to Henrietta Shultz, Lavansville, Pa. 

J. P. Benjamin Sadtler. Born December 25, 1823, in Baltimore, Md. Parents, 
Philip B. and Catharine. Entered Freshman third term, 1839; Philomathaean, 
essayist, contest, 1842; Theological course, Gettysburg; Licensed 1844; Pastor, 
Pinegrove, Schuylkill County, Pa. ; Shippensburg, Middletown, and Easton, Pa. ; 
Principal Lutherville Female Seminary, 1862-75; President' Muhlenberg College 
since January i, 1877; D. D., Alma Mater, 1867; Trustee Alma Mater, 1862-77; 
various Synodical appointments. Married October 9, 1845, ^^ Carolina E., daughter 
of S. S. Schmucker, D. D., Gettysburg. 

Publications. — A Rebellious Nation Reproved, sermon, Easton, 1861 ; Effect of 
the Adoption of Formula of Concord on the Lutheran Church (Translation), Evan- 
gelical Review, IL 109; Individual Spiritual Life and Development, lb. V. 381 ; 
various other articles and Baccalaureate Discourses. 

Peter G. Sauerwein. Born March 20, 1825, in Baltimore, Md. Prepared at 
private schools in Baltimore. Entered Freshman, May, 1839; Philomathaean, 
speaker, contest, 1842; Founder of Linnsean Society; Valedictory; studied Theology 
at Gettysburg and Yale Seminaries ; never licensed ; for a time Instructor in Lan- 
guages in Wittenberg College ; was at a later period admitted to the bar ; has been 
mainly engaged in mercantile and business pursuits; Member of the (first Union) 
City Council of Baltimore, 1861-62; Internal Revenue Collector, Third District of 
Maryland, 1862-6 (resigned); successively President of People's Gas Company, 
Ritchie Mineral Resin and Oil Company of West Virginia; and Adam's White Lead 
Company, of Baltimore. Has resided principally, as at present, at Mt. Washington, 
Md. Married 1847 to Mary Grace Clarkson, Gettysburg. Has written considera- 
ble for the Press, chiefly on social and literary subjects. 

* Martin Sondhaus. Born May 21, 1810; entered preparatory, 1837; resi- 
dence, Baltimore; Philomathaean; Theological course, Gettysburg; licensed, 1844; 
pastor at various points in Pennsylvania; Virginia, 1856-9; Ohio, 1859-68; Kins- 
wick, Mo., 1868-72; Lemont, 111., 1872-3; Summit, 111., 1873; St. Louis, 1873; 
till death in an asylum, while under mental aberration, April 3. 1878. 

Adam J. Weddell. Born August 9, 1821, in Frederick county, Md.; parents, 
John and Elizabeth; entered Freshman, 1838; Phrenakosmian ; orator, contest, 
1842; while teaching, studied theology privately ; licensed, 1843; pastor, Somerset, 
Ohio; Zanesville, Ohio; Springfield, Ohio; Cumberland, Md. ; Norristown, Pa., 
since 1867. Married in 1844 to Miss A. M. Holmes, Tarleton, O. 

Publications of prose and poetry in religious and secular press have been very 
numerous. Among these: Pilgrims of the Cross, Graduation Poem; Masonry, 
Sermon, Zanesville, O., 1854; The Purpose of God in the American Union, Sermon, 
Cumberland, Md., i860; Hymns for Evangelical Lutheran Church, Evangelical 
Review, XVIIL, 210; Kanzel Gemeinschaft, lb., XXL, 224; Parish Sketches, 
Lutheran and Missionary ; Life on the Borders of Secession, Phila. Ti?nes^ Annals 
of the War. 



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CLASS OF 1843. 

* Daniel Howard Bittle. Born June 6th, 1819, near Middletown, Frederick 
County, Md. His early desire for a liberal education was stimulated by the advice 
and example of his older brother. Dr. D. F. Bittle. Entered Preparatoiy in 1837; 
Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 1842. During a season of special religious 
interest at Gettysburg he made a public profession of faith in Christ, and then decided 
to devote himself to the work of the Gospel ministry in the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church. Though anxious to begin at once his Theological studies, he wisely resolved 
first to discharge the pecuniary obligations incurred to that time in his education. To 
accomplish this he spent three years in teaching. In 1S46 he went to Lane Theolog- 
ical Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, induced by the facilities there afforded to students of 
limited means. He was agent for Wittenberg College in its earlier days, and after- 
wards for the English Lutheran Church in Cincinnati, then under the care of W. H. 
Harrison, D. D. In 1849 he was ordained by the Miami Synod, and accepted a call 
to supply the Canton charge, Ohio. In November of the same year he was united 
in marriage with Miss S. E., daughter of Rev. Jonathan Biglow, of Collamer, Ohio, 
and found in her a devoted, gifted and life-long helper in " every good word and 
work." In the Spring of 1850 the Miami Synod employed him as a traveling Mis- 
sionary in the State of Indiana. In November following he became agent for the 
establishment of Hagerstown Female Seminary. After its most successful prosecu- 
tion, he resigned that agency to accept a call to the Smithsburg charge. He next 
became pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Selinsgrove, Pa., and continued 
there eighteen months. In 1855, in response to an earnest appeal from his brother. 
Dr. D. F. Bittle, he became his assistant in building up Roanoke College. He -was 
engaged one year in collecting funds for needed buildings, and then occupied the 
Chair of Ancient Languages. In the Fall of 1858 he became the first President of 
North Carolina College, then recently chartered as such. He filled that position 
three years, and by his direct agency chiefly, collected funds, for the erection of two 
handsome halls, and recitation-rooms for the College. The future of the College was 
promising when the war began in 1861 ; in a few weeks thereafter it was closed. 
Thence he removed to Texas, and took charge of a Female Seminary at Austin, 
where he taught and preached until the war terminated. 

Again he was called to an agency for Roanoke College, in behalf of which he 
traveled two years, resulting in valuable additions to the cabinet and library, and also 
some liandsome donations to the building fund. At the close of 1867, he accepted a 
call to the Shepherdstown charge, West Virginia, where he remained nearly four 
years. Received D. D. in 1869, from Roanoke College. 

He took charge of the church in Savannah, Ga., October, 187 1, where after some 
weeks of premonitory symptoms, the final attack of heart disease terminated fatally 
on the night of the 14th of January, 1874. 

Dr. Bittle had a quick, vigorous and versatile mind, capable of proficiency in almost 
any department of learning. He readily acquired knowledge, being gifted with a 
most retentive memory ; and had a rare facility in using information gained from men 
and books. 

In the pulpit he was able. His sermons were clear, logical, and eminently prac- 



CLASS OF 1843. 217 

tical ; his whole manner earnest and impressive. In conversation he was genial 
and entertaining. His character was pure and above suspicion. He was frank, sin- 
cere and confiding. Warm in temperament and social in feeling, he had a ready 
Christian sympathy with all classes in their joys and sorrows. 

He was abundant in labors for the prosperity of Christ's kingdom. His energy 
seemed exhaustless. He toiled to life's close, falling in the conflict " with his harness 
on." Having "entered into rest," his "works follow him" in the lives and hopes 
of many who " esteemed him very highly in love for his work's sake." 

Prof. T. W. Dosh, D. D. 

David A. Buehler. Born January 2, 1821, in Gettysburg. Parents, Samuel H. 
and Catherine D. Spent some years in a printing office between attendance in 
Gettysburg Gymnasium and entrance into P>eshman class 1840. Philomathtean, 
disputant, contest 1843. Admitted to the bar 1844. Has been actively employed in 
the practice of law and editing of Gettysburg Star 1845-57, and Slar and Sentinel 
from 1867. Has filled at different times borough offices ; school director for a num- 
ber of years, town council, justice, etc. Postmaster 186 1-9. Trustee of Alma Mater 
since 1852, Secretary 1852-67, and President from 1870. Director of Seminary for 
many years. Married November 10, 1849, to Frances J. Guyon, Rahway, N. J. 

John E. Graeff. Born November 20, 1820, in Schuylkill county, Pa. Parents, 
William and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory 1838. Residence, Pine Grove, Schuylkill 
county. Pa. Philomathasan, orator, anniversary, 1842; essayist, contest, 1843. Lin- 
nsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1845. Pastor St. Paul, Washing- 
ton. Health failing retired from ministry, and has been successfully engaged in coal 
mining and shipping business. Trustee of Alma Mater since 1864. Founder of 
Graeff Professorship in Alma Mater. Actively engaged in many business and 
eleemosynary institutions of Philadelpliia — which has been his residence for a num- 
ber of years. Married to Maria L. Morilt, of Alexandria, Va. 

* William Henry Harrison. Born January 12, 1819, near Lewi.stown, Md. 
Parents Zephaniah and Mary. Entered Preparatory, 1838. Phrenakosmian, disput- 
ant, contest, 1843. Valedictory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Instructor in the 
Oakridge Academy, Gettysburg. Licensed 1845. Assistant Professor of Language, 
Alma Mater, and Agent of Parent Education Society, 1845-6. Pastor First English 
Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1846, till his death, November 3, 1866. Director of Wit- 
tenberg College, 1846-66, and for many years President of the Board. Member of 
Board of Commissioners of Public .Schools of Cincinnati for ten years. President 
for three terms of Miami Synod. D. D., Wittenberg College, 1861. Married No- 
vember 24, 1846, to Sarah A., daughter of Dr. B. Winwood, Springfield, Ohio. 

Charles Horner. Born May 5, 1S24, in Gettysburg. Parents Dr. David and 
Agnes Brown (Allen). Entered Preparatory 1837. Phrenakosmian, orator, anni- 
versary. 1843. Read medicine with his father, and graduated M. D. University of 
Pennsylvania 1846. Has since continued in practice at Gettysburg. Coroner of 
Adams county, 1848-51. Has filled positions of local public trust. United States 
Army Draft Medical Examiner, Adams county, 1862. Special service as United 
States Array Surgeon after battle of Gettysburg, in the First Corps Hospital in Theo- 



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logical Seminary building. Vice President Alumni Association of Alma Mater. Mar- 
ried September 13, 1853, to Caroline E. Arnold, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Memoir of H. S. Huber, M. D. ; Trans, of Medical Society of 
Pennsylvania, 1874. Medical and Surgical Report, lb., 1875. O^i the Character 
and Treatment of Epidemic Scarlatina, lb., 1879. 

Lloyd Knight. Born June 30, 1819, in Baltimore county, Md. Parents Igna- 
tius and Eliza. Entered Preparatory 183^. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 
1842, contest, 1843. Theological course in Gettysburg Seminary. Licensed 1845. 
Pastor at different points for 28 years. Agent for Alma Mater in collecting funds for 
Stevens Hall, 1866-7. Postmaster Point Lookout, Md., 1862-6. Pastor North 
Liberty, Iowa, 1880. Pastor and Postmaster Alamode, Md., since 1881. Married 
twice: October 8, 1845, to Helen R. Kealhofer, of Hagerstown, Md. ; May 11, 
1869, to Mary M. Weidensall, of Hollidaysburg, Pa. 

* William A. Kopp. Born October 11, 1820, at Emmittsburg, Md. ; entered Pre- 
paratory, 1837; Philomathaean. Theological course, Gettysburg; licensed, 1845'; Pas- 
tor, St. Thomas charge, Franklin co., 1845-8; McConnelsburg, Fulton co.. Pa., 1848- 
50; Principal, Johnstown, Pa., Gymnasium, 1848-53; Pastor, Schellsburg, Pa., 1853-6; 
and Martinsburg, Va., 1856-8; owing to ill health retired from active ministry, re- 
siding at York, Pa., and engaging in colporteurage ; Pastor, New Kingston, Cumber- 
land county. Pa., 1859-64; Professor of English in Augustana Seminary, Paxton, 111., 
1864-7; ill health again compelled cessation of active labors; resided at Phillips- 
burg, Pa., from 1867 till his death, March 23, 1868; married twice: Sept. I, 1846, 
to Harriet B. Little, Gettysburg, Pa.; in 1858, to Susan Strickler, York, Pa. 

William M. Paxton. Entered Preparatory, 1833; residence, Gettysburg. 
Philomathjean ; orator, anniversary, 1842; contest, 1843. Entered the ministry of 
the Presbyterian Church ; for a number of years Professor in Allegheny Theological 
Seminary, and since 1864 pastor of a church in New York city; D. D., Jefferson 
College, i860; Moderator, General Assembly, 1880. Publications. — Christian Benefi- 
cence, Discourse, 1857; The Nation: Its Relations and Duties to God, Thanks- 
giving Sermon, 1859; The Nation's Gratitude and Hope, Sermon, 1862; etc. 

* John A. Reidenour. Born February 7, 1825, in Lebanon, Pa. Parents, Dr. 
George and Maria. Prepared at home schools; entered Sophomore, 1840; Philo- 
mathsean. Studied medicine under his father; graduated M. D., University of 
Penjjsylvania ; continued studies in European Universities, 1847-9; settled in Leb- 
anon, where he died October 16, 1850; bachelor. 

*JOHN RuGAN. Born in 1806 or 1807, in Philadelphia. Parents, George and. 
Susan. Prepared at Plainfield, Conn.; entered Freshman, 1839; Philomathsean, dis- 
putant, contest, 1842; orator, anniversary, 1843. Theological course, Hartwick; 
licensed 1845; Pastor, Greensburg, Pa., 1848-50; Ghent, N. Y., 1850-3; Wooster, 
O., 1S53-4; Somerset, O., 1854-6; Fultonham, O., 1856-69; Nokomis, 111., 1869-70 ; 
Vandalia, 111., 1870, where he died August 29, 1870. Married March 20, 1850, to 
Hetty J. Steck, Greensburg, Pa. 

* Alfred H. Smith. Entered Freshman, 1839; residence, Chambersburg, Pa.; 
Philomathaean ; orator, anniversary, 1843: Latin Salutatory. Entered the legal pro- 
fession ; residence, Chambersburg, Pa.; connected for some years with the local press. 



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CLASS OF 1844. 

Peter Anstadt. Born November 20, 1819, at Hoh Einoed, New Bavaria, Ger- 
many. Parents, Peter and Elizabeth (Altman). Entered Preparatory 1840. Resi- 
dence, Easton, Pa. Philomathsean, essayist, contest, 1844, Linnsean. Theological 
course, Gettysburg ; Licensed 1846; Pastor, Hollidaysburg, Pa., 1846-8; Chapel (now 
Third Church) Baltimore, 1848-51 ; St. James', Gettysburg, 1851-61; Selinsgrove, 
1861-77. Since 1877 resided in York. Instructor in German in Alma Mater, short 
time during pastorate in Gettysburg ; during residence in Selinsgrove gave instruction 
in Theological Department, Missionary Institute; Instructor in German in York, 
Collegiate Institute, 1874-5. Married December 22, 1853, to Miss E. A. Benson. 

Publications. — Edited Kirchenbote 1851-63; founded and edited American 
Lutheran 1861-77, when sold to Lutheran Observer Association; Publisher and 
Editor of Teachers' Journal and Scholars' Comments (Sunday-School) since 1873. 
editorial work on Temperance Banner, Theological Monthly, etc., etc.; Eine 
Answahl Deutschen Spriichworte Erklsert, etc., Gettysburg, 1853, pp. Iio; Loyalty 
to the Government, Sermon, 1863; The Seven Calumnies; Discussion with a Roman 
CathoUc Priest, York, 1871. 

Oscar F. Baugher. Entered Preparatory 1837. Phrenakosmian, essayist, con- 
test, 1842. Read law and admitted to the bar in Frederick, Md. Farmer for several 
years, and successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits in Baltimore, Md., and was 
proprietor of smelting furnace and saw mill in Missouri. Practicing law in Mississippi 
when war began. Served in Confederate army. Took part in the battle of Gettys- 
burg. Since 1865, resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Joseph Baugher Bittinger. Born March 30, 1823, in Berwick township, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents Joseph and Lydia (Bair). Entered Preparatory 1839. Phren- 
akosmian, essayist, contest, 1844. Linnaean. Latin Salutatory. Taught 1844-50 
successively at Hanover, Pa. ; Oxford township. Pa.; Academy, Lynn, Mass.; Put- 
nam Free School, Newburyport, Mass. ; Principal Abbott Female Seminary, Andover, 
Mass. ; Professor of Mental Philosophy and Rhetoric, Middlebury, Vt. Theological 
course, Andover, Mass. Ordained into Presbyterian ministry, 1852. Pastor, Cleve- 
land, O., 1853-64; Sewickley, Pa., since 1864. Delegate from Pennsylvania to the 
International Prison Congresses at London, Eng., 1872, and Stockholm, Sweden, 
1878. Member Alumni Committee on semi-centennial. D. D., Western Reserve 
College, Hudson, O. Married December 23, 1851, to Cath. Nace Forney, Hanover, 
Pa. 

Publications. — Sunday-school Address, Hanover, Pa., 1844, " Monthly Friend." 
Rhetorical Instruction in Common Schools, " Teachers' Voice," St. Alban's, Vt., 

1853. Baccalaureate Sermon, Middlebury College, Vt., 1853. Elocution in tlie 
Common Schools, Teachers' Voice, 1853. Elocution in the Common Schools, 
Teachers' Voice, 1854. Universities — translation from Luther, Teachers' Voice, 

1854. Nebraska — a plea for Humanity; Sermon, 1854. The Will as an Educa- 
tional Power, the Ohio Journal of Education, 1856. The Mission of the True 
Physician; Graduating Address, Clinical and Medical College, 1856. Mary Lyon — 
Address at the laying of the corner-stone of the Lutheran Female Seminary, Paines- 
ville, O. Homiletical Studies, Ev. Rev., XII. 321. The New Testament Bishop, a 



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teacher, Ev. Rev., 1859. Hebrew Servitude, The New Englander, i860. A Bible 
Glossary, Ev. Rev., XIII. 248. Alumni Address, Alma Mater, i860. National 
Fast Sermon. The Salutations of St. Paul, Ev. Quarteidy, XIV. 415. An Educated 
Ministry, The Family Treasure, 1865. The Greetings of St. Paul, Pres. Quart., 
January and April, 1867. Enoch Arden ; The Family Treasure, June, 1867. A 
Bible Glossary, The Family Treasure, No. i, February, 1868; No. 2, December, 
1868; No. 3, August, 1869; No. 4, December, 1869. Beecher's Public Prayers, 
The Family Treasure, May, 1868. Shall We Have a More Readable Bible? Putnam's 
Magazine, June, 1870. Responsibility of Society for the Causes of Crime: Paper 
read before the National Prison Congress, Cincinnati, O., Princeton Repertory, Jan- 
uary, 187 1. A Paragraph Bible : Report prepared for the Synod of Erie, published 
in their Minutes, October, 1871. Shall Geography be taught in our Common 
Schools? National Teacher, March, 1872. Crimes of Passion and Crimes of Reflec- 
tion, Princeton Rev., April, 1873. The Germans in the United States: Translated 
from Prof. Spiess of the University of Jena, Luth. Quart., V. 355. Relations and 
Duties of Educators to Crime : Paper read before the National Teachers Convention, 
Minneapolis, lb., V. 481. The Weaver (a poem), Atlantic Monthly, October, 1875. 
The Three Gardens (sermon), 1876. The Formation of our Standards, Presbyterian 
Quart, and Princeton Rev., July, 1876. 

Robert Harper Clarkson. Born November 19, 1826, Gettysburg. Parents, 
Michael C. and Louisa. Entered Preparatory 1837. Phrenakosmian, orator, anni- 
versary, 1843, disputant, contest, 1844. Linnaean. Valedictory. Taught in St. 
James College, Md., where pursued Theological course; ordained 1849. Rector St. 
James church, Chicago, 1849-65. Bishop of Nebraska since 1865, residing in 
Omaha. D. D., Racine College, 1856. LL. D., University of Nebraska, 1872. 
Married. May 8, 1849, to Miss McPherson, Hagerstown, Md. 

Published various sermons and articles in The Church Review. 

* Joseph Passmore Clarkson. Born June 9, 1828, Gettysburg. Parents, 
Michael C. and Louisa. Entered Preparatory 1837. Phrenakosmian, orator, anni- 
versary, 1844. Linntean. Tutor and Assistant Professor of Latin in St. James Col- 
lege, Md., for several years. Admitted to the bar 1850. Settled in Chicago, 111., 
where he continued the practice of his profession till his death by premature discharge 
of a revolver, March 31, 1877. Married in 1852 to Juliette.Russell, Chicago. 

Thomas William Corbet. Born January 12, 1819, in Jackson township, Guern- 
sey^county, O. Parents, Peter and Elizabeth. After clerking in a store, entered 
Preparatory, 1838. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1846. Pastor in Guernsey county, Ohio; Perry county. Pa. ; Hardin, Allen, and Van 
Wert counties, Ohio. Most of the time in active ministry. Taught several years in 
High Schools. At present is, owing to impaired health, retired from active work, 
residing at Lafayette, Ohio. Married November i, 1849, to Elizabeth C. Robins, 
Guernsey county, Ohio. 

* Michael Diehl. Son of Michael and Catharine Diehl. Was born near Green- 
castle, Franklin County, Pa., March, 1819. After receiving such education as the 
schools of the neighborhood could give, he commenced the study of Latin and Greek 
in a classical school in Greencastle in 1838, under the tuition of Rev. F. A. Muhlen- 



CLASS OF 1844. . 221 

berg Keller. Upon the removal of Mr. Keller to Waynesboro, Pa., 1839, Michael 
Diehl entered his school in that place. In 1840 he entered Freshman. Philomathsean, 
orator, anniversary, 1843, disputant, contest, 1844. He then entered the Theological 
Seminary at Gettysburg. In 1846 he accepted an appointment to the Chair of 
Ancient Languages in Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, which position he held 
until constrained by impaired health to relinquish his labors as instructor in the Spring 
of 1868. 

He continued to reside at Springfield. In connection with his labors as Profe.s.sor 
in Wittenberg College, he took charge of churches at different times, in several places 
in the Country within six or eight miles of the College. He was very fond of preach- 
ing, and was doing pastoral work as well as teaching during the whole period of his 
life at Springfield, till the failure of his health compelled him to abandon his favorite 
work. He spent several months of the summer and autumn of 1 868 with his 
friends in Pennsylvania and Maryland, hoping that rest and recreation might restore 
his health. During the following winter tnere was, however, steady decline. He 
died at Springfield, March 29, 1869, at the age of fifty. He was married at Spring- 
field to Miss Harriet, daughter of Dr. Winwood, of that place, in 1852. 

His publications consisted chiefly of a series of articles, published in the public 
papers, on the history of Wittenberg College, and a Biography of Dr. Ezra Keller, 
the first President of the College, published in 1859. G. Diehl, D. D. 

Henry Jacob Fahnestock. Born August 11, 1827, Gettysburg. Parents, 
Samuel and Susan E. Entered Preparatory 1837; Philomathtean, orator, anniver- 
sary, 1844, Linnsean. Since graduation, in mercantile business, Gettysburg. Married 
twice : November 9, 1853, to Mary L. Lord, Canaan Four Corners, N. Y., who died 
April 3, 1871 ; October 17, 1872, to Octave E. Hill, Doylestown, Pa., died February 
15. 1873. 

*JoHN Montgomery McFarland. Born in 1824, in Jefferson County, Va. 
Parents, John and Maria. Entered Freshman, 1840. Residence, Emmittsburg, Md. 
Phrenakosmian. On graduating engaged in farming, near Charle.ston, Va., where he 
died in 1856. Married to Miss Jane Douglass. 

John T. Morris. Born June 4, 1827, Baltimore, Md. Parents Thomas and 
Sarah. Entered Freshman 1841, from Long Green Academy, Md. Philomathaean, 
orator, contest 1844. Engaged in legal studies and admitted to bar in 1848. Has 
continued the practice of law in Baltimore. Member of City Council, 1850. Com- 
missioner of Public Schools, 1856. President of Board of Education since 1869. 
President of Board of Fire Commissioners, 1862-70. Manager of House of Refuge 
since 1867. Manager of Institution for the Blind since 1865, etc. Tru.stee of Alma 
Mater, 187 1-4. Alumni Orator, 1854. Bachelor. 

George Augustus Nixdorff. Born August 20, 1823, Frederick, Md. Parents, 
Henry and Susan. Entered Freshman 1840. Phrenakosmian, essayist, contest 1843. 
Orator, anniversary, 1844. Linnsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1846. Pastor Perrysburg, O. ; Preston county, Va. ; Duncannon, Pa., 1854-8; 
Burkittsville, Md., 1858-66; Clearfield, Pa., 1867-70; Georgetown, D. C, since 
1871. Bachelor. Published Scenes in the Life of Christ, 1876. 

Beale Mei.anchthon Schmucker. Born August 26, 1827, Gettysburg. Parents, 



222 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Dr. Samuel S. and M. Catharine (Sheenberger). Prepared in Gymnasium and Pre- 
paratory. Phrenakosmiau, orator, anniversary, 1844. Linnsean. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1847. Pastor Martinsburg, Va., 1848-51 ; Allen- 
town, Pa., 1852-62; Easton, 1862-67; Reading, 1S67-81; Pottstown, 1881. D. D., 
University of Pennsylvania, 1870. Director of Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. 
Trustee of Muhlenberg College. Married, March, 1S60, to Christiana M. Pretz, 
Allento\\n, Pa. 

Publications. — Reflections on the State of the Church in Norway (Translated), 
Evangelical Review, I. 571, II. 422, 523; General View of Divine Worship as held 
by the Lutheran Church, lb., VI. 576; Editor of Liturgy of Pennsylvania Synod, 
i860; Editor of Collection of Hymns of Pennsylvania Synod, 1865; Member of 
Committee of Preparation and Editor of Lutheran Church Book, 1868; Member of 
Committee of Preparation of Lutheran Sunday-School Book, 1873 ; Member of Com- 
mittee of Preparation of Lutheran Kirchenbuch, 1877; Address at Installation of 
Professors of Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 1864; Historical Discourse, St. 
John's church, Allentown, 1880; Assistant Editor of the Reprint of Halle Reports, 
18S1-2; Lutheran Church Review, Article, Januarj', 1882. 

CLASS OF 1845. 

John Wilson Miller. Born March 3, 1818, near Dillsburg, York county, Pa. 
Parents, Tobias and Rebecca. From Carlisle entered Preparatory, 1839. Philo- 
mathrean, orator, anniversary, 1845. Linntean. Theological course, Gettysburg, 
during which taught the Academy at Woodstock, Va., 1847-8. Licensed 1849. 
Pastor Bridgewater, Va., 1849-51 ; New Haven, W. Va., 1S51-76. Owing to im- 
paired health retired from active ministry, residing at Graham's Station, W. Va. Mar- 
ried February 27, 1857, to Mrs. Eliza Stevenson, Allegheny City, Pa. 

Matthias Miller. Born in 1824, at Winchester, Va. Parents, Abraham and 
Rebecca. Entered Preparatory 1840. Philomathsean, orator, anniversary, 1844; 
disputant, contest, 1845. Valedictory. Admitted to bar, but has been occupied in 
agriculture, residing near Winchester, Va. Married in 1855 to Mary Swartz, of Fred- 
erick county, Va. 

Sylvanus Sheimer. Entered Sophomore, 1843 ; residence, Warren county, 
N. J.; Phi-enakosmian ; orator, contest, 1845. Admitted to the bar. Has resided in 
Easton, Pa.; Terre Haute, Ind. ; Charleston, 111. No trace obtained; reported dead. 

* Jesse W. Stocker. Born in New Jersey. Entered Freshman, 1 841. Residence, 
Warren county, N. J. Philomathrean ; speaker, contest, 1844; member Linneean; 
Latin Salutatory. M. D., 1848; practiced profession in Jefferson county, Va. Date 
of death uncertain. 

CLASS OF 1846. 
William M. Baum. Born in 1825, at Earlville, Berks county, Pa. Parents, Dr. 
John F. and Sarah. Prepared at Reading, Pa., Academy; entered Freshman, 1842. 
Philomathi^an; orator, anniversar)', 1845; Linncean. Latin Salutatory. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1848. Pastor, Middletown, Pa., 184S-52; Barren 
Hill, Montgomery county. Pa., 1852-8; Winchester, Va., 1858-61 ; St. Paul's, 
York, 1862-4; St. Matthews, Philadelphia, since 1S74. Alumni Address, 1859; 



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Philomatha-an Address, 1861 ; Seminary Alumni Address, 1872. Trustee of Alma 
Mater since 1861 ; Director of Seminary, (Jcltysljurg, since 1858; member General 
Synod, Boards of Home Mission and (I'resident of) Church Extension, 1869-74. 
Cor. Sec. of Board of I'uhlicalion, 1855-8; President of same since 1874. Presi- 
dent of General Synod, 1873; President and Secretary of district Synods; Treasurer 
of West Pennsylvania Synod, 1862-74; of Ea.st Penn.sylvania Synod, 1875-8; D. 
D., Alma Mater, 1867. Married May 8, 1851, to Maria L. CroU, Middletown, Pa. 

Publications. — Education: Its Aims and Results, Quarterly Review, I., 384; 
Address at the funeral of T. Stork, D. I)., 1874; Lecture on Art. XIII. " Of The 
Use of the Sacraments" (Ilolmaii), Augsburg, Confession, Lutheran Quarterly, 
VIIL, 396. 

Charles Albert Brou(;iier. ]5orn June 19, 1824, in Morgan county, Ala. 
Parents, Frederick and Mary Ann. Entered Preparatory 1841. Residence, Tippah 
county, Miss. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1845; disputant, contest, 1846. 
Teaching, 1846-9. Read law under Price & Jackson, at Ripley, Miss. Admitted to 
the bar 1852. Secretary of State for Mississippi 1861-9, except during recon.struction. 
Residence, Jackson, Miss. Married May 23, 1857, to Marie Louisa Earle, of Miss. 

John Marshall Clement. Born November i, 1825, at Mocksvilie, N. C. 
Parents, John and Nancy. From Mocksvilie Male Academy, entered Sophomore, 1844. 
Philomathaan, essayist, anniversary, 1845; disputant, contest, 1846. Memljer of 
Linna;an. Valedictory. Studied law in the school of Chief Justice Pearson. Was 
admitted to the bar 1848. Has since resided at Mocksvilie, N. C, practising in all 
the adjoining counties, and the State and United States Courts. Member of North 
Carolina Legislature, 184S-9. Married January 18, 1853, to Mary J. lladen. 

Publications. — Many anonymous newspaper and magazine articles. 

* Henry C. Eckert. Born November 7, 1 821, at Hanover, Pa. Entered Pre- 
paratory 1840. Residence, Littlestown, Pa. Philomathsean ; anniversary, orator, 
1846. Read medicine. Graduated M. D., at Medical Department Alma Mater, 
1848. Practised at Littlestown from 1848 till his death from ossification of the heart, 
August 20, 1867. Married May 11, 1854, to Sarah L. Leas. 

Hezekiah R. Geiger. Born January 10, 1820, at Greencastle, Franklin county, 
Pa. Parents, Henry and Juliana. Farmer. Entered preparatory, 1840. Residence, 
Holmes county, O. Philomatha'an ; orator, anniversary, 1845 ; Linncean. Profes- 
sor of Mathematics, Wittenberg College, 1846-74; Professor of Natural Sciences in 
same since 1874. Ph. D., Alma Mater, 1869. Married to Miss Nancy M. Hartford. 

John E. Herust. Born February 24, 1828, at Gettysburg. Parents, Rev. John 
and Juliana (Kurtz). Entered Preparatory, 1839. Philomatha^an. Linna;an. In- 
structor in Virginia Collegiate Institute, 1846-49. Resided in California, 1848-52. 
M. D., Medical Department Alma Mater, 1853. Practiced profession in Blain, 
Pa., 1853-63. Entered army February, 1863, as Surgeon, anrl on discharge at close 
of war was Medical Director in 12th Army Corps, ranking as Brevet Lieutenant 
Colonel; among other points, .saw service at Gettysburg, July, 1863. Engaged in 
business in Hagerstown, Md., 1865-79. Member of banking firm of Lebold. Fisher 
& Co. (Abilene Bank), Abilene, Kansas, 1879-81. Residing 1881 in Philadelphia, 
returning to Abilene 1882. Married July 20, 1858, to Annie E. Artz, Hagerstown, Md. 



224 ALUMNI RECORD. 

*JoiiN Alonzo Houck. Born December 31, 1827, in Gettysburg. Entered 
Preparatory, 1840. Philomathjean, orator, contest, 1845; anniversary, 1846; Greek 
oration. Taught High School, Gettysburg, 1846-7. Whilst reading medicine health 
failed, and died April 15,1849. Bachelor. 

William A. Huber. Born October 15, 1821, at Myerstown, Pa. Parents, 
William and Barbara (Smith). From Lebanon Academy entered Preparatory, 1S40. 
Philomathsean ; Linnsean. Medical and Dental courses. College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, New York. Graduated M. D., 1849. Practising dentistry till retirement 
in 1873, at Lebanon, Pa., present residence. Married in 1864 to Juliana Rise, 
Allentown, Pa. 

Charles Augustus Keyser. Born November 9, 1829, Baltimore, Md. Parents, 
George (Major U. S. A.) and Henri Ann Frances. Entered Pi-eparatory 1838; 
Phrenakosmian. Studied law in Baltimore. Resided ip California 1851-65; Balti- 
more 1865-81 ; Philadelphia since 1881. Various business engagements since leav- 
ing College. Married December 6, 1865, to Mary E. Keyser, Baltimore, Md. 

George J. Martz. Born August 27, 1822, near Frederick, Md. Entered Pre- 
paratory 1840. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1845; essayist, contest, 1846. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1848; spent 1849-52 as missionary at 
Guntoor, India, till compelled to return by reason of ill-health. Pastor, Sharpsburg, 
Md., 1852-6; Shoop's charge, Dauphin County, Pa., 1856-67; Womelsdorf, Pa., 
1867-78. At present in impaired health retired and residing at Lebanon, Pa. 
Married in 1857 to Caroline Nunemaker, Norristown, Pa. 

* William Andrew Renshaw. Born February 20, 1824, at Littlestown, Adams 
County, Pa. Parents, James and Rebecca- (Feiree). Entered Preparatory 1840 ; 
absent some on several occasions, teaching, during course ; Phrenakosmian ; orator, 
contests, 1844 and 1S46; Linnsean. Entered on the study of theology, Seminary, 
Gettysburg. Died in the Seminary building during his course, January 21, 1847. 
Buried in Christ Church cemetery, near Littlestown, Pa. 

JosiAH Pearce Smeltzer. Born September 10, 1819, in Carroll County, Md. 
Parents, George and Sai'ah: Entered Preparatory 1839; Phrenakosmian; anniver- 
sary, orator, 1845 ; Linnrean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1848. Pastor 
from 1848-61 successively at Harper's Ferry and Salem, Va. Professor of Theology, 
Newberry, S. C, 1861-5; President of Newberry College 1861-77; President of 
Walhalla S. C. Female Seminary since 1877. D. D., from Erskine College, S. C. 
1873. Married twice: October 22, 1848, to Harriet A. Buffington, Taneytown, Md. ; 
June 17, 1851, to Annie E. Eichelberger, Harper's Ferry, W. Va. 

Publications. — The Intermediate State, Quarterly Review, III. 267; various ser- 
mons, and Baccalaureate and other addresses, published in church papers. 

William liENRY Stevenson. Born June 27, 1829, at Gettysburg. Parents, John 
M. and Nancy (Russel). Prepared at Oak Ridge Academy, Gettysburg. Entered 
Junior, 1846. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 1846. Taught 1846-8. Read 
law under A. R. Stevenson, esq., Gettysburg, 1848-50 ; and John C. Kunkle, esq., 
Harrisburg, 1850-1. Admitted to the bar at Gettysburg, 1862. Owingto pulmonaiy 
trouble relinquished the practice of law, and since 1854 has resided in Baltimore, 



CLASS OF 1847. 225 

Md., engaged in mercantile pursuits. At present special partner of firm of Wood- 
ridge, Traver & Co., Importers and Dealers in Fertilizers. Married twice : March 
25, 1856, to Annie T. Russel, Albemarle county, Va. ; April 18, 1S66, to Fanny M. 
Willis, Jefferson county, Va. 

Publications. — Conscientious Giving, Pamphlet, 1873. 

Augustus C. Wkdekind. Born June 16, 1824, in Germany. Parents, Charles 
L. and Christina. Entered Preparatory 184 1. Residence, York, Pa. l'hilomatha;an ; 
orator, anniversary, 1845, and '46. German oration. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1848. Pastor, Fayetteville charge, 1848-9; Zion's Church, Lebanon, Pa., 
1849-62; St. John's, Lancaster, 1862-5; New York City, St. James, 1865-79; St. 
John's since 1879. Trustee of Alma Mater since 1856. Director of American 
Tract Society since 1869; of American and Foreign Christian Union since 1867. 
Corresponding Secretary of General Synod Foreign Mission Board, eight years. 
President of East Pennsylvania, and New York and New Jersey Synods. D. D., 
Alma Mater, 1867. Rice Lecture 1875. Served October-November, 1862, in nth 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. Married October 6, 1859, to Eveleen A. Raiguel, 
Lebanon, Pa. 

Publications.— Holman, Augsburg Confession Lecture, Article XL, Lutheran 
(Quarterly, VL, 485. The Educational and Sacramental Ideas of the Lutheran 
Church in Relation to Practical Piety, Diet, 1877. On editorial staff of Chrhtidn at 
Work, two years. 

CLASS OF 1847. 

Luther E. Albert. Born March 9, 1828, at Berlin, Adams county. Pa. Parents, 
Rev. John Jacob and Julia. Entered Freshman 1843. Philomathgean ; orator, con- 
test, 1847. Linnsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1849. Assistant 
pastor with his father in Centre county, 1849-51. Pastor Germantown Pa., since 1851. 
D. D., Alma Mater, 1867. Trustee of Alma Mater since 1870. Director Theological 
Seminary since 1865. Member of Board of Publication from its origin. President 
of same. Secretary of Foreign Missionary Society. Repeatedly tilled the several 
ofiices in East Pennsylvania Synod. Secretary General Synod, 1869. Married No- 
vember 16, 1852, to Henrietta E. Goodman, Germantown, Pa. 

Publications. — Ministerial Education, Evangelical Review, IX. 412. Holman 
Lecture, Article XVI. Augsburg Confession, Lutheran Quarierly, XL 312. 

Martin M. Bechtell. Born December 10, 1822. Entered Preparatory 1842. 
Residence, Smithsburg, Md. Phrenakosmian. Entered the Presbyterian ministry 
after theological course at Gettysburg. Has among other places been pastor, since 
I852, at McConnellsburg, Pa., Cumberland, Md., Somerset, Pa. Present residence 
Harlan, Iowa. Married in 1852 to Eliza Neff, Somerset, Pa. 

Frederick William Brauns. Born February 18, 1830, in Bremen, Germany. 
Parents, Ferdinand L. and Anna II. From lialtimorc, Md., entered Sophomore, 
Second Session, 1845. Phrenakosmian. Greek oration. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1850; Pastor, Canajoharie, N. Y., 1851-2; resided in Germany 
1852-3; Springfield, O., 1854; Dansville, N. Y., 1854-6 ; Lockport, N. Y., 1856-7 ; 
Suspension Bridge, 1857. United with Presbyterian Church, 1858; Pastor, Bahi- 
more, 1858-62 ; Chaplain Jarvis U. S. A. Hospital, Baltimore, June, 1862-July, 1865 ; 
Pastor, Salem, N. J., 1867; Cincinnati, O., 1868-71; Niagara Falls, 1871-80; Buf- 
falo, N. Y., since 1880. Married Dec. iS, 1866, to Susan Murdock, Baltimore, Md. 

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226 ALUMNI RECORD. 

John Anderson Bradshaw. Born in 1826, in Rowan county, N. C. Parents, 
Orston and Harriet. Entered Sophomore 1844. Residence, Lexington, N. C. Philo- 
mathcean; orator, anniversary, 1847. Linntean. After the study of law was admitted 
to the bar, 1851. Practiced a few years. In 1853, became a planter in Davidson 
county, N. C. In 186 1, entered the Confederate Army, serving as Major, Lt. Colonel, 
and Colonel of 57th Battalion and 76th Regiment, N. C. State Troops. Discharged 
in 1865. At present Secretary of the Infirmary of the New York College of Den- 
tistry. Served as Civil Magistrate, 1854-65, and as County Solicitor, 1862-3. 
Married June iS, 1850, to Mary B. Phifer, Concord, N. C. 

Abraham Essick. Born November 17, 1822, in Franklin county, Pa. Parents, 
John and Catherine (Cook). After being on a farm and clerk in a store at Quincy, 
Pa., entered Preparatory 1841. Philomathtean ; orator, anniversary, 1845 ^^'^ '47 > '^'^^' 
test, 1846. Linnsean. Valedictory. Tutor, Alma Mater 1847-8. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1849. Pastor, York, Pa., 1849-50; Professor of Ancient 
Languages, Capital University, Columbus, O., 1850-4; 1854-6, pastor at Springfield, 
O., and part of the time Professor in Wittenberg College ; Pastor, Winchester, Va., 
1S56-7 ; Principal Lutherville Female Seminary, 1858-9; Pastor, Gettysburg, 
1861-4; Bedford, 1 864-6 ; New Frankhn, O., 1866-70. Owing to increased ill 
health retired from active ministry residing at Ellsworth, Kansas, since 1871. Mar- 
ried twice: December 19, 185 1, to Elizabeth R. Livingston, Columbus, O. ; January 
28, 1862, to Sallie R. Smith, Columbia, Pa. 

Publications. — Counsel to Young Men, Sermon, 1S62. The Two Records of 
Creation, Ev. Rev., XIII. 173. An Efficient Ministry, lb., XIV. 269. 

* David Jacobs Eyler. Born October 10,1825, ^lear Smithsburg, Md. Parents, 
Michael and Barbara. Entered Preparatory 1842. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anni- 
versary, 1847. Linnsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1849. Pastor 
in Bedford county, 1850-1. Owing to ill health, retired to Waynesboro, taught in 
1853, and engaged in the drug business from 1854 till death on March 15, i860. 
Married April 15, 1851, to Miss C. C. Kurtz, Somerset. 

Edward George Fahnestock. Born October 3, 1829, at York Springs, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Samuel and Susan E. Entered Preparatory 1839. Philoma- 
thtean. Linnrean. Graduated M. D., Medical Department, Alma Mater, 185 1. 
Practiced medicine at Reading, Pa., 185 1-5. Mercantile business, Gettysburg, from 
1855. In National army, 1st Lieutenant, Company E., 2d Regiment Pennsylvania 
Vcjlunteers, April 23 — July, 1861 ; Lieutenant Colonel 165th Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, October, 1862 — July, 1863; Paymaster U. S. Volunteers, August, 1863, 
till resignation, March, 1864. Member of Borough Council and School Board of 
Gettysburg, a number of years. Member of Pennsylvania State Board of Agricul- 
ture, 1877-82. Trustee of Alma Mater since 1872. Married March 11, 1856, to 
M. Louisa Tate, Gettysburg. 

Reuben Ahalt Fink. Born August 15, 1824, in ^liddletown Valley, Md. Parents, 
Samuel and Elizabeth. Farmer. Entered Preparatory 1841. Phrenakosmian, ora- 
tor, anniversaries, 1845-6, disputant, contest, 1847. Linnjean. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1849. Pastor, Newtown, Va., 1850-2; Martinsburg, Va., 
1852-6; Lewisburg, Pa., 1856-65 ; Johnstown, Pa., since 1865. D. D., Alma Mater, 



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1874. Trustee Alma Mater since 1868. Director Theolot;ical Seminary for many 
years. Married A]ml 4, 1 850, to Sallie A. Beckvvith, Middletown, Md. 

Publications. — The Little Horn, or Romanism Exposed, Sermon, 1854. An Odd 
Pillows' Address, Danville, 1856. Nature of Ordination, Evangelical Review, XIII. 
292. Strange Fire Worshippers, Ouarterly Review, II. 343. Women in the Church, 
lb., IV. 220. 

Jacob Hknry IIkck. Horn December 8, 1827, at Chambersburg, Pa. Parents, 
Jacob and Anna Mary (Smith). From Chambersburg Academy entered Junior, 1845. 
Philomathrean. Linnaean. For several years engaged in reading law in Chambers- 
burg; subsequently Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1849. Pastor, St. 
Luke's, Philadelphia, 1850-3; William.sburg, Pa., 1853-5; Khinebeck, N. Y., 
1855-8; Springfield, O., 1858-61 ; Ardmore, Pa., 1861-8; Schoharie, N. Y., since 
1868. Married June 8, 1852, to Ellen, daughter of Morris Pearson, Philadelphia. 

* Henry Jacohs. Born December 17, 1826, near Waynesl)oro, Franklin county. 
Pa. Parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Krider). Entered Preparatory 1842. Phrena- 
kosmian. Taught at W'aynesl)oro 1847-8. Read medicine under D. Gilbert, M. D., 
and H. S. Iluber, M. D., Gettysburg. Graduated M. D., Medical Department of 
Alma Mater, 1851. Practised his profession at Waynesboro. Owing to pulmonary 
disease, resided several winters in Florida. Died June 20, 1857. Married February, 
1852, to Margaret A. Bittinger, Georgetown, D. C. 

Moses W. Merryman. Entered Preparatory, 1841. Residence, Baltimore co., 
Md. Philomath;van, orator, anniversary, 1846. Studied medicine; residing in Bal- 
timore. 

William H. Morris. Born September 13, 1829, in Baltimore, Md. Parents, 
Thomas and Sarah. Prepared at Long Green Academy, Baltimore county, Md. 
Entered Preparatory, 1841. Phrenakosmian, essayist, contest 1847. I''"' some 
years was engaged in mercantile business in New York city, residing in Brooklyn. 
Subsequently removed to Baltimore city, and then to present residence, Sweet Air, 
Baltimore county, Md. Has been engaged for a number of years in teachin<T. 
Married to a daughter of Hon. George Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

John K. Pi.ITT. Born January 14, 1828, in Ilarrisburg, Pa. Parents, Lewis and 
Maria. Entered, from Harrisburg Academy, Sophomore, half advanced, 1845. 
Philomathaean, orator, anniversary, 1847. Linnrean. Tutor, Alma Mater, 1847-8. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1850. Pastorates, Greenwich, N. J., 
1850-66; Greensburg, Pa., 1866-73; Catasauqua, Pa., 1873-8; St. Stephen's 
church, Philadelphia, since 1878. Director Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. 
Trustee, Muhlenberg College ; was temporarily Professor in same. Married Novem- 
ber 19, 1 85 1, to Mary A. Horner, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Thanksgiving Sermon, 1864. Isaac Blessing Jacob, Evangelical 
Review, XIII. 375. Various contributions to church papers and magazines. 

* Mark Posey. Entered Preparatory, 1841. Residence, Juniata county, Pa. 
Absent, 1845-6. Phrenakosmian. Entered the Lutheran ministry. Died about 
1852, at Selma, Alabama. 

Peter Raby. Born February 28, 1821, at Jackson Hall, Pa. Parents, Adam 



228 ALUMNI KKClM^n. 

and Calharino. l'"ntorcd Preparatory, 1S43. rhilumatluvan ; l.inna'aii. Theologi- 
cal course, (.".ettyslnirg. l.ieeused, 1S40. Pastor, Chester SjM'ings, Ta., 1S49-58; 
Wrightsville, Pa., 1838-00; York Springs, Ta., 1800-5; Middletown, 1865-72. 
Correspuiiding Secretary of Lutheran Eoard of rublication, 1872-4. Pastor (..race 
church, West Philadelphia, 1S74-6. Since 1876 residing at - Kimberton, Pa. ISo 
reguhrr charge, owing to ill health. Member Board of Riblication since 1866. 
Secretary of same, 1864-77; '^^ present Treasurer. Treasurer of East Pennsylvania 
Synod for four years. Married July 20, 1852, to Li/./ie II. Uartman, Chester 
Springs, Pa. 

Pllii.il' Sili:i'.l>i'R. l>orn 1810, in Last N'incent township, C'hester county, Pa. 
Parents, Philip and Mary. After working at carpenter trade, entered Preparatory 
1841. Residence, Kimberton, Pa. Phrenakosraian ; Linnivan. Theological course, 
Ciettvsburg. Licensed 1848. Pastoral Brookville, Pa., 1848-53; Lycoming Covmty, 
Pa., 1853; P>erlin 1857-64; \Vilmore, Pa., 1864-7; Martinsburg, Pa., 1867-9; Mil- 
roy. Pa., 1869-71 ; Kew Berlin, Pa., 1871-3; New Bloomtield, Pa., 1S73-S1 ; Ida- 
ville, Adams County, Pa., since 1S81." Married, 1851, to Susan Miller. Chambers- 
burg, Pa. 

\Vil.\/iAM 11. \N'i iiii-Kow . Horn June j8, 1827, in Adams county. Pa. Parents, 
S.intuel and Polly. I'ntered Preparatory 1841. Phi'enakosmian, orator, anniver- 
saries, 1846-7; and contest, 1847. Latin Salutatory. Tutor Alma Mater 1851-2, 
then successively teaching at Middletown, Md. ; Fayetteville, Pa. ; Academy, 
llagerstown, Md. ; Principal of Academies at Mars Blufl", S. C, 1859-62, INIarion, S. 
C, 1862-75, '^"^^ Chester, S. C, 1875-81, at present of Graded Schools, Chester, S. 
C. Married April 13, 1864, to Miss A. C. Bond, IMarion, S. ».'. Served a few 
months duinng the close of the war in South Carolina State Militia. 

CLASS OF ,IS4S. 

George Branch Alston. Entered Junior 1846. Residence. Edenton, N. C. 
Phrenakosmian ; essayist, annivei"sary, 1848. luiglish Salutatory. Admitted to the 
bar. Residence, Warrenton, N. C. 

*Daviu\Y. Bai>ham. Born in 1828, in Chowan county, N. C. Entered Sopho- 
more 1845-6. Philomalhivan ; orator, anniversary, 184S. Graduated I.L. B., Yale 
Law School. Never practised his profession. \Yhile on a Western tour, \\ as drow ned 
in the Islississippi river about 1857. 

lliiHKY Mil.t.i'.K BiCKKL. lioru January 24. 1827. Reading. Pa. Parents, John 
and Susan. Entered Prepai-atory, 1843. Philomath;>;an ; Linm^nm. Taught for 
more than a year, partly as tutor in Alma Mater, and then at Selinsgrove, Pa. Theo- 
, logical coui-se, Gettysbui-g. licensed, 1850. Pastor, Mt. Tabor charge, Augusta 
county, Va., 1852-3; Zion's church, Augusta county, Va., 1853-4; New Philadel- 
phia, O., 1854-58; New Castle, Ind., 1S59. Organized and pastor Christ church, 
Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia, 1S60-65; St. Luke's, Philadelphia, 1865-67. Office 
editor of I.titk<^ran and J/issionary, 1867. Pastor, Centre Square, Pa., 1869-75. 
Organized Church of the Advent. Philadelphia, 1877-So. P!ditorial position on Z«- 
tkt'ran Of>i'^n'erm 1877, and since 1880. During connection with church papers was 

* Pi.ues from Almunac. 



CLASS OF 1(848. 229 

slali'd supply for vniioiis i-lmrclics in and near I'liiladi-lpliia, Married May I, 1S56, 
F.iicinda, dauglilcr of Judj^c Williams, New PliiJadeiphia, ( ). 

I'uhlications.— I''iincral Scniion of Mrs. Sarali F/. Sencr (;//v' Alice), 1869. His- 
torical Notes; Sevi'ntli Semi Centennial of keformalion, 1S67. 

I'l'/I'I'.K lidKN. IJorn July 3, 1S20, neai' Muncy, I'a. Parents, I'eter and I'lli/.alietli. 
I''armer. I'intered I re|)aralory, 1X44. I'liiloniatlKian ; orator, anniversary, 1S4S. 
'I'licological course, (jcttysl)ur^. Licensed, 1.S50. Pastor, Sunhury, 1X50-9. I'rin- 
ci])al, C^lassical Department of Missionary Listiliile, Seliiisj^rovc, I'a., 1859-1881. 
'I'heolof^ical I'rofessor in Missionary Institute since iSSi. I). I)., Wittcnher}^^ Col- 
lege. Trustee, Alma Mater, 1871-8. Married March 4, 1851, to Sarali Hill, 
IIu}rhcsville, I'a. 

Puhlicalions. — Qualificalions for the (jos|)el Ministry, I .ntlicraii f^)MarliTly, I\'. 
603. Many contrihutions to church i)a])ers. 

Victor Lakaykttk Conrad. liorn October 7, 1824, in Pine (irove, Schuylkill 
county, I'a. Parents, Ilcnry W. and ICIi/.aheth (Kendall). Collector on Union 
Canal at Pine (irove. i'^ntc-red P'reslunan, 1S44. Pliilomatliiran ; essayist, 1847, and 
dis|)Utanl, 1847, at contests. Limuean. Collector on Union Canal at Pine Crove, 
before pursuinfj Thcolof^ical course, Gettysburf^. Licensed, 1851. Ivlitor l.nllirron 
/Ctiani^^elist, Spriiifrfield, ()., 1853-6. President (!ooper l<'emale Seminary, Dayton, 
O., 1857-1861. lUisiness in New York city, 1861-7. Professor of Natural Sciences, 
Alma Mater, 1867-70. Assistant lulitor Liilliernn O/ismirr v^wum 1870. Pli. 1)., 
Alma Mater, 1880. Married to Hannah D. Hartlett, Sprinf,dield, Ohio. 

Publications. — Historical .Statement of New York and New Jersey .Synod, 1X66. 
Hlasius' Theory of Storms, Popular Science Monthly, July, 1876. 

Li'A'l W. Foi.soM. Tillered Junior 1846. Residence Tamworth, N. II. I'liilo- 
malhiL'an. Admitted to the bar. I''or a number of years liverl in 'i'amwortli, N. 11. 
Present residence, 'l'aylf)r's I''alls, Minn. 

Aaron Wai.tI'.r Lii.i.v. Porn December 3, 1S22, at 'I'lirbot villc, I'.i. Parents, 
Cieorgc and Catharine (Walter). I'armiiiff. luitered Preparatory, 1842. Philo- 
mathrean, orator, anniversary, 1848. Linncean. Taught 1848-9. Theological 
course, Ccttysburg. Licensed 1851. Pastor Third Church, T?altimore, 1851 5; 
Zion's church, York, since 1855. Member of Ccneral Synod Hoards of Home 
Missions and Church I'^xtension since 1869, President of latter since 1874. President 
and Secretary r)f District Synod. Director of Theological Seminary and Prcsiflent 
of Poard for sftmc time. Married November 4, 1851, to Margery A. Herman, New 
Kingston, Pa. 

Publications. — l)nty (jf the Clinrcli (o its M'Midiers, failheran Quarterly, VTH. 
220. Tvlilor Chiiriji l''\lrnsinti De])artinent J.ulhcran Missionary ydiinuil 'r^xwcii 
1879. 

CKoi<f;i-, C. Ma('NI). loitered Freshman 1844. Residence, Paltimorc, Md. 
Philomath;ean. Latin .Salutatory. Admitted to llu! bar. Practicing his jjrofession 
in P)altimore. Served f)ne term in Maryland State Senate, also as State's Attorney for 
I'altimorc. Alumni .speaker, 1864. 

KinvARl) McPiiKRSo.N. P.orn July 31, 1830, at fJelfysburg, I'a. Parents, J(;lin 



230 ALUMNI RECORD. 

B. and Catharine. J. B. McPherson was from the foundation of the College till his 
death in 1S5S a member of the Board of Tiustees of Pennsylvania College. Entered 
Preparatoiy, 1S41. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 1847, disputant, contest, 
1848. Linnaean. Valedictory. Read law in the office of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, 
Lancaster, but did not complete his studies. 'EAiisA Harrisbitrg American 1S51 ; 
Lancaster Independent Whig, 1 85 1-4; Pittsburgh Z'rt//)' Times, 1855. ISIember U. 
S. House of Representatives, 185S-60. Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 
Washington, D. C, 1S63. Clerk of U. S. House of Representatives, 1863-75. 
Chief of Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Treasury Department, Washington, D. 

C, 1S77-S. Editor of Philadelphia Press 1878-80; Clerk of U. S. House of Rep- 
resentatives since iSSi. Has been a member of many political committees. Presi- 
dent of both the National and State, Pennsylvania, Republican Conventions for 1876. 
Secretary of Congressional Compaign Committee, 1880, etc. Trustee of Alma Mater 
since 1S61. LL. D., Alma Mater, 1S67. Residence, Gettysburg. Married Novem- 
ber 12, 1862, to Annie D. Crawford, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Growth of Individualism : Address before the Alumni Association 
of Pennsylvania College, 1S56. Ten Letters on the Sale of the Main Line of the 
Public Improvements of Pennsylvania, 1857. Seven Letters on the Sale of the 
Canals Owned by the State of Pennsylvania, 1858, pp. 12. The Christian Principle — 
Its Influence upon Government : Address, Gettysburg, 1S5S. Address to Voters of 
the Seventeenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, 1S58. The Family in its Re- 
lations to the State : Address, Gettysburg, 1859. General Report of the Alumni of 
Alma Mater, i860, pp. 24. Disorganization and Disunion : House of Representa- 
tives, U. S., February 24, 1S60. Remarks on tlie Death of Hon. John Schwartz of 
Pennsylvania, lb., i860. The Disunion Conspiracy, lb., 1861. Remarks on the 
Death of Hon. George W. Scranton of Pennsylvania, lb., 1861. The Rebellion: 
Our Relations and Duties, lb., 1S62. Remarks on a Bill to Re-organize the Staft" 
Attached to Divisions of the Army of L^nited States, lb., 1862. The Administration 
and its Assailants, lb., 1862, pp. 8. Remarks on the Death of Hon. James Alfred 
Pearce, of Md., lb., 1863. " Know Thyself," Personally and Nationally Consid- 
ered : An address before the Students of Dickinson College, 1863. The Political 
History of the United States During the Great Rebellion, 1860-65, with a chapter on 
the Church and the Rebellion, 8vo., 1865, pp. 653. The Political History of the 
United States During the Period of Reconstruction, 1865-71, 8vo., pp. 659. Hand- 
Books of Politics for 1872, 8vo. pp. 225 ; 1874, 8vo., pp. 246 ; 1876, 8vo., pp. 264; 
1878, §vo., pp. 242; iSSo, 8vo., pp. 218, and 1882. Decennial Report of the 
Alumni of Alma Mater, 1870, pp. 33. Report as Chief of Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, Treasury Department, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1877, pp. 18, and 
June 30, 1878, pp. 21. Report as Chief of Bureau of Engraving and Printing, before 
the Committee on Banking and CuiTency, House of Representatives on H. R. Bill, 
No. 1808, February, 1S78, pp. 19, and March 27, 1878, pp. 16. Address upon the 
occasion of the reception of Henry M. Hoyt, Governor of Pennsylvania, by the 
Union League of Philadelphia, April 15. 1879. Editor for several recent years of 
Tribune Almanac. 

Edmund Miller. Born Mav S, 1S22, at Salem, Va. Parents, Michael and Eliz- 



CLASS OF 1849. 231 

abeth. From Virginia Institute (now Roanoke College) entered Junior, 1846. I'hilo- 
matha-an. I.innrean. Studied Theology privately. Taught in Roanoke College 
1848-9; at Frostburg, Md., 1849-51. Pastor, Hillsboro, 111., 185 1-2. Professor of 
Mathematics, State University, Springfield, 111., 1852-58. Principal Academy, Hills- 
boro, 111., 1S58-65. Mercantile business, Dixon, 111., 1865-81. Present residence, 
Dixon. Married twice: 1853 to Jane M. Gilfillan, Hillsboro, 111.; November 9, 
1858, to Maria P. Williams, Rockford, 111. 

J. Keller Miller. Born October 22, 1822, in York, Pa. Parents, Charles and 
Lydia. Tobacconist. Entered from Manchester, Md., Academy, Freshman, 1844. 
Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1848. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1850. Pastor, Stoyestown charge, .Somerset County, 1850-7. Superintendent Schools 
of Somerset County, 1857-60. Residence, Berlin. Pastor, Arendtsville, Pa., 1861-7; 
Grindstone Hill charge, Franklin County, Pa., 1867-70; Centre Hall, 1870-76; 
Boalsburg charge. Centre County, 1876-8; Sugar Valley charge, Centre County, 
since 1 880. Residence, Centre Hall. Married May 15, 1851, to Charlotte H. 
Ziegler, Gettysburg. 

*WiLLiAM D. RoEDEL. Born January i, 1829, at Lebanon, Pa. Parents, Jacob 
and Justina. Prepared at home schools. Entered Sophomore 1845. Philomatha.'an , 
orator, anniversary, 1848. Linnsan. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1850. Home Missionary, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1850-1. Pastor Lower Merion charge. Pa., 
185 1-5. President Female Seminary, Wytheville, Va., 1855 till his death, Decem- 
ber 12, 1865. Married March 24, 1852, to Josephine Forney, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Carmina Ecclesiae. A collection of Sacred Music, 1861. Book of 
Worship (South); Editor, 1867. 

* John Andrew Tressler. Born February 17, 1827, at Loysville, Pa. Parents, 
John and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory 1843. Philomath:«an, disputant, contest, 
1847. After teaching was admitted to the bar in 1851, at Bloomfield, Pa. While 
Professor of Mathematics in Capitol Hill L^niversity, died September 12, 1851. 
Bachelor. 

CLASS OF 1849. 

*JoiiN C. Badham. Born in Edenton, N. C. Entered Freshman 1845. Philo- 
mathrean; essayist, contest, 1848. English Salutatory. Read law at Ballston Spa; 
practiced at Edenton. Two terms member of House of Delegates, and one term of 
Senate of North Carolina, serving as Speaker. Entered 5th Regiment, N. C. troops, 
in Confederate army. While serving as Lieutenant Colonel was killed in battle of 
Williamsburg, May 5, 1861. Aged about 35 years. Had been married. 

John H. Cupp. Born April 6, 1825, in Augusta county, Va. Parents, Samuel 
and Margaret. Entered Preparatory 1841. Phrenakosmian, orator, contest, 1849. 
Linnoean. Taught at New Kingston, Pa., 1849-50; Academy, Strasburg, Va., 1850-4. 
Studied theology privately. Licensed 1855. Pastor Des Moines, Iowa, 1855-6; 
subsequently at West Union, W. Va. ; Sandy Run, S. C. ; West Union, W. Va. (2d) ; 
Brandonville, W. Va. ; New Haven, W. Va. ; Front Royal, Va., present residence. 
Partially crippled by paralysis. Professor of Latin and Greek, Central College, 
Iowa, 1855-6. Married 185 1, to Elizabeth Henry, Strasburg, Va. 



232 ALUMNI RECORD. 

* William Kent Gilbert. Born December 28, 1S29, at Northumberland, Pa. 
Parents, Dr. David and Jane Eliza (Brown). Entered Preparatory 1S41. Phrena- 
kosmian. Graduated M. D. Medical Department, Alma Mater, 1852. Pursued 
profession successfully in Philadelphia till death, June 28, 1880. Resident physician, 
Blockley Hospital, 1852-3. Coroner of City of Philadelphia 1877, till death. Mar- 
ried September, 1854, to Clara Reid, Philadelphia. 

Elias Strickhouser Henry. Born November 30, 1823, Shrewsbury, Pa. 
Parents, George M. and Lydia. From farming entered Preparatory 1843. Philo- 
mathsean ; orator, anniversary, 1849. Linnrean. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed, 1851. Financial Agent Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 185 1-2. Pastor, 
Pinegrove, Schuylkill county, since 1852. Married twice : September 12, 1853, to 
Sarah A. Conrad, Pinegrove; Feb. 6, 1872, to Elmira Seidel, Lebanon, Pa. 

Published History of Lebanon Conference. Sketch of Jacob's Lutheran church 
(100 years), and other churches of his charge, for History of Schuylkill county. 

* Henry Samuel Koons. Born June 12, 1828, in York county. Pa. Prepared 
at York County Academy, Entered Sophomore, 1846. Philomathasan ; essayist, 
contest, 1849. Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 185 1. 
Pastor in Bedford county. Pa., 1851-2. Owing to throat affection abandoned pastoral 
labors. Principal of Academy at Indiana, Pa., 1852-3. Senior Tutor, Alma Mater, 
1853-7. Principal of schools, Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, Pa., 1857-60; Clas- 
sical School, Hanover, Pa., i860, till his death, which occurred in Gettysburg, Dec. 
15, 1869. Married Sept. 23, 1852, to Caroline E. Buehler, Gettysburg, Pa. 

Graft j\L\rtin Pile. Born June 13, 1824, in Somerset county, Pa. Parents, 
Samuel C. and B. (La Rue.) From clerking in a store entered Preparatory 1843. 
Phrenakosmian, disputant, contest, 1848. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1851. Principal of Academy, Johnstown, Pa., 1853-4; High School, Somerset, Pa., 
1854-5 ; Professor of Latin and Greek, Illinois State University, Springfield, 1856-58. 
Chaplain 54th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, February, 1862 — September, 1864. 
Owing to ill health has retired from active ministiy, residing near Alamode, JNIissouri. 
Married April 5, 1859, to Susan INI. Baker, Somerset, Pa. 

Publications. — Intellectual Development. Address before Students of Illinois 
State LTniversity, 1S56. Various contributions to press. 

Abel Rambo. Born March 19, 1S21, in Limerick township, JNIontgomery county. 
Pa. Parents, George and Ann. Employed for some years in teaching. Entered 
Junior, Spring term, 1848. Phrenakosmian. Several weeks before commencement 
« day, tgok charge of the school where prepared for college, "Washington Hall Col- 
legiate Institute, Trappe, Pa., and has continued in chai-ge ever since. Superintend- 
ent of common schools of Montgomery county, 1863-78. County Surveyor for a 
number of years. Ph. D., Muhlenberg College, 1881. Has paid considerable atten- 
tion to music. Married November 14, 1850, to Jane Gross, Trappe, Pa. 

John E. Smith. Born Januaiy 19, 1S30, in Westminster, Md. Parents, Joshua 
and Julia A. Entered Preparatory, 1844. Philomathcean, orator, contest, 1849. 
Linnjean. Valedictory. Studied law in Frederick, Md. Admitted to the bar 185 1. 
Has continued in active practice in Westminster, except when on the bench. Mem- 
ber of Marj'land House of Delegates, 1855; of Maryland Senate, 1857-63; of 



CLASS OF 1850. 233 

Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1864. Judge of Circuit Court, 1864-7. Edited 
county paper, 1855. Republican nominee for Congress, 1870. Trustee Alma Mater 
since 1S76. Married, January 19, 1859, to Louisa A. Capito, Westminster, Md. 

John Nicholas Unruh. Born September 3, 1820, in Germantown, Pa. Parents, 
Joseph and Mary. Entered Preparatory, 1844. Philomathajan. Linnaean. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1851. Pastor, Boonsboro, Md. ; Allovvaystovvn, 
N. J. ; Daretown, N. J. ; Mechanicstown, Md. ; Williamsburg, Pa. ; Glade, Pa., since 
1876. Married to Ann Eliza Kates, Germantown, Pa. 

Simon Carson Wells. Born June 14, 1826, in N. T. Stephensburg, Va. Parents 
Richard and Jane R. From Virginia Collegiate Institute (now Roanoke College), 
entered Junior 1847. Phrenakosmian, orator, contest, 1848, and anniversary, 1848. 
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Roanoke College since 1849. 
Chairman of Faculty at different times. Ph. D., Alma Mater, 1874. Served in Con- 
federate Army as First Lieutenant, acting Captain April, 1861 — April, 1865. Mostly 
on detail service in engineer, signal and scouting departments. Married December 
16, 1 85 1, to Miss P. L. Pitzer, near Salem, Va. 

Publications. — History of Roanoke College, 1877. Sketch of President D. F. 
Bittle, D. D., Lutheran Quarterly, X. 560. Addresses: Before Geological Society 
of Roanoke College, 1878 and 9. Y. M. C. A. of same, 1877. Staunton Female 
Seminary, 1880. Education Convention of Virginia, Ed. Rev., October, 1880. 
Papers on Agricultural Chemistry, Roanoke Times, 1881. 

CLASS OF 1850. 

George W. Anderson. Born September 7, 1S21, in Rockingham county, Va. 
Parents William and Hannal\ (Loftus). After teaching and attending Vn-ginia Col- 
legiate Institute (Roanoke College), entered Junior 1848. Phrenakosmian. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1852. Pastor, Creagerstown, Frederick county, 
Md., 1S52-5. Owing to impaired health temporarily retired from active labors in 
ministry and for some years engaged in mercantile business. Pastor Uniontown, 
Md., 1872-5; Glen Gardner, N. J., since 1875. Married September 25, 1855, to 
Anna Mariah Myers, Washington county, Md. 

Daniel J. Barrick. Born April 20, 1823, in Frederick county, Md. Parents, 
John and Esther. From farming entered Preparatory 1844. Phrenakosmian. Lin- 
niran. Taught Classical School, Emmitsburg, Md., 1850-3 ; Monocacy Institute, 
1853-5; Classical School, Woodsboro, Md., 1855-8. Mercantile business, Woods- 
boro, 1858-61. Real estate and stock broker, Washington, D. C, since 1861. 
Married 1853 to Emily Smith, Emmitsburg, Md. 

John Frederick Baugher. Born April 7, 1832, in Emmittsburg, Md. Parents, 
Isaac and A. E. Prepared at home Academy and at St. Mary's College near Emmitts- 
burg. Entered Sophomore, half advanced, 1848. Philomathaean. Read law and 
was admitted to practice at Frederick, Md., 1853. Having been disabled by an 
accident from further practice of his profession, has been engaged in teaching since 
1854. For a while at Virginia Collegiate Institute. At present Principal of the 
Cambridge (Md.) Female Seminary. Married, March 29, 1856, to Miss E. K. 
Winchester, Frederick, Md. 

Publications. — Magazine articles. 



232 ALUMNI RECORD. 

* William Kent Gilbert. Born December 28, 1829, at Northumberland, Pa. 
Parents, Dr. David and Jane Eliza (Brown). Entered Preparatory 1841. Plirena- 
kosmian. Graduated M. D. Medical Department, Alma Mater, 1852. Pursued 
profession successfully in Philadelphia till death, June 28, 1880. Resident physician, 
Blockley Hospital, 1852-3. Coroner of City of Philadelphia 1877, till death. Mar- 
ried September, 1854, to Clara Reid, Philadelphia. 

Eltas Strickhouser Henry. Born November 30, 1823, Shrewsbury, Pa. 
Parents, George M. and Lydia. From farming entered Preparatory 1843. Philo- 
mathsean ; orator, anniversary, 1849. Linnjean. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed, 1851. Financial Agent Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 185 1-2. Pastor, 
Pinegrove, Schuylkill county, since 1852. Married twice: September 12, 1853,10 
Sarah A. Conrad, Pinegrove; Feb. 6, 1872, to Elmira Seidel, Lebanon, Pa. 

Published History of Lebanon Conference. Sketch of Jacob's Lutheran church 
(100 years), and other churches of his charge, for History of Schuylkill county. 

* Henry Samuel Koons. Born June 12, 1828, in York county. Pa. Prepared 
at York County Academy, Entered Sophomore, 1846. Philomathsean ; essayist, 
contest, 1849. Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1851. 
Pastor in Bedford county. Pa., 185 1-2. Owing to throat affection abandoned pastoral 
labors. Principal of Academy at Indiana, Pa., 1852-3. Senior Tutor, Alma Mater, 
1853-7. Principal of schools, Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, Pa., 1857-60; Clas- 
sical School, Hanover, Pa., i860, till his death, which occurred in Gettysburg, Dec. 
15, 1869. Married Sept. 23, 1852, to Caroline E. Buehler, Gettysburg, Pa. 

Graft Martin Pile. Born June 13, 1824, in Somerset county. Pa. Parents, 
Samuel C. and B. (La Rue.) From clerking in a store entered Preparatory 1843. 
Phrenakosmian, disputant, contest, 1848. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1851. Principal of Academy, JohnstOM'n, Pa., 1853-4; High School, Somerset, Pa., 
1854-5 ; Professor of Latin and Gi"eek, Illinois State University, Springfield, 1856-58. 
Chaplain 54th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, February, 1862 — September, 1864. 
Owing to ill health has retired from active ministry, residing near Alamode, Missouri. 
Married April 5, 1859, to Susan M. Baker, Somerset, Pa. 

Publications. — Intellectual Development. Address before Students of Illinois 
State University, 1856. Various contributions to press. 

Abel Rambo. Born March 19, 1821, in Limerick township, Montgomery county, 
Pa. Parents, George and Ann. Employed for some years in teaching. Entered 
Junior, Spring term, 1848. Phrenakosmian. Sevei-al weeks before commencement 
• day, topk charge of the school where prepared for college, Washington Hail Col- 
legiate Institute, Trappe, Pa., and has continued in charge ever since. Superintend- 
ent of common schools of Montgomery county, 1863-78. County Surveyor for a 
number of years. Ph. D., Muhlenberg College, 1881. Has paid considerable atten- 
tion to music. Married November 14, 1850, to Jane Gross, Trappe, Pa. 

John E. Smith. Born January 19, 1830, in Westminster, Md. Parents, Joshua 
and Julia A. Entered Preparatory, 1844. Philomathsean, orator, contest, 1849. 
Linnajan. Valedictory. Studied law in Frederick, Md. Admitted to the bar 1851. 
Has continued in active practice in Westminster, except when on the bench. Mem- 
ber of Maryland House of Delegates, 1855; of Maryland Senate,. 1857-63; of 



CLASS OF 1850. 233 

Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1S64. Judge of Circuit Court, 1864-7. Edited 
county paper, 1855. Republican nominee for Congress, 1870. Trustee Alma Mater 
since 1876. Married, January 19, 1859, to Louisa A. Capito, Westminster, Md. 

John Nicholas Unruh. Born September 3, 1820, in Germantown, Pa. Parents, 
Joseph and Mary. Entered Preparatory, 1844. Philomathsean. Linnsean. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 185 1. Pastor, Boonsboro, Md. ; Allowaysto\\n, 
N. J. ; Daretown, N. J. ; Mechanicstown, Md. ; Williamsburg, Pa. ; Glade, Pa., since 
1876. Married to Ann Eliza Kates, Germantown, Pa. 

Simon Carson Wells. Born June 14, 1826, in N. T. Stephensburg, Va. Parents 
Richard and Jane R. From Virginia Collegiate Institute (now Roanoke College), 
entered Junior 1847. Phrenakosmian, orator, contest, 1848, and anniversary, 1848. 
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Roanoke College since 1849. 
Chairman of Faculty at different times. Ph. D., Alma Mater, 1874. Served in Con- 
federate Army as First Lieutenant, acting Captain April, 1861— April, 1865. Mostly 
on detail service in engineer, signal and scouting departments. Married December 
16, 185 1, to Miss P. L. Pitzer, near Salem, Va. 

Publications. — History of Roanoke College, 1877. Sketch of President D. F. 
Bittle, D. D., Lutheran Quarterly, X. 560. Addresses : Before Geological Society 
of Roanoke College, 1878 and 9. Y. M. C. A. of same, 1877. Staunton Female 
Seminary, 1880. Education Convention of Virginia, Ed. Rev., October, 1880. 
Papers on Agricultural Chemistry, Roanoke Times, 1881. 

CLASS OF 1850. 

George W. Anderson. Born September 7, 1821, in Rockingham county, Va. 
Parents William and Hannah, (Loftus). After teaching and attending Vh-ginia Col- 
legiate Institute (Roanoke College), entered Junior 1848. Phrenakosmian. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1852. Pastor, Creager.stown, Frederick county, 
Md., 1852-5. Owing to impaired health temporarily retired from active labors in 
ministry and for some years engaged in mercantile business. Pastor Uniontown, 
Md., 1872-5; Glen Gardner, N. J., since 1875. Married September 25, 1855, to 
Anna Mariah Myers, Washington county, Md. 

Daniel J. Barrick. Born April 20, 1823, in Frederick county, Md. Parents, 
John and Esther. From farming entered Preparatory 1844. Phrenakosmian. Lin- 
nsean. Taught Classical School, Emmitsburg, Md., 1850-3 ; Monocacy Institute, 
1853-5; Classical School, Woodsboro, Md., 1855-8. Mercantile business, Woods- 
boro, 1858-61. Real estate and stock broker, Washington, D. C, since 1861. 
Married 1853 to Emily Smith, Emmitsburg, Md. 

John Frederick Baugher. Born April 7, 1832, in Emmittsburg, Md. Parents, 
Isaac and A. E. Prepared at home Academy and at St. Mary's College near Emmitts- 
burg. Entered Sophomore, half advanced, 1848. Philomath^ean. Read law and 
was admitted to practice at Frederick, Md., 1853. Having been disabled lay an 
accident from further practice of his profession, has been engaged in teaching since 
1854. For a while at Virginia Collegiate Institute. At present Principal of the 
Cambridge (Md.) Female Seminary. Married, March 29, 1856, to Miss E. K. 
Winchester, Frederick, Md. 

Publications. — Magazine articles. 



236 ALUMNI RECORD. 

1860-62. Residence, Toledo, O. Married November 2, 1858, to Sallie J. Allen, 
Circleville, O. 

* Cornelius Nitterauer. Born in Dauphin county, Pa., July 3, 1826. En- 
tered Pi'eparatory, 1845. Philomathcean. Theological coursej Gettysburg. Licensed 
1852. Pastor, Dauphin, Pa., 1851-3; New Kingston, Pa., 1853-8; Blairsville, Pa., 
185S till his death. May 11, 1861. Married May 5, 1857, to Mary Kissinger, New 
Kingston, Pa. 

*I-Ienry Reck was born August 24, 1829, in Mount Joy township, Adams county, 
Pa. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Reck, were faithful members of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church. Li his sixteenth year he entered Oakridge Academy, Gettysburg, 
Pa. He subsequently entered Pennsylvania College, and was graduated with honor, 
having the Latin Salutatory. He was an active member of the Phrenakosmian 
Society. Having determined to devote himself to the duties of the sacred ministry, 
he entered the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., and having completed its 
regular course of theological study, was licensed in 1852. His first charge was at 
Birmingham, Pa. After some years of laborious and useful service in missionary and 
pastoral labors at Birmingham and Allegheny City, Pa., he became pastor of the 
church at Rochester, Pa., and Director of the Orphans' Home located at that place. 
He was united in marriage, October 11, 1863, to Miss Anna M., daughter of Wm. 
and M. A. Mehring, near Taneytown, Md. Whilst occupied with his varied duties 
at Rochester, he made frequent missionary journeys to Chicago, Newcastle, Pa., and 
Beaver Falls, laboring with great zeal and self-denial to gather the scattered mem- 
bers of the Lutheran Church, in that widely-extended field, and to lay the founda- 
tions of organized congregations. In the fall of 1870, he moved from Rochester to 
Jacksonville, Illinois, to assume charge of the newly opened Orphans' Home, estab- 
lished under the auspices of Rev. Dr. Passavant. In the same year, he organized a 
Collegiate Institute at Springfield, Illinois. In 1871, he first became connected with 
Augustana College as teacher, whilst that Institution was located at Paxton, 111. He 
received and accepted a call from the Augustina Synod, to a regular professorship in 
1874, and retained his connection with the college until the period of his death. In 
the spring of 1880, the English Lutheran congregation of Chicago having become 
vacant, he undertook the laborious work of becoming a temporary supply of the 
vacant charge in connection with his regular collegiate duties. The service was per- 
formed with his accustomed zeal until he was relieved by the call of a regular pastor, 
but made a severe exaction upon his physical energies. In the fall of 1880, symp- 
toms of enfeebled health became manifest. After the Christmas holidays of that 
year, it was with some difficulty and suflering that he attempted to resume the duty 
of instruction. Increasing infirmity and sickness at length compelled an entire re- 
linquishment of all official labors. Then followed weary weeks and months spent 
on a sick bed, wrestling with disease and pain. In August, 1881, during a tempo- 
rary amelioration of his condition, he started, in company with his eldest son, on a 
journey to the home of his father, hoping that a change of air and scene might prove 
favorable to his full recovery. Pausing on his way, to make a brief visit at Pitts- 
burg and Rochester, amid the scenes of his former missionary labors, he at last 
arrived at his father's house. The asjed sire still survived to receive his son to the 



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home where he drew the first breath of life. The mother, whose tender care had 
watched over his childhood, was not here, but was waiting to welcome him to the 
belter home that lay so near. The end of earth came at last, after a few months of 
patient waiting. A few days preceding his death, he calmly made disposition of his 
affairs, mindful of the welfare of the family he was so soon to leave behind to the 
cares and struggles of earth, expressing in his will the desire that his children might 
continue to be reared in the faith of the Church he loved so well. He died (October 
27, 1881. He was buried in the quiet country graveyard where previously had been 
deposited the remains of his revered mother. The widow of Prof. Reck and five 
children — four sons and one daughter — survive to cherish tenderly his memory, and 
to be animated by the living spirit of his example and his jirayers. 

Rev. I'rov. W. F. Eyster. 

* David Stroii. Born January 4, 1828, in Shiremanstown, Cumberland county, 
Pa. Entered Preparatory, 1844. Residence, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Phrenakosmian, 
orator, anniversary, 1849. Taught at Jeffersontown, Ky., 1850-2 ; in Shippensburg 
(Pa.) Academy, 1852, and suljsequenlly at Danville, Shamokin, Newljury, and 
Chambersburg, Pa., and at Augusta College, Ky. Died at his home in Pennsylvania, 
September 13, i860. Bachelor. 

Milton Valentine. Born January i, 1825, near Uniontown, Carroll county, 
Md. Parents, Jacob and Rebecca. Prepared at home Academy, Taneytown, Md. 
Entered I'Veshman, 1846. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 1849. Einna;an. 
Creek oration. Tutor in Alma Mater, January, 1850-2. Theological course, Gettys- 
liurg. Licensed 1852. Supply, Winchester, Va., 1852-3; Missionary work, Pitts- 
burg, Pa., 1853-4; Pastor, Greensburg, Pa., 1854-5. Throat trouble caused a sus- 
])ension of active ministerial work. Principal of Emmaus Institute, 1855-9. Pastor 
St. Matthews, Reading, 1859-66. Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church 
I'olity, Seminary, Getty.sburg, 1866-8. President of Alma Mater, since 1868. Tem- 
porary Instructor, Seminary, 1868-73, ^"<i 1880-1. Trustee, Alma Mater, 1868. 
D. D., Alma Mater, 1866. Married December 13, 1855, to Margaret G. Gait, Taney- 
town, Maryland. 

Publications. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Evangelical Review, VH. 85. The Prepa- 
ration of Paul for the Apostleship, Ib.,VIII. 219. The Relation of the Family to the 
Church, lb., X. 360, published also as Tract. The Work of the P^ducation Society, 
Evangelical Review, XII. 501. The Christian Doctrine of P'asting, lb., XV. 113. 
Exemplary Piety in the Ministry, lb., XVI. 46. Church Music, lb., XVI. 455. The 
lissential Principle of Reform, Alumni Address, 1865, lb., XVIII. 22 — also Pam- 
]>hlet. The Relations of Sacred History to Proper Theological Education, Inaugural 
as Professor in Theological Seminary, Evangelical Review, XVIII. 14. The Refor- 
mation, lb., XIX. 154. Revivals, lb., XIX. 177. Full P'idelity to God's Gifts, Bac- 
calaureate, lb., XIX. 611 — also Pamphlet, 1868. Present Necessities in Collegiate 
Education, Inaugural Address as President of Pennsylvania College, December 21, 
1868. Justification by Faith, Holman Lecture on Article IV. of Augsburg Confes- 
sion, 1869, lb., XX. 480 — also Pamphlet. The Greatness of being Useful, Baccalau- 
reate, 1869, Evangelical Review, XXI. 64. God's Care of His Church as P-xhibited 
in the Reformation, lb., XXI. 157. Completeness in Christ, Baccalaureate, 1870, 



238 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Evangelical Review, XXI. 519 — also" Pamphlet. The Theistic Argument from Final 
Causes, Lutheran Quarterly Review, I. 165. The Dynamics of Success, Baccalau- 
reate, 1871, lb., IL I. The Right to the Name Lutheran, lb., II. 126. Sunday- 
School Books, lb., II. 281. Faith the Essential Element for Right Living, Baccalau- 
reate, 1872, lb., II. 585 — also Pamphlet. Close Communion, lb., III. 214. Knowledge 
by Service, Baccalaureate, 1873, lb., III. 454. Co-Education, lb., IV. 117. The 
Evangelical Alliance, lb., IV. 233. The Christian Sabbath, lb., V. 161. Constant. 
Progress, Baccalaureate, 1874, lb., V. 377. The Work of the Review, lb., V. 604. 
Truth's Testimony to its Servants, Baccalaureate, 1875, I^-' ^I- 231 — also Pamphlet. 
Necessities to Manful Life, Baccalaureate, 1876, lb., VI. 449 — also Pamphlet. Con-' 
science under Revelation and Grace, lb., VII. 257. What we are to Live on. Bacca- 
laureate, 1877, lb., VII. 571. Acting from Principle, Baccalaureate, 1878, lb., IX. 
113 — also Pamphlet. The Church Relation of Children of Believers prior to their 
Baptism, according to the Lutheran Dogmaticians, lb., IX. 325. Aspiration and Per- 
spiration, Baccalaureate, 1879, lb., IX. 648 — also Pamphlet. Is Conscience Infallible ? 
lb., X. 23. Life with a Purpose, Baccalaureate, 1880, lb., X. 549. Education and 
the Church, Address at Alumni Reunion, Bellefonte, July, 1880. Is the Lord's Day 
only a Human Ordinance ? Lutheran Quarterly Review, XL 79 — also Pamphlet. 
Human Instrumentality on God's Work, Baccalaureate, 1881, lb., 418. The Revised 
English New Testament, lb., XII. 43. 

Daniel Worley. Born February 28, 1829, in Harrisburg, Pa. Parents, Thomas 
and Mary. Prepared at Harrisburg Academy. Entered Sophomore, 1847. Philo- 
mathfean. Linnsean. Theological course, Columbus, O. Licensed 1852. Tutor 
Capital University, 1 850-1. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 
same, 1851-63. During nine years of this time, edited Lutheran Stmidcwd. Teach- 
ing in Westmoreland county, Pa., 1863-5. Superintendent of Canton, O., Union 
Schools, 1865-76. Teaching select school. Canton, O., 1876-81. During whole 
time since 1852, has also served congregations. President of City Council, Canton, 
O., 1869-70. Member of Ohio House of Representatives, 1878-9. Residence, 
Canton, Ohio. Married November 2, 1852, to Henrietta, daughter of Rev. Prof. 
Wilhelni Schmidt, Columbus, O. 

Publications. — The Ministerial Office Distinct from the General Priesthood, but no 
Hierarchy, Evangelical Review, XL 311. Baptismal Regeneration, lb., XVIII. 46. 
Modern Reform, Lutheran Quarterly, IV. 339. The Church the Institution of True 
Reform, lb., V. 259. 

Samuel Yingling. Born October 14, 181 9, York, Pa. Parents John and Han- 
nah. From carpenter trade entered Preparatory 1844. Philomathsean, orator, anni- 
versary, 1849. Linnsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1852. Pas- 
torates, Jersey Shore, Pa. ; Palmyra, Pa. ; Bedford; Perrysville; Hanover; Shoup's 
Charge, Dauphin county ; Columbia, Pa., since 1881. Married March 17, 1853, to 
Susan Voglesong,.York, Pa. 

CLASS OF 1851. 
Lewis Jacob Bell. Born October i, 1828, near Leitersburg, Md. Parents Jacob 
E. and Ann Maria. From farm entered Freshman, 1847. Phrenakosmian. Lin- 
nsean. Tutor Alma Mater^ 1852-3. Missionary for Sunday-school Union. Theo- 



CLASS OF 1 85 I. 239 

logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1855. Teaching in Gymnasium, Johnstown, 
Pa., and preaching in neighborhood. Afterward pastor in Adams county. Pa. Owing 
to throat trouble retired from active ministry, and after several years spent in teaching 
and editorial work, in 1868 went into drug and book business at Smithsburg, Md., 
present residence. Married May, 1857, to Miss C. A. Marbourg, Johnstown, Pa. 

* William A. Castleman. Born January, 1823, in Williamsburg, Ontario. Pre- 
pared at Hartwick Seminary. Entered Junior, 1849. Residence, Williamsburg. 
Phrenakosmian. Entered the medical profession after studies in New York and 
Toronto. Practiced in Williamsburg. Died May 25, 1868. Bachelor. 

*JoHN Samuel Crumkaugh. Born November 7, 1831, at Walkersville, Md. 
Parents, John and Susan (Baugher). Entered Preparatory 1846. Phrenakosmian. 
Valedictorian. Theological course under Rev. J. C. Baker. Licensed 1853. Prin- 
cipal High School, Lancaster, 1851-3; First pastor of St. John's, Lancaster, 1853-7. 
Health failing, resigned, and was Superintendent of Common Schools of Lancaster 
county till death, January 13, 1859. Married June 20, 1854, to Susan, daughter of 
W. Beates, D. D., Lancaster, Pa. 

Published. — God in History. Address before Literary Societies, Franklin and 
Marshall College, 1855. 

George Eyster. Born February 12, 1832, Chambersburg, Pa. Parents, George 
S. and Eleanor S. From Chambersburg Academy entered Sophomore, 1848. 
Phrenakosmian. Taught short while in Delaware county and Philadelphia. Law 
student under F. Smith, esq., Chambersburg. Admitted to the bar 1854. Practiced 
law in Chambersburg, 1854-63. Editor and publisher of county paper, 1855-6. 
District Attorney of Franklin county, 1860-3. Provost Marshal, ranking as Captain 
of Cavalry, i6th District of Pennsylvania, June, 1863 — September, 1865. Treasurer 
of Mint, 1869-78. Assistant Treasurer of United States at Philadelphia since 1869. 
Married May 14, 1856, to Mary E. Craig, of Montgomery township, Franklin 
county, Pa. 

William G. George. Born July 5, 1832, in Lebanon, Pa. Parents, John and 
Rose. Entered Sophomore 1848. Philomathfean. Linnaean. Admitted to the bar 
1854, at Lebanon. For many years practicing his profession at South Bend, Indiana. 
Served as Asst. Adjt. Gen. of Volunteers, U. S. A., during war. Married to Lydia 
Pfleger, of Lebanon, Pa. 

* Charles H. Hersh. Born January 17, 1824, in New Oxford, Adams county. 
Pa. Entered Preparatory 1845. Philomathsean. Theological Course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1853. Pastor, Salem Cross-Roads, Westmoreland county. Pa., 1853-6; 
Dansville, N. Y., 1856-8; Canajoharie, N. Y., 1858-9; Second Church, Baltimore, 
Md., 1859, during which year, November 22, he died. Married June 23, 1854, to 
Mary McC. McClean, Harrisburg. 

Jacob A. Lefevre. Entered Preparatory 1844. Residence, Gettysburg. Phrena- 
kosmian. Latin Salutatory. Tutor, Alma Mater, 1851-3; pursued theological stu- 
dies Princeton, N. J., and entered the Presbyterian Ministry about 1856. Continues 
to serve the same charge in Baltimore, Md. Has received the degree D. D. Married 
to Miss Sauerwein, of Baltimore. 



240 ALUMNI RECORD. 

* Edward Minturn. Bom March 10, 1831, in New York. Prepared at Oak- 
ridge Seminary, Gettysburg. Entered Freshman 1S47. Philomathcean. Graduated 
M. D.., University of Pennsylvania, 1854. European tour, 1854-5. Practiced in 
Philadelphia, 1855, till his death, September 6, 1858. Physician of the Guardians 
of the Poor, 1856. Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 

Eeward a. Sharretts. Parents, Frederick and Catharine. Farmer. Entered 
Preparatoiy 1846. Phrenakosmian. Taught and studied theology privately for sev- 
eral years. Pastorates, Bloomsburg; Danville; Muncy, Pa.; mostly in Columbia 
county. Residence, Espy. Married three times; first wife was Sophie Strickhouser, 
of Gettysburg, Pa., and second Miss Creveling, of Bloomsburg, Pa. 

Isaac Sprecher. Born July 19, 1825, Clearspring, Md. Parents, Daniel and 
Mary. From farming, entered Preparatory 1845. Philomathcean. Linna^an. Li- 
censed, 1852. Professor of Ancient Languages Wittenberg College 1852-7S, since 
which date residing at Clearspring, Md. ; and superintendent of common schools Wash- 
ington county, Md. Married August 2, 1S53, to Catharine Ankeney, Clearspring, Md. 

* Theodore Augustus Stecher was the son of a well and favorably known 
Lutheran clergyman of half a century ago. Born February 4, 1830. Entered Pre- 
paratory 1845. Graduated aged 21 years. Philomathaean. March, 1853, began his 
connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad as clerk in Superintendent's oflrce at 
Altoona, Pa. May, 1S55, became Assistant General Ticket Agent, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Afterward located in Philadelphia, filling a responsible position, serving as General 
Ticket Agent from 1872 till his death. The estimate placed on his services is in- 
dicated in the statement made in the official notice of his death : " In his ofiftcial rela- 
tions he was conscientious and faithful in the discharge of his duties, and possessed 
the confidence and esteem of his associates." 

Both by word and deed, Mr. Stecher proved himself a staunch, true and tried 
friend of Pennsylvania College. At the time of his death he was a member of the 
Committee of Arrangements for the Semi-Centennial, and was an earnest and enthu- 
siastic friend and advocate of every suitable means for promoting the honor and suc- 
cess of Alma Mater. Ever ready to do the under-graduates kindly favors, they will 
continue to cherish his name and memory as the friend and helper of those seeking a 
higher education. All will regret that " Reminiscences of a College Life," by Tele- 
phone, in the Pennsylvania College Monthly, were cut short so suddenly and perma- 
nently, and that his ready pen was not permitted to add other paragraphs of wit and 
hymor to the recollections of life in Pennsylvania College for this volume. At the 
time of his death Mr. Stecher was a member and trustee of St. Paul's Lutheran 
Church, Ardmore, from which place he was buried, February 19, 1880. His funeral 
was attended by a large number of railroad employees and officials, who bore him 
regretfully and tenderly to his quiet resting-place beneath the shades of the beautiful 
and hallowed Mount Moriah. Rev. W. H. Steck. 

* David Swope. Born December 25, 1824, at Gettysburg. Parents, Adam and 
Lydia. Entered Preparatory 1841. Philomathtean. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1855. Pastor successively at White Marsh, Pa.; Johnstown, Pa.; Dansville, 
Middleburgh and Guilderland, N. Y. ; Clearspring, Md., and Centreville, Pa., where 
he died, November 21, 18S1. Married, November 5, 1S56, to Clara J., daughter of 
Dr. Jesse Gilbert, Gettysburg. 



CLASS OF 1852. 241 

Allen Travkr. Born December 11, 1826, Claverack, N. Y. Parents, Frederick 
and Elizabeth (Teal). From Ilartwick Seminary entered .'^phomore, 1848. Philo- 
mathaean. Linna-an. Theological course at Hartwick and Aulnirn Seminary. Or- 
dained, 1854, in Presbyterian ministry. Has served various charges in New York 
State— Lafayette, 1855-7; Ludlowville, 1857-61 ; Belmont, 1861-3; Hillsdale, 
1863-5; Corfin, 1865-8; Dresden, 1876-8, etc. Resides since 1878 at Rochester, 
X. Y., and associate editor of Exponent. Married, November 22, 1854, to Jane 
Elizabeth Clarke, Hartwick Seminary, N. Y. 

Publications. — Law, Presbyterian Quarterly Review, July, 1859. Repose as an 
Element of Christian Character, Evangelical Review, XVL 118. Evidences of a 
Future State, lb., XVHL 249. The N^ature of Language, Lutheran Quarterly, VH. 
588. The Will, lb., XX. 363. The Nature of the Soul, Mercersburg Review, July, 
1878. Spiritual Dynamics, lb., October, 1879. The Evidence of the Soul's Ex- 
istence, Reformed Quarterly, April, 1880. Thinking, Thought, Literature, lb., Janu- 
ary, 1881. Life, Discipline, Death, lb., October, 1881. Man's Subjective Religious 
History, lb., January, 1882. 

David Wills. Born February 3, 1831, in Menallen township, Adams county, 
*I'a. Parents, James G. and Ruth W. Entered Preparatory 1845. Philomathjean, 
orator, contest. Linneean. Studied law in office of Hon. Thaddeus .Stevens. Ad- 
mitted to the bar 1854, since when engaged in practice of law in Gettysburg. Officer 
of Borough. Superintendent of Common Schools of Adams county, 1854-6. Director 
of Gettysburg National Bank since 1856. President Judge of 42d judicial distrfct 
during 1874. Originator of and President of Commissioners, till its cession to 
United States Government, of National Cemetery, at Gettysburg. President of B. & 
C. V. .R. R. since 1880. Director of H. R. R. and branches. Married, June 19, 
1856, to Jennie C, daughter of Hon. D. M. Smyser, N^orristown, Pa. 

CLASS OF 1852. 

Henry A. Grim. Born June 27, 1831, in Lehigh county, Pa. Parents, Samuel 
and Anna E. Prepared in private schools. Entered Sophomore, second term, 1849. 
Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. Graduated, M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1855. 
Practicing at Allentown, Pa. Ast. Surgeon 12th Regt, P. Reserve Corps, Oct. 6, 
1862-April 13, 1864; Surgeon 5 R. P. Reserves April 13, 1864-June 11, 1864. 
Surg. 198 R. P. v., Aug. 15, 1864-June 4, 1865. Trustee of .Muhlenberg College.- 

John Walusch-MIDT Hassler. Born September 25, 1826, near Jackson Hall, 
Franklin county. Pa. Parents, John and Keturah. Farming. Entered Preparatory 
1846. Philomathsean. Linnsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1854. 
Pa.stor, Rhinebeck, N. Y., 1854-5 ; Centre Square, Montgomery county. Pa., 
1855-62; New Holland, Pa., since 1865. Chaplain 2d Pennsylvania Artillery, Feb- 
ruary 8, 1862 — August 3,1863. Married June 7, 1869, to Abbie Bilyeu, at Centre 
Square, Pa. 

Publications. — Funeral Sermon of Dr. John W. Luther, 1870 ; same of Dr. L 

Winters, Sn., 1873. Emigration in the Lutheran Church, Second Lutheran Diet, 

Philadelphia, 1879. History of New Holland Lutheran Church, 1880. Comments 

on Sunday-school Lessons, Lutheran and Missionary, 1876-7; for Helper, 1877-80. 

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242 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Reuben Hill. Born July 22, 1826, Hughesville, Pa. Parents, John and Catha- 
rine. Farmer. Prepased in schools at Lewisburg. Entered Freshman, 1848. 
Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Valedictoiy. Taught in Roanoke College, 1852-3. . 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1854. Pastor, Gettysburg, Pa., 1855-9 > 
Hagerstown, Md., 1859-60 ; Pittsburgh, Pa., 1860-6 ; Rhinebeck, N. Y., 1866-9; 
Rochester, N. Y., 1869-74; and Allentown, Pa., since 1874.^ Also Acting Professor 
in Muhlenberg College for some years. Trustee of Muhlenberg College. Married 
June 2, 1857, to Rose F., daughter of Prof. C. F. Schaeffer, D. D., Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Discourse delivered at laying corner-stone of Lodge of Evergreen 
Cemetery, Gettysburg, 1855. Our Country and her History, Thanksgiving Day Ser- 
mon, 1856. The Lutheran Church and Missions, Sermon, i860. Thanksgiving 
Sermon, i860. Israel Under the Second Great Monarchy, Evangelical Review, XL 
369- 

*JOHN W. Kregelo. Born April- 26, 1S28, in Taneytown, Md. Parents, Jacob 
and Sophia. Entered Preparatory 1846. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1854. Before and after licensure, vi'as employed by Maryland 
S. S. Union. Took charge at Leechburg, Pa., July 1854, and died from consumption, 
November 13, 1854. Bachelor. 

John Jacob Scherer. Born February 7, 1830, in Wythe county, Virginia. 
Parents, Rev. Jacob and Elizabeth. From Virginia Collegiate Institute (now 
Roanoke College) entered Senior, 1851. Phrenakosmian. Pursued theological 
studies privately. Licensed 1855. After graduation, in connection with his father 
and brother, established Colorado College, at Columbus, Texas. Was Professor of 
Languages and for a number of years President. In 1871 removed to Marion, Va., 
taking charge of congregations, and in 1872 establishing Marion Female Colfege, of 
which now President. Chaplain of Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Texas, and after- 
ward of Virginia. Married, September 5, 1867, to E. Kate Killinger, Smyth county, Va. 

Publishes College Souvenir, monthly. 

George Henry Spang. Born February 16, 1830, at Roaring Springs, Pa. 
Parents, George B. and Sarah A. Entered Freshman 1848. PhilomatliKan. Lin- 
nsean. English Salutatoiy. Studied law in office of Hon. J. Mann. Admitted to 
the bar 1854. District Attorney of Bedford county 1856-62. Member Pennsylvania 
Legislature sessions, of 1875-6-7-8. Married, November 25, 1862, to Miss E. J. 
Alsip, Bedford, Pa. 

-* Peter Richter Wagonseller. Born 1830, at Selinsgrove, Pa. Parents, 
Jacob (M. D.) and Mary. Entered Preparatory 1846. PhilomathEean. Latin 
Salutatory. Graduated M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1853.* Practised his pro- 
fession at Selinsgrove, Pa. Died 1873. Married to Catharine Chritzman, Gettys- 
burg, Pa. Contributed to various medical works. Had been Pension Exam. Physi- 
cian. 

CLASS OF 1853. 

* Nesbtt Baugher. Born September 22, 1836, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, Pres- 
ident Henry L. and Clara Mary (Brooks). Entered Preparatory, 1844. Phrena- 
kosmian. Linntean. Studied medicine, Med. Dept., Alma Mater. Subsequently 

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CLASS OF 1853. 243 

studied law. Admitted to the bar, 1857. Edited Warren (111.) Independent, and 
subi5equently co-editor of Galena (111.) Daily Advertiser and Weekly Ahrthwestern 
Gazette. Entered National army as First Lieutenant Company B., 45th Regiment, 
Illinois Volunteers; was wounded seven times at battle of Shiloh (Pittsburgh Land- 
ing), and died in hospital at Quincy, 111., May 16, 1862. Buried in Evergreen ceme- 
tery, Gettysburg, His courage was .specially mentioned in Congressional debates. 
His portrait occurs in Count Schwabe's Gallery of Fallen Heroes, now in the posses- 
sion of the State of Massachusetts. Bachelor. 

Ferdinano Bkrkemkyer. Born April 10, 1828, in Albany, Berks county, Pa. 
Parents, L. I. A. F. and Judith. Teaching in Lehigh county. Pa. Entered Prepar- 
atory, 1848. Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1855. Pastor, Friesburg, N. J. ; Allentown, Pa. ; and Hellersville, Pa., since 1859. 
Married November 20, 1855, to Kate H. Haberacker, Allentown, Pa. 

Peter Bergstresser. Born ."Vpril 22, 1826, in Selinsgrove, Pa. Parents, Peter 
and Elizabeth. Cabinetmaker. Entered Preparatory, 1848. Philomathaean, Lin- 
nsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1855. Pastor, Millport, Pa., 
1855-7; Orangeville, 1857-61 ; Canton, 111., 1861-3; Knoxville, III., 1863-5 ; Michi- 
gan, 1865-7 ; Taneytown, Md., 1867-74. Professor of Theology, Hartwick Sem- 
inary, 1874-6. Pastor, Waynesboro, Pa., since 1876. D. D., Alma Mater, 1881. 
Married to Martha Jane, daughter of Hon. John L. Fuller, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Vain Excuses Answered, 1873. Waynesboro Discussion on Baptism. 
Lord's Supper and Feet Washing, 1879. The Christian Sal^bath, Evangelical Review, 
XIV. 365. Church Discipline, lb., XVIII. 182. Ministerial Education, lb., XIX. 
466. Divine Government, lb., XXI. 377, The Church. Quarterly Review, III. 43. 
Christian Beneficence, VI. 117. 

Christopher Fi.n'e. Entered Preparatory 1847. Residence, Finesville, N. J. 
Piirenakosmian. Admitted to the bar and practicing since in New York City. 
Alumni Address, Alma Mater, 1872. 

P. D. W. Hankey. Born August 11, 1830, near Emmittsburg, Md. Parents, 
Jacob and Elizabeth (Shriverj. Entered Preparatory, 1845. Philomathaean. Prin- 
cipal of Mt. Pleasant .Seminary, Boyerstown, Pa., 1854-61. • Since 1861 engaged 
principally in farming near Gettysburg. Superintendent of Common Schools of 
Adams county. Pa., 1871-2.^ Married to Annie E. Hartman, Arendtsville, Pa. 

* Isaac Bladen Hankey. Born April 24, 1832, near Emmittsburg, Md. Par- 
ents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Shriverj. From near Gettysburg, entered Preparatory, 
1847. Philomathaean. Taught at Mt. Holly, N. J., 1853-4; Tracy's Landing, 
Md., 1854-5. Founder and Principal of Kallynean Academy, Boyerstown, Pa., 
1856-80; High School, Kridersville, Pa., 1880-81. Returned April i, 1881, to 
Boyerstown, where he died April 3, 1881. Was an accomplished surveyor, and a 
Justice of -the Peace for Berks county. Ph. D. from Lewisburg College. Married 
June, 1856, to .Sarah K. Stauffer, Boyertown, Pa. 

* Levi K. Hoch. Born December 14, 1824, in Middlesex township, Cumberland 
county. Pa. Parents, George and Mary. After teaching school, entered Preparatory, 
1847. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. During college course and after graduation 
taught school till 1 861, after which he engaged in farming till his death, September 



244 ALUMNI RECORD. 

3, 1S74. Married August 23, 1855, to Martha C. Moor, Springfield, Cumberland 
county, Pa. 

* Thomas William Kemp. Born December 2, 1833, in Frederick county, Md. 
Parents, Col. Lewis and Rebecca. Entered Preparatory, 1847, '^'^s absent part of 
the time in private study. Theological course, partly privately and partly at Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1855. Assistant to Dr. T. Stork, St. Mark's, Philadelphia, 1855-6. 
Pastor of English Mission, Chicago, 1856-7. Owing to ill health resigned, and sub- 
sequently spent over a year in Europe. Returned December, 1859, and died in Fred- 
erick, Md., SeiDtember 14, 1861. Bachelor. 

Daniel S. Riddle. Entered Sophomore, 1850. Residence, Bedford county. Pa. 
Philomatheean. Admitted to the bar, and practicing since in New York city. 

John Schwartz. Entered Preparatory, 1844. Residence, Adams county. Philo- 
math£Ean. Been engaged in teaching in Berks and Adams county. Present Resi- 
dence, White Hall, Adams county. Pa. 

* Benjamin Christian Suesserott. Born April 28, 1833, in Chambersburg, 
Pa. Parents, Christian Lewis and Eleanor Charlotte. Entered Sophomore, 1850. 
Phrenakosmian. Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1856. 
Pastor, White Marsh, Pa., 1856-57. Professor of Greek, Illinois State University, 
Springfield, 111., 1857-63. Principal of Female Seminary, Springfield, 111., 1859-70 
Pastor St. John's, Lancaster, Pa., 1870 till death, January 24, 1876. Married Decem. 
ber 24, 1856, to M. Josephine, daughter of Dr. S. S. Schmucker, Gettysburg. 

* Timothy Tilghman Titus. Born March 4, 1829, in Loudon county, Va. 
Parents, Itum and Catharine. Entered Preparatory, 1848. Absent at intervals en- 
gaged in teaching or selling books. Phrenakosmian. Valedictory. Theological course, 
Gettysburg, and Tutor in Alma Mater, 1853-4. Licensed, 1855. Pastor, Stoughs- 
town, 1855-6; Cabinet, Pa., 1856-61; Milton, Pa., 1861-3 ; Springfield, O., 1 863-7; 
St. John's, and subsequently Trinity, Hagerstown, Md., 1867-72.'' Professor in 
Hartwick Seminary 1872 till his death, February 15, 1873. Married in 1855 to 
Miss R. M. Witherow, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Co-editor Lutheran Home yournal. Historical Sketch, St. Paul's 
church, Lower Merion', i860. The Shekinah, Evangelical Review, XL 344. Was 
Isaac on Mt. Sinai a Type of Christ ? lb., XIX. 447. Sunday-school Question Books. 

William F. Ulery. Born January, 1829, in Westphalia, Germany. Parents, 
Frederic and Maria. Prepared in Zelienople and Greensburg Academies. Entered 
SoiDliomore, 1850. Had previously been employed in teaching. Philomathsean. 
Linnrean. Greek oration. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1855. Pas- 
tor, Greensburg, 1855-63; Greenville, Pa., 1863-71; Professor in Thiel College, 
1871-4; Principal school Mayville, N. Y., 1874-6; Pittsburgh, 1876-7. Pastor 
Greensburg, since 1877. Trustee Thiel College. Married June 22, 1859, to Annetta 
Luyties, Greensburg, Pa. 

Asa Harris Waters. Born March 4, 1824, at Pinegrove, Mercer county, Pa. 
Parents, Owen and Juliet. Clerking. From Zelienople Academy entered Freshman, 
1849. Philomathsean. Linn;:ean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1857. 

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CLASS OF 1854. 245 

Pastor of congregations in Butler county, Pa. Principal of Witherspoon Institute, 
1859; of Academy, Butler, Pa., 1860-1 ; Superintendent Common Schools, Butler 
county, 1863-6. Principal Soldiers' Orphan School, Uniontown, since 1866. During 
1863 served in Christian and Sanitary Commission work at Memphis, etc. Married 
to Miss H. C, daughter of Rev. M. J. Steck, Greensburg, Pa. 

CLASS OF 1854. 

Legh Richmond Baugher. Born October 7, 1834, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, 
President Henry I., and Clara Mary (Brooks). Entered Preparatory, 1844. Phren- 
akosmian. Linneean. Has been engaged in teaching in High Schools and Acade- 
mies, at Gettysburg; Lebanon, O. ; Lebanon, Pa.; Delaware City, Del.; and at 
Hanover, Pa., since 1873. For some years previous to 1873 was engaged in business 
in New York City. Married December 28, 1865, to Jane Gordon Whiteside, Kers- 
ville, Cumberland county. Pa. Has engaged on several occasions in temporary 
editorial work. 

Amos Copenh.wer. Born August, 1825, in Wythe county, Va. Parents, John 
and Rebecca. After farming, prepared at Virginia Collegiate Institute (now Roanoke 
College), and entered Junior, 1852. Phrenakosmian. Studied theology privately. 
Licensed 1855. Pastor, Smithfield, Va., 1856-9; Boonsboro, Md., 1859-67; McAl- 
listerville. Pa., since 1867. Married November, 1855, to Augusta C. Herbst, Wythe 
county, Va. 

Lewis Hippee. Born April 4, 1826, at Canton, O. Parents, George and Anna. 
Entered Preparatory, 1849. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1856. Pastor, White Marsh, Pa., 1S57-9; Canajoharie, N. Y., 1859-66; 
Prospect, Pa., 1866-73; North Williamsburg, Ont., 1873-9; Canton, O., 1879; Ot- 
tawa, Kansas, 1880. Residing at Carthage, 111., since 1881. Married October 28, 
1857, to Louisa McClellan, Gettysburg, Pa. 

* Adam Long. Born December 14, 1825, in Clarion county. Pa. From Academy 
at Zelienople. Entered Freshman, 1850. Philomathasan. Latin Salutatory. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1857. December 23, 1857, started for India, 
and labored in Mission field of Lutheran church till his death from small-pox, March 
5, 1866, at Rajahmundry, India. Married at Gettysburg, November 12, 1857, to 
Mary Deitterich, of Ohio. 

John T. Ross. October 20, 1832, in Middletown, Pa. Parents, Joseph and 
Catharine. Entered Preparatory in the Spring of 1850. Philomath^an. Linnsean. 
Valedictory. Teaching, Loysville, 1854-5 ; Schellsburg, Pa., 1855-7; Middletown, 
Pa., Academy, 1857-9. Professor in Illinois State University, 1859-61. Superin- 
tendent of Emmaus Orphans' Home, Middletown, Pa., 1861-4. Engaged in mer- 
cantile business in Philadelphia since 1864. Residence, Germantown, Pa. Married, 
December 25, i860, to Lavinia A. Bunn, Schellsburg, Pa. 

EzR.\ Schieldknecht. Born November 5, 1829, in Middletown, Md. Parents, 
William and Mazie. From the farm entered Preparatory, 1849. Phrenakosmian. 
Been engaged in teaching at Flagerstown and Funkstown, Md., present residence. 
Married, August 16, i860, to Catharine Welsh, Hagerstown, Md. 



246 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Gkorgk \V. ScilMUCKKR. Bovn J"ly i^'- 1^3^^ in Gettysburg, rareuts. Rev. 
Dr. Samuel S. and Catharine (Steenberger.) Entered Preparatory 1S47. Phrena- 
kosmian. Greek oration. Teaching 1S54-9. Theological course, Gettysburg. Li- 
censed 1S61. Pastor Rhinebeck and Red Hook, N. Y.. and Pottstown, Pa. By 
reason of ill health retired from the active ministry in 1S71 ; has since been em- 
ployed as special agent for the INIutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 
Present resident, Philadelphia. Married, October, 1S69, Delia P. Feller, Rhinebeck, 
N. Y. 

JAMKs MoNROF. ScuRKCKHlSE. Bom June 9, 1831, near Mt. Sidney, Augusta 
ccnuuy, ^"a. Parents, George and Jane (Keiser.) After being employed in farming, 
prepared at Yirginui Collegiate Institute (Roanoke College) for Junior, 1S52. 
Phreuakosmian. Linnivan. Taught school five months — before pursuing theological 
course, tlettysburg. Licensed 1856. Pastor Churchville, Augusta county, Va., 
1S56-S; Rockbridge county, Ya., 1S58-60. l\ofessor of Ancient Languages, New- 
berry College, 1S60-5. Pastor of previous charge in Rockbridge county, Va., since 
1865, residing at iNlofiatt's Creek, Augusta county. Married, December 28, 1S63, to 
Amanda R. Sill, Churchville, Ya. 

■* Daniel Jacob Tkitlk. Born November 17, 1S34, at Leitersburg, Md. Parents. 
Lewis and Catharine. Kntered Sophomore. 1S51. Absent greater part of year, 
1850-1. Phrenakosmian. English Salutatory. Engaged pi'incipally in teaching, 
when health would permit. Resided in Reisterstown, JNId., 1854-67; merchant. Lu- 
therville, ]\ld., 1867-71; Gettysburg, from June. 1S71. to his death November 23, 
same year. Bachelor. 

Erias Unangst. Born in 1824, in the Lehigh valley. Pa. Parents. Jacob and 
Ellanora. Teaching. Entered Preparatory. 1S47. Philomaihaan. Tutor, Alma 
Mater, 1S54-0. Theological course, Gettysbui'g. Ordained 1S57. Has been 
actively and successfully engaged in the General Synod Mission field in India since 
November 23, 1S57. except a visit to the United States in 1S71. D. D., Wittenberg 
College, 1878. Married September 24, 1857. to Phebe Milliken, I.ewistown, Pa. 

Publications. — Historical Sketch of the American Evangelical Lutheran Missions 
in India, 1S79. Assisted in the translation of the New Testament now in use in the 
mission field. Also various tracts and hymns, original and translations, in Telugu. 

Jal\u; l'"Kian"KicK W'AMroiK. Porn June o. 1833. in Spring City, Chester county, 
Pa. Parents. Rev. Jacob and Susanna Clementine. From Washington Hall Col- 
legiate Institute, Trappe, Pa., entered Sophomore, 1851. Phrenakosmian. Lin- 
ntean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1857. Taught during part of 
Theological coui-se in Academy at Hollidaysburg. Pastor. Shamokin, 1S57-68; 
Turbotville, 1S6S-77 ; Freeburg, Pa,, since 1S77. Director Theological Seminary. 
Philadelphia. Trustee Muhlenberg College. Married November 13, 1862, to ^lar- 
garet Krick, Harrishurg, Pa. 

JosiAH Zimmerman, Born December 16, 182S, in Greensbui-g, Pa, Parents, 
Jonathan and Magdalene. After tailoring, prepared at Greensburg Academy. En- 
tered Freshman, half advanced, 1 85 1, Philomathiwin. Theological coui-se, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1856. Pastor, Millerstown. Perry county. Pa.. 1S56-9; Little Cove, 
Franklin couiitv. Pa.. iSsO-oi: St. Clairsville. Bedford countv. Pa.; New Centre- 



CLASS OF 1855. 247 

ville, Somerset county, Pa.; Elvira, Clinton county, Iowa, 1869-71; Dakota, Neb., 
1871-6. .Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dakota, 187C-80. (jeneral Colpor- 
teur for Nebraska since 1880. Residence, Dakota, Neb. .Married October 26, 1856, 
to Martha, daughter of Dr. S. E. Hall, Cetty.sburg. 

CLASS OF 1855. 

*Jon.N Ii.GK.N iJuKKi.i.i.. Born February 5, 1829, in Centre county, J'a. Parents, 
.Samuel and Lydia. From farm entered Preparatory, 1849, Ab.sent year 1851-52. 
I'hrenakosmian. Linnaean. Principal Academy, Aaronsburg, Pa. Superintendent 
.Schools of Centre county, 1857-60. Read law and admitted to the bar. Studied 
theology under Rev. D. Mo.ser. Licen.sed i860. I'a.stor, .Stone church, Northamp- 
ton county, Pa., 1860-75 > Brooklyn, N. Y., 1875 ''^^ death, January 21, 1877. Trustee 
of Alma Mater, 1874-7. .Married Septemljer 20, 1855, to Susan Elizabeth Schwartz, 
(iettysljurg, I'a. 

•LuTiiKR IIk.nrv Ckom,. Porn August 8, 1834, in .Middletown, Pa. Parents, 
Abner and Rachel (Shelly). Entered i'reparatory, 1850. I'hilomathaean, essayist, 
anniversary, 1855. Linnaean. Latin Salutatory. Teaching in Allentown Seminary, 
1855-7. Senior Tutor, Alma Mater, 1858. Professor of Mathematics, Illinois State 
University, Springfield, III., 1858-61 ; iVincipal of Academy, .Middletown, Pa., 1861-2. 
Principal of Classical Institute, Indianapolis, Ind., 1863-66. Professor of Mathe- 
matics and Astronomy, Alma Mater, 1866-74; of Mathematics, 1874-80; of Mathe- 
matics and Astronomy since 1880. Vice-President of same since 1873. .Married 
August 27, 1866, to Jennie Crawford Smyth, Sheli>yville, Ind. 

J. Fkazikr. Born February 16, 1828, in Frederick, Md. From carpenter trade 
entered Preparatory, 1849. Phrenako.smian. During several years spent in teaching, 
studied theology privately. Licensed 1859. Pastorates, Middleway, Va.; Newry, 
Pa.; James Creek, Pa.; Cassville, I'a.; Blain, Pa.; I'ortland, Ind., at present. 
Married to Miss A. M. Prazier. 

Sa.muki, AijfiL'STUS Hoi.MAN. Born October 6, i83i,in Harrisburg, I'a. Parents, 
Samuel and Sarah. Prepared in schools at Harrisburg and Noiwich, Vt. ICntered 
Freshman 185 1. Philomathaean. Linnaean. Valedictory. Druggist, Harrisburg, 
1855-7. Theological course, under Dr. C. A. Hay, and subsequently Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1859. Pastor, Pottsville, Pa., 1859-61. Chaplain 48th Regiment Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, Augu.st, 1861 — January, 1863. Pastor, Altoona, 1863-7; Grace 
Church, Philadelphia, from organization, 1868-73; Calvary Church, Philadelphia, 
since organization, 1874. Founder of Holman Lectureship in 'I'heological Seminary, 
Gettysburg. Married, March 17, 1863, to Frances Hazen, Pottsville, Pa. 

Publications. — Laborers are Few, Evangelical Review, XVI. 589. Conflict in the 
Church, lb., XX. 58. Alumni Address, Theological .Seminary, Gettysburg, Lutheran 
Quarterly, ]V. 175. Holman Lecture on Art, XV. Augsburg Confession, Lutheran 
Quarterly, X. 316. 

Eli Huukk. liorn January 14, 1834, in I'inegrove, Schuylkill county, Pa. Parents, 
Jacob and Sarah. Entered Preparatory 1850. i'hilomatha,an. Greek oration. 
Tutor Alma Mater 1856-7. Taught academy, (ireencastle, 1857-8. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1858. Pastor, Schuylkill Haven, I'a., 1858-60; Dan- 



248 ALUMNI RECORD. 

ville, Pa, 1860-1; Hummelstown, Pa., 1861-6; Nebraska City, Neb., 1866-76; 
Messiah church, Philadelphia, Pa., since 1876. Professor of Languages, Otoe Uni- 
versity, Nebraska City, 1 870-1. Superintendent City Schools, Nebraska City, 1872-5. 
Member Lutheran Board of Publication. Married, April 22, i860, to M. Ellen Dei- 
bert, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. 

John Alleman Kunkelman. Born, November 4, 1832, Dauphin county, Pa. 
Parents, Peter and Christina. From Franklin county entered Preparatory, 1849. 
.Philomathsean, debater, contest, 1855. Linn?ean. Theological studies pursued pri- 
vately. Licensed 1856. Pastor, Schellsburg, Pa., 1856-8; Indianapolis, Ind., 1858- 
66; Chambersburg, Fa., 1866; Fort Wayne, Ind., 1867; St. Mark's, Philadelphia, 
1868-80. Owing to ill health retired temporarily to Nebraska City, Neb. President 
of Carthage College 1881. D. D., Alma Mater, 1881. Married, October 23, 1856, 
to Mary Rebecca Rea, Loysville, Pa. 

Publications. — Chinese Problem, Evangelical Review, XXI. 74. Tract on Lord's 
Day, published by Sabbath Association, Philadelphia. Monograph: Quakers on the 
Delaware, published by Friends' Publication Society, Philadelphia. 

W. Frank P.\xton. Born March 12, 1S35, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, W. W. 
and Mary C. Entered Preparatory, 1849. Philomathaean, debater, anniversary, 
1855. Linntean. Principal Academy, Emmittsburg, Md., 1855-6. Professor of 
Mathematics and Natural Science, Female College, Baltimore, 1856-8. Entered 
ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1858. Regular pastorates in Upper Iowa 
Conference, 1858-71. Presiding Elder of Fayette District in same Conference, 
1S71-5, and Presiding Elder of Davenport District, 1875-9. Financial agent of 
Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1880. Residence, Waterloo, Iowa. Married 
January 23, i860, to Miss N. K. Deinhart, Waterloo, Iowa. 

Jacob Rinehart. Born April 26, 1834, near Flampstead, Md. Parents, John 
and Margaret (Weaver). Entered Preparatory, 1849. Phrenakosmian. Linna;an. 
Graduated M. D., Medical Department, Alma Mater, Philadelphia, 1858. Practiced 
profession at Fairfield, Pa., 1858-64; Frizzelburg,' Md., since 1864. Member 
Maryland House of Delegates, 1S76-7. Trustee of County Free Schools since i87i. 
Married September 21, i860, to Maggie A. Grabill, Emmittsburg, Md. 

James W. Shuey. Born August 25, 1829, in Augusta county, Va. Parents, 
George and Elizabeth. Prepared at Virginia Collegiate Institute (Roanoke College). 
Entered Junior, 1853. Phrenakosmian. Linnjean. Pursued medical studies Uni- 
vefsity of Virginia, and New York Medical College. Graduated M. D. in 1859. 
Practiced profession at Amsterdam, Va., 1S59-1878 ; Salem, Va., 1878-9; since 
1879 at Sherman, Texas. Justice of the Peace for two years. 

Joseph R. Titzel. Born May 9, 1832, near Markelville, Perry county. Pa. 
Parents, George and Mary Rebecca (Tressler). Learned carpenter trade and taught 
one term. Entered Preparatory, 1850. Philomathaean, essayist, anniversary, 1S59. 
Linnrean. Principal successively of Public Schools, Sharon, Pa. ; of Connoquenessing 
Academy, Zelienople, Pa. ; of Fourth Ward Schools, Pittsburgh ; and of Academy, 
Erie. Since 1874, Professor of Greek, Thiel College, Greenville, Pa. Pursued 
Theological course, Philadelphia. Ordained 1874. Married September 22, 1859, to 
Elizabeth Randolph, ZelienojDle, Pa. 



CLASS OF 1856. 249 



CLASS OF 1856. 

Samuel Augiiey. Born February 8, 1831, in Mil ford township, Juniata county, 
Pa. Parents, Samuel and Elizabeth. Farming and teaching. Entered Preparatory, 
1 85 1. Philomathrean. Linnsean. Teaching. Theological cour.se, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1858. Residing Chester Springs, Pa., 1858-9; Lionville, Pa., 1159-62; 
Blairsville, Pa., 1862-3; Duncannon, Pa., 1863-5. Engaged in general scientific 
work in Nebraska from 1867. Professor of Natural Science in University of Nebraska 
since tSyi. Delivered the Nebraska address at U. S. Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876. 
Member of U. S. Entomological Commission, 1877. U. S. Artesian Well Commis- 
sioner, 1881. Member of American Association for Advancement of Science; Buf- 
falo Academy of Science ; St. Louis Academy of Science. President of Nebraska 
Academy of Science. Secretary of Nebraska Historical Society, etc. Ph. D., Uni- 
versity of Ohio, 1874; Wittenberg College, 1875; Alma Mater, 1876. LL. D., 
Wittenberg College, 1878. Married, October 14, 185S, to Elizabeth C. Welty, West- 
moreland county. Pa. 

Publications. — Renovation of Politics, sermon, 1861. Geology of Nebraska, 
address, 1872. Superficial Deposits of Nebraska, Hayden Survey, 1874. Cata- 
alogue of the Flora of Nebraska, 1875; Catalogue of the Land and Fresh Water 
Shells of Nebraska, Hayden Survey, 1876. Material Resources of Nebraska, 1877. 
Food of the Birds of Nebraska and Faunal List, publication in Government Reports, 
1878. History of Nebraska, 1878. Physical Geography and Geology of Nebraska, 
pp. 326, 1880. The Ideas and the Men that Created the University of Nebraska, 

1881. Geological Report on Shoshone and Beaver Oil Regions of Wyoming, 1880. 
Geological Report on all the Wyoming Oil Basins, 1881. Report of U. S. Artesian 
Well Commission (Aughey and White), 1882. Genesis of the Rocky Mountains, 

1882. Lutheran Population in Nebraska. Lutheran Quarterly, VIH. 382. Many 
other magazine and other scientific papers. 

* John Schatzei.l Cutter. Born 1838, in New York city. Entered Preparator)', 
1850. Philomathtean. Colloquy, anniversary, 1855. Phi Kappa Psi.' Taught for 
some time, and subsequently entered the law ofifice of Benedict and Boonman. 
Admitted to the bar, 1859. Commissioned Captain, 176 N. Y. Volunteers. Fell mor- 
tally wounded at the capture of Brodshear City, La., June 23, 1863. 

T. W. DosH. Born November 21, 1830, Strasburg, Va, Parents, William and 
Ann W. After teaching, entered Preparatory, 1851. Phrenakosmian ; essayist, 
anniversary 1855. Linnsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Valedictory. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1858. Pastor, Wheeling, W. Va., 1859-61 ; Winchester, Va., 
1862-72; St. John's, Charleston, S. C, 1872-6; Salisbury, N. C, 1876-7. President 
Roanoke College, 1877-8. Professor in Theological Seminary, Salem, Va., since 
1878. D. D., Roanoke College, 1875. Married, November 3, 1864, to Kate Baker 
Brown, Winchester, Va. 

Publications. — Sketch of Rev. J. P. Cline, Lutheran Visitor {xaox\\}c\\y), 1866. Our 
Holy Faith, Sermon, lb.. 1867. Editor Lutheran Visitor, May, 1874 — May, 1878. 
Besides various sermons published in church papers by request. 

Webster Eichelberger. Born March 9, 1835, in Frederick county, Md. Parents, 



250 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Martin and Maria Catharine. Prepared at Academy, Charlestown, Va. Entered Junior, 
1854. Residence, Jefferson county, Va. Ptirenalvosmian. Linnaean. Tauglit school 
for some time. Tlieological course, Gettysburg. Ordained, 1863. Tutor, Roanoke 
College, 1 860-1. Served in Confederate Army, member Company G., 2d Regiment, 
Virginia Infantry, June 21, 1861 — July 21, 1862. Principal of Preparatory Depart- 
ment and Adjunct Professor of Latin, Newberry College, S. C, 1862-4. Missionary 
service in Confederate Army, specially with 20th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, 
1864-5. Taught near Baltimore, Md., in military school, 1865-6, private school, 
Guilford, N. C, 1866-7, and private school. New York City, 1867-9. Pastor, 
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., 1869-70. Pastor and teaching. Page county, Va., 1870-I. 
Pastor, Capon Springs Charge, W. Va., 1871-6; Newberry, Ind., 1878-79. Present 
residence, Capon Springs, W. Va. Married, December 9, 1874, to Elizabeth Maria 
Hobart, Hampshire county, W. Va. 

Publications. — Contributions to church papers. 

Samuel M. Firey. Born November 8, 1835, near Clearspring, Md. Parents, 
Henry and Martha. From Clearspi'ing Academy, entered Freshman, 1852. Phren- 
akosmian, orator, anniversary, 1855. Linnsean. After teaching for some time, 
studied law at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and admitted to practice i860. Residing 
Hagerstown, Md., engaged in farming, 1863. Removed in 1871 to Kansas, and in 
same year to St. Louis, Mo. Returned to Clearspring, Md., in 1876, and after study- 
ing theology privately was licensed in 1877. Pastor Clearspring since 1877. Married 
1863, to Martha V. Beall, Cumberland, Md. 

William Hay. Born August 15, 1835, in York, Pa. Parents, Jacob and Sarah. 
From York County Academy entered Freshman, 1S52. Philomathaean, orator, con- 
test, 1855. Linnaean. Admitted to bar 1858, at York, where has since been engaged 
in active practice of his profession. Presidential Elector, 1876. Married May 23, 
1865, to Sarah Juliet Danner, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Civilizing Influence of Christianity on the World, Alumni Address, 
1870, Ev. Rev., XXI. 535. Many newspaper and magazine articles. 

Adam Hoy. Born September 6, 1827, Spring Gap, Centre county. Pa. Parents, 
Albert and Magdalene. After farming and teaching, prepared at Mifflinburg and 
Airy View (Juniata county) Academies. Entered Sophomore, 1853. Phrenakos- 
mian. Linnaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Greek oration. Pursued the study of law in 
the office of H. N. McAllister, and was admitted to the bar at Bellefonte, 1858, and 
has continued in practice at that place. Member of Alumni Committee of Semi- 
centennial of Alma Mater. Married December 26, 1865, to Louisa Hauer, Belle- 
fonte. 

Benjamin E. Kramlich. Born October 7, 1831, Weisenberg, Lehigh county, 
Pa. Parents, Christian and Catharine. After being employed as salesman in dry 
goods store, entered Preparatory, 1 851. Phrenakosmian. Linnajan. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1858. Pastor at Kutztown, Pa., since 1858. President 
of Board of Trustees of Kutztown State Normal School for a number of years. 
Married May 12, 1863, to Sophia Bieber, Kutztown, Pa. 

Publications. — Address on Inauguration of Professors N. C. Schaeffer and J. A. 
Bowman, 1877. 



CLASS OF 1856. 251 

Henry Welty Kuhns. Born August 23, 1829, in GreensVjurg, Pa. Parents, 
John and Susan. From clerk in store and carriage maiiing, entered Preparatory, 
1851. Philomathaean ; colloquy anniversary, 1855. Linna:an. Phi Kappa Psi. 
Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1858. Pastor, Omaha, 
Neb., 1858-72; Newberry, S. C, 1872-8; Westminster, Md., since 1878. Chaplain 
Legislature of Nebraska three years. Secretary of Directory Deaf and Dumb Insti- 
tution, Nebraska, five years. Member Board of Education, Omaha. President for 
some years of Board of Directors of Newberry College. Married, October 18, i860, 
to Charlotte G. Hay, Johnstown, Pa. 

George Washington Leisher. Born August 16, 1837, in Chambersburg, Pa. 
Parents, David M. and Anna Maria. Prepared at Chambersburg Academy, where 
also assistant teacher. Entered Junior, 1854. Philomatha^an. Taught, AUentown 
Seminary, 1856-7; Loysville Academy, 1857; Chambersburg, 1857-8; Germantown, 
Perry county, Pa., 1858-9. Principal of Loysville Academy, 1859-61, of Markle- 
ville Academy, 1861-5, of High School, Petersburg, Perry county. Pa., 1865, of 
Greason Institute, Cumberland county, 1866. Assistant in Academy, Chambensburg, 
1867. Principal, Academy, Boal.sburg, Centre county, 1867-73. After studying 
theology privately, was licensed, 1872. Pastor, Fayetteville charge, New Wilming- 
ton, Pa., 1873-7. Taught at Blain, Perry county, 1877. Pastor, Kittanning charge, 
residence, Manorville, Pa., since 1877. Filled various synodical offices. Manied, 
January 3, i860, to Kate Rice, Loysville, Pa. 

George A. Long. Born July 17, 1830, in N. T. .Stephensburg, Va. Parents, 
Joseph and Elizabeth. From farming, entered Preparatory, 1851. Phrenako.smian. 
Linnaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1858. 
Teaching, Staunton, Va., 1858-60. Chaplain and teaching in Deaf, Dumb and 
Blind Institute, Staunton, Va., 1860-64, since which preaching and teaching in pri- 
vate schools. Present residence, Middleway, W. Va. Married, July 17, 1866, to 
Mary M. Gordon, Frederick county, Va. 

Daniel R. Miller. Born December 4, 1834, in Adamstown, Lancaster county. 
Pa. Parents, Levi and Mary. From Pinegrove, entered Preparatory, 1851. Philo- 
mathsean. Linnaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Since graduation been in lousiness as coal 
operator, residing at Pinegrove, Schuylkill county. Pa. Presidential Elector for XIII. 
District, Pennsylvania, 1872. Delegate to National Convention, 1876. Married, 
February 8, 1862, to Mary Reitzell, Clearspring, Md. 

* Charles Philip Muhlenberg. Born November 24, 1837, in Lanca.ster, Pa. 
Parents, Frederick Augustus and Ann Eliza. Entered Preparatory, 1851. Phrena- 
kosmian. Orator, anniversary, 1855. Studied law with N. Ellmaker, Esq., Lancas- 
ter, and Judge Jones, Reading. Admitted to the bar, November 8, 1859, at Read- 
ing. Responded as private to first call for troops by President Lincoln in Ringgold 
Light Infantrj', April 15, 1861. Commis-sioned ist Lieutenant, 5th Artillery, U. S. 
A., May 14, 1861. Assigned to Company A. Breveted Captain, June 3, 1864, for 
gallant and meritorious service battle of Coal Harbor, Va. Breveted Major U. S. A., 
March 13, 1865, for good conduct and gallant service during the war. Resigned 
February 7, 1867. Practiced law, Reading, till death, January 9, 1872. Bachelor. 

Jacob Cassat Neely. Born February 3, 1838, near Round Hill, Adams county, 



252 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Pa. Parents, James L. and Sarah. Prepared at New Oxford, Shade Gap and Hun- 
terstown Academies. Entei-ed Junior, 1S54. Philomathcean, orator, anniversar}'. 
Engaged in the study of law and admitted to the bar, 1859, since when has prac- 
ticed at Gettysburg. District Attorney for Adams county, 187 1-8. Married May 2, 

1865, to Alice, daughter of S. S. Schmucker, D. D., Gettysburg, Pa. 

William M. Reiley. Born August 8, 1837, York, Pa. Parents, Rev. James R. 
and Louisa (McClellan). Entered Preparatory, 1849. Residence, Gettysburg. 
Philomathcean. Linntean. Theological course, Princeton, 1856-8; Mercersbui-g, 
1858-9; Universities of Germany, 1859-61. Entered Refoi'med (German) ministry, 
1 86 1. Tutor Theological Seminary, Mercersburg, 1861-4. Pastor, Lewisburg, Pa., 
1865-9; Jonestown, Pa., 1869-73. Professor of Languages, Palatinate College, 
Myerstown, Pa., since 1873. Ph. D., Franklin and Marshall College, 1880. Married 
May 16, 1867, to Lizzie A. Schrack, Lewisburg, Pa. 

Publications.— Numerous articles for the Mercersburg Review and Guardian. The 
Artist and his Mission, a Study in ^^sthetics, 18S1. 

John William Schwartz. Born January 8, 1834, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
William Philip and Isabella (Patterson). After clerking in drug store, entered Pre- 
paratory 1 85 1. Phrenakosmian. Teaching and pursuing theological studies pri- 
vately, 1856-9. Licensed 1859. Pastor, Berwick, Columbia county, Pa., 1S59-61 ; 
Lycoming county, Pa., 1861-2; Johnstown, Pa., 1862-5; Martinsburg, Pa., 1S65-7 ; 
Worthington, Pa., since 1867. Director number of years Theological Seminary, 
Gettysburg. Married December 27, 1859, to Kate C. Gemberling, Selinsgrove, Pa. 

Edward H. M. Sell. Born August 16, 1832, in Lehigh county, Pa. Parents, 
Samuel and Mary. After attending Friends' School, Quakertown and Allentown 
Seminary, and teaching, entered Freshman, 1852. Phrenakosmian. Linnrean. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Taught school for some years. Graduated M. D., 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y., 1866. Practiced in New York City since 

1866. Visited during 1870-3, the principal hospitals in Europe, graduating at 
Vienna in 1S72, as Master of Obstetrics. Member of Medico-Legal Society, Amer- 
ican Medical Association, N. Y. Pathological Society, American Academy of Med- 
icine, Vice President and Treasurer. Fellow of London Obstetrical Society, etc. 
Physician to the Eastern Dispensary since 1873. 

Publications. — Very numerous to many medical journals, among which are many 
papers on Obstetrics. Editor of several professional journals ; Physician and Phar- 
macist, etc. 

Robert Dowry Sibbet. Born INIarch 4, 1826, in Cumberland county. Pa. 
Parents, Thomas and Catharine (Ryan). Farmer. Prepared in academies at New- 
ville, Saltsburg and Shippensburg. Entered Junior, 1854. Philomathsean. Lin- 
nsean. Taught in classical schools at Centreville and Shippensburg, 1856-61. 
Pursued medical studies at Universities of Michigan and Pennsylvania. Graduated 
M. D. in 1866. Has practiced in Harrisburg, New Kingston, and Carlisle, present 
residence. Spent 1870-3 in Europe (being in Paris during the siege). Fellow and 
Secretary of Amercan Academy of Medicine, and Vice-President State Medical So- 
ciety. Active in shaping legislation as to quahfication for practice of medicine iu 
Pennsylvania. Bachelor. 

Publications. — Numerous reports and addresses published in Medical Journals. 



CLASS OF 1857. 253 

William Murray Weidman. Born May 8, 1836, in Lebanon, Pa. Parents, 
Jacob B. and Elizabeth (Chambers). Entered Preparatory, 1 851. Philomathaean. 
Linnsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Grad^iated M. D., University of Pennsylvania, i860. 
Resident Physician Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia, 1 860-1. Assistant Surgeon and 
afterward Surgeon 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry, October 31, 1861, to October 31, 1864. 
Since '64, practicing in Reading, Physician to Prison, Berks county. Consulting 
Physician and Surgeon to St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, 1870. President Board 
of Health, Reading, since 1872. Auditor city of Reading, 1869-71. Married to 
Mary May, daughter of Gen. George M. Keim, Reading. 

Publications.— In Medical Journals and Board of Health Reports. 

Jacob Weiuman. Born December 20, 1837, Lebanon, Pa. Parents, Jacob B. 
and Elizabeth (Chambers). Entered Preparatory, 185 1. Philomathajan. Linnsean. 
Phi Kappa Psi. English Salutatory. Theological course, Princeton Seminary; 
entering Presbyterian Ministry by licensure, 1859. Pastor Nanticoke, Luzerne 
county. Pa., 1859-64; Lebanon, Pa., 1865-6. Assistant ■ Pastor First Church, Balti- 
more, 1866-7. Pastor, Bristol, Pa., 1867-73; Easton, Pa., 1873-80 ; Bethlehem, 
Pa., since 1880. Bachelor. 

Published. — .Schism and Protestantism, Evangelical Review, XVHL 82. 

Benjamin D. Zweizig. Born February 6, 1833, in Hamburg, Pa. Parents, Jon- 
athan and Catharine. After clerking and teaching, entered Freshman, 1852. Phren- 
akosmian. While teaching, studied theology privately, under Rev. F. A. M. Keller. 
Licensed 1859. Pastor church near and residing in Reading, Pa., since 1859. Mar- 
ried December 31, 1856, to Mary Ann Shollenberger, of Hamburg, Pa. 

CLASS OF 1857. 

Henry Lol'IS Bau(;her. Born August 6, 1840, Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, Presi- 
dent Henry L. and Clara Mary (Brooks.) Entered Preparatory 1850. Phrenakos 
mian. Linnsean. Phi Gamma Delta. Greek oration. Teaching in Uniontown, 
Md. ; Quakertown, Pa., and Washington, D. C. ; for a time in Sergeant-at- Arms' 
Office, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Theological course, Gettysburg 
and Andover. Licensed 1863. Co-Pastor, Wheeling, 1863-4. Pastor, Norristown, 
1864-7; spent six months in Europe, 1867-8; Indianapolis, Ind., 1868. Professor of 
Greek, Alma Mater, January i, 1869-80. Pastor, Omaha, Neb., 1880-1. Present 
residence, Gettysburg. During 1869-73 temporarily gave instruction in Theological 
Seminary, Gettysburg. D. D., Alma Mater, 1880. Married, April 3, 1872, to Ida 
Smith, York, Pa. 

Publications. — The Good Angels, Evangelical Review, XX. 221. Christ's 
Prophecy of His Sufferings, lb., XXI. 128. The Disfranchisement of Students, 
Quarterly Review, IV. 184. Phil. ii. 6, lb., VIII. 119. Comments on Inter- 
national Bible Lessons (Augsburg Series) and Augsburg Lesson Leaves and Lesson 
Book since 1874. Editor of Augsburg Sunday-School Teacher since 1875. 

Louis Albert Bikle. Born November 6, 1834, in Mechanicstown, Md. Parents, 
Christian I. and Barbara. After being employed as cabinet-maker, prepared at 
Smithsburg Academy. Entered Freshman 1853. Residence, Smithsburg. Phrena- 
kosmian. Linncean. Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 



254 ALUMNI RECORD. 

1858. Professor of Ancient Languages, North Carolina College, 1858-61. Taught 
classical school, 1861-3. Chaplain in Confederate Army, November 13, 1863 — 
April 9, 1865, 20th Regiment North Carolina* Infantry. Taught in Winchester 
(Academy of Dr. Dosh), 1865-6. Professor in North Carolina College, 1866-70; 
President, 1870-5. Pastor, Concord, N. C, 1875-80. President North Carohna 
College since 1880. County Examiner of Public Schools since 1877. Alumni 
speaker, College, 1877. D. D., Franklin and Marshall College, 1874. Married, 
December, 27, 1859, to Sarah A. Chritzman, Gettysburg, Pa. 

JOHNATHAN RosE DiMM. Born August 28, 1830, in Muncy Creek township, Ly- 
coming county. Pa. Parents, Simon and Rebecca. Farmer and mechanic. Entered 
Preparatory, 1851. Residence, Muncy. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 1855. 
Linnsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Valedictory. Principal of Aaronsburg, (Pa.) Academy, 
1857-9. Studied theology privately. Licensed 1859. Pastor, Bloomsburg, Pa., 
1859-67. During this time teaching languages in the Academy. Pastor, Barren 
Hill, Pa., 1867-71. Taught classical school during this period. Corresponding 
Secretary Board of Publication, 187 1-2. Pastor, Messiah Church, Philadelphia, 
1872-4. Principal Lutherville (Md.) Female Seminary, 1874-80. Principal Pick- 
ering Institute Classical and Scientific School for both sexes, Kimberton, Pa., and 
pastor of Pikeland charge since 1880. Grand Prelate of Pennsylvania Grand Com- 
mandery Knight Templars for three years. Married May 31, 1859, to Mary C. Hill, 
Hughesville, Pa. 

Publications. — Catechisation, Ev. Rev., XIX. 434. The Relation of Colleges to 
the Public Schools, Lutheran Quarterly, IX. 28. 

John William Early. Born September 3, 1835, near Palmyra, Lebanon county, 
Pa. Parents, William and Leah (Detweiler). From farm, entered Preparatory, 
1852. Phiiomathsean. Linnaean. Spent a year in recruiting health, and then pur- 
sued a theological course, Geltysbui-g. Ordained i860. Pastor, Leacock, Lancaster 
county. Pa., 1860-6; Elizabethtown, Pa., 1866-8; Selinsgrove, 1868-70; Union- 
tovi'n, Dauphin county. Pa., 1870-5 ; Danville, Pa., since 1875. Trustee of Muhl- 
enberg College since 1877. Served in various Synodical offices. Married January 8, 
1861, to Jane M., daughter of Rev. L. G. Eggers, Stouchsburg, Pa. Published num- 
erous newspaper articles. 

John A. Earnest. Born November 5, 1832, in Hummelstown, Pa. Parents, 
Obed and Margaret (Cobaugh.) Entered Preparatory, 1852. Phiiomathsean. Lin- 
neean. Phi Kappi Psi. Tutor, Alma Mater, 1857-8. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1859. Pastor, Kittanning, Pa., 1859-69; Westminster, Md., 
1870-78; Rhinebeck, N. Y., .since 1878. Director at different times of Seminary, 
Gettysburg, and officer of District Synods. Married, October 6, 1859, to Julia G. 
McCreary, Gettysburg, Pa. 

Publications. — The General Council. An impartial effort to ascertain the truth; 
pamphlet, 1867. Evolution and the Scriptures, Lutheran Quarterly, XII. 88. 

Henry Ramey Fleck. Born February 26, 1834, in Sinking Valley, Blair county, 
Pa. Parents, Henry and Catharine. From farming, entered Preparatory, 1851. 
Philomathasan. Linnasan. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1858. Pastor, 
Drum's, Luzerne county. Pa., 1859-61; Lewistown, Pa., 1861-5; New Kingston, 



CLASS OF 1857. 255 

Pa., 1865-71 ; Newville, Pa., 1871-2; Mechanicsburg, Pa., 1872-5; Stone Church, 
Pa., 1875-81 ; New Kingston, Pa., since 1881. Was Delegate to International S. S. 
Convention, Atlanta, Ga. 1878. Married twice: August 20, 1861, to Mary Elizabeth 
Durst; October 21, 1875, t° Annie Maiy French. 

David McCoNAUGHY Gilbert. Born February 4, 1836, Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, 
David (M. D.) and Jane E. (Brown). Entered Preparatory, 1843. Before entering 
college proper, was in drug business in Philadelphia for eighteen months. Phrena- 
kosmian. Phi Kappi Psi. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1859. Pastor, 
Staunton, Va., 1859-63; Savannah, Ga., 1863-71 ; Staunton, Va., 1871-3; Win- 
chester, Va., since 1873. ^- D., Roanoke College, 1880. Married, October 29, 
1866, to Mary Rutledge Falligant, New Orleans, La. 

Publications. — Fast Day Sermon, 1864. The Lutheran Church in Virginia, 
1776-1876; Historical Discourse, 1876. The Praise of the Lord in the Story of 
Our Fathers; Historical Discourse, 1877. The Synod of Virginia; Its History and 
Work; Discourse, 1879. Annihilation Theory Briefly Examined, Lutheran Quar- 
terly IX. 613. Various sermons, etc., published in church papers. 

Luther Alexander Gotwald. Born Januaiy 31, 1833, in York Springs, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Rev. Daniel and Susan (Krone). After working at printing 
trade, prepared at Wittenberg College. Entered Junior, 1855. Residence, Aarons- 
burg. Pa. Philomathcean. Phi Kappa Psi. English Salutatory. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1859. Pastor, Shippensburg, Pa., 1859-63; Lebanon 
Pa., 1863-5 ; Dayton, O., 1865-8. Disabled by sickness De cember i, 1S68, to August 
1869. Chambersburg, Pa., 1869-74; St. Paul's, York, since 1874. Director, Wit- 
tenberg College, 1865-9. Trustee, Alma Mater, since 1873. Director of Theolog- 
ical Seminary, 1871-80. Member Board of Church Extension, since 1874. Member 
Board of Home Missions, since 1874. President of latter, 188 1. D. D., Alma Mater 
1874. Married October 13, 1859, to Mary E. King, Springfield, O. 

Publications. — Sunday-School Sermon, 1867. Proposed Religious Amendment to 
our National Constitution, Quarterly Review, I. 221. Always Thankful, Thanks- 
giving Sermon, 1873. The Salvability of the Heathen, Quarterly Review, III. 
411. Sermon at funeral of Charles A. Morris, York. 1874. Sermon at funeral of 
Mrs. Sarah Hay, York, 1874. The Development and Direction of Lay Work; The 
Third Lecture on the Rice Foundation, Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1874, 
Quarterly Review, IV. 369. Pastoral Letter to the Members of St. Paul's Evangel- 
ical 'Lutheran Church, York, Pa., 1875. Our History and Our Success, Sermon, 
York, 1876. The Divine Rule concerning Giving, or the Christian Use of Property, 
sermon delivered by appointment before the York and Adams County Conference 
of the Synod of West Pennsylvania, 1877. Memorabilia concerning the Rev. Lucas 
Rauss, one of the early ministers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 
including an account of his Ancestors and Descendants, 1878. The Apparition at 
Endor, Quarterly Review, VIII. 321. The Human Condition of a Good Prayer Meet- 
ing, Quarterly Review, IX. 47. Church Orders, or the Necessity of a Right Call to 
the Office of the Ministry ; Holman lecture on Article XIV. Augsburg Confession, 
Quarterly Review, IX. 85. 

* Cyrus Samuel Hoffa. Entered Freshman, 1853. Residency Myerstown, 



256 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Pa. Philomathsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1862. Residence, 
Myerstovvn, during most of the time. Died in 1865. Reported killed during the 
war while serving in a cavalry regiment. 

Joseph Mong Hughes. Entered Freshman, 1853. Residence, Smithsburg, Md. 
Phrenakosmian. Attended Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, but never entered the 
ministry. Residing at Smithsburg, Md., till 1865, when for some years taught in 
Greencastle, Pa. Has been living in Ohio at various points. Present residence Dub- 
lin, Ind. Married to Miss Burke, Greencastle, Pa. 

Cornelius L. Keedy. Born March 28, 1834, Rohrersville, Md. Parents, Dan- 
iel and Sophia. Entered Preparatory, 1851. Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1859. Pastor, Waynesboro, Principal Hagers- 
town Female Seminary since 1875. Had practiced medicine for seven years after 
graduating from a New York medical college. Married 1861, to Lizzie W. Mar- 
bourg, Johnstown, Pa. 

William Hamilton Myers. Born May 12, 1837, in Hanover, Pa. Parents, 
John and Theresa C. Entered Preparatory, May, 1853. Philomathjean. Taught in 
Johnstown, Pa., 1857-9; Mt. Jackson, Va., 1859-61; Baltimore, Knapp's English 
and German School, 1861-3; Principal of Grammar School No. 9, 1863-8. Ad- 
mitted to the bar, Baltimore, 1869. Served in Custom House, Baltimore, part of 
time as Examiner in Chief, 1869-78 (resigned). Residing since in Philadelphia, 
Baltimore and Hanover present residence. Bachelor. 

George Francis SchAeffer. Born January 3, 1830, in Carmel, Preston county, 
W. Va. Parents, Daniel and Elizabeth. Engaged in mercantile and mechanical 
pursuits. Entered Preparatory, 1851. Phrenakosmian. Linnasan. Phi Kappa Psi. 
Principal of Academy, Somerset, Pa., 1857-60; of Female Seminary, Mt. Pleasant, 
N. C, i860. Professor of Ancient Languages in North Carohna College, i860, till 
its suspension on breaking out of the war, 186 1. Licensed 1861. Pastor in Mt. 
Pleasant, N. C, 1865; Somerset, Pa., 1866-7; New Bloomfield, 1867-9; Newport, 
Pa., 1869-71 ; New Kingston, Pa., 1871-3. Vice-Principal Lutherville (Md.) Fe- 
male Seminary, 1873-4. Pastor, Somerset, Pa., 1874-8; Apollo, Pa., since 1878. 
Married, September 2, 1858, to Martha J. Rupley, Greencastle, Pa. 

■^Christian D. Ulery. Born September 23, 1832, in Westphalia, Germany. 
Parents, Frederick and Maria. While residing in Westmoreland county. Pa., and 
employed in teaching, entered Preparatory, 1852. Philomathaean. Linn^ean. After 
teaching a few months, pursued theological studies, Gettysburg. Licensed 1859. 
Pastor, Grace church, Pittsburgh (Birmingham), 1859-61 ; Lionville, Chester county, 
Pa., 1861, till death from consumption, November 8, 1862. Bachelor. 

* Calvin Samuel Walker. Born October 13, 1838, Washingtonville, Pa. 
Prepared at the Boys' High School' of Lancaster, his home at the time. Entered 
Junior, 1855. Taught for some time in Boys' High School, Lancaster, Pa.; subse- 
quently in the South, and at the breaking out of the war came North, and was Prin- 
cipal of an academy at Paradise, Lancaster county. Pa., at the time of his death, 
January 2, 1865. Married, August ii, 1862, to Jenny G. Black. 

George J. Weaver. Born February 4, 1838, at Talla'dega, Ala. Parents, 




COPIKD 15Y W. H. rilTON, 

MARTIN LUTHER STOEVER, 
Principal Preparatory Department 1842-185 1. 

Professor of History 1 844-1 851. 
Professor of Latin and History 1851-1870. 



GETTYSBURG, PA. 



CLASS OF 1858. 257 

Samuel and E. A. Entered Preparatory, 1851. Residence, Gettysburg. Phrena- 
kosmian. Has been in mercantile business at Selma, Ala., Gettysburg, Omaha, 
1870-6, and since 1876 in Gettysburg. Married twice: May 20, 1874, to Carrie A. 
White, Sublette, 111.; October 6, 1880, to Lucilla J. Wolf, Gettysburg. 



CLASS OF 1858. 

* David McConaughy Armor. Born March 2, 1832, Gettysburg. Parents, 
George and Sarah (Gillespie). Clerking in grocery store. Entered Preparatory, 
1853. Philomathjean. Phi Kappa Psi. Principal of Johnstown Academy, 1858-9. 
In business with Newmyer, Graff & Co., Pittsburg, 1859-61. Enlisted in National 
army, July l, 1861, Captain Company A, loi Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. 
Promoted to Major July i, 1862, for gallantry and efficiency in the battle of Fair 
Oaks, and Lieutenant Colonel, September 26, 1862. Resigned May 2, 1863. 
Engaged in Pittsburgh in various manufacturing enterprises, 1863-76. President of 
Fifth Avenue Bank from 1876 till death, July 26, 1881. Married March 24, 1868, 
to Margaretta M. Backofen, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

* Solomon Jesse Berlin. Born May 29, 1831, in Greensburg, Pa. Prepared at 
Saltsburg Academy. Entered Junior, 1856. Theological course, Gettysburg. Tutor 
in Alma Mater, 1859. Licensed i860. Supplied Altoona congregation, i860. 
Pastor, Williamsburg, Pa., 1861-2; Duncansville, Pa., 1862-5. Principal of Bed- 
ford (Pa.), Academy, 1865. Pastor, Williamsport, Md., 1865-7 ; Tremont, Pa., 1867 
till his death, February 8, 1868. Ill health caused frequent interruptions and changes 
in his faithful work. Married to Martha E. Robinson, Whitehall, Pa. 

Thomas B. Burrowes. Entered Sophomore, 1854. Residence, Lancaster, Pa. 
Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. Entered U. S. A., May 4, 1861. First Lieu- 
tenant, i8th Infantry; Captain, November 13, 1863; breveted Major, September i, 
1864, for gallant and meritorious service in battle of Jonesboro, Ga. Retired as 
Captain March 20, 1879. L^ntil recently residing in Omaha, Neb. 

A. R. Horne. Born March 24, 1834, in Springfield, Bucks county. Pa. Parents, 
Daniel L. and Mary (Reiser). Farmer and teacher. Prepared in private schools. 
Entered Freshman, 1854. Phrenakosmian and Linntean. Principal Bucks County 
Normal and Classical School, 1858-63. Pastor, Paradise charge, Northampton 
county. Pa., 1863-5; Williamsport, Pa., 1865-72; City Superintendent of Schools, 
1867-72; Principal Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., 1872-7. Prin- 
cipal Normal and Academic Department, Muhlenberg College, 1877-82. Also pas- 
tor of church at Doylestown, Pa.; President University of Texas, 1882. President 
Keystone Mutual Benefit Association, 1877-80. D. D., Lebanon Valley College, 
1 88 1. Married in 1858, to Jemima E. Yerkes, Coatesville, Pa. 

Publications. — The Pennsylvania German, 1875. Manual of Botany, 1875. 
Pennsylvania German Manual, 1876. Editor of National Educator since i860. 

Elias S. Johnston. Born April 9, 1834, in Kishocoquillas Valley, Mifflin 
county. Pa. Parents, Russel P. and Bridget (McGinley). From farm entered Pre- 
paratory, 1852. Philomathaean. Linnaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Tutor Alma Mater, 
1858-60, during which time pursued theological studies privately. Licensed i860. 

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258 ALUMXI RECORD. 

Organized and pastor of Second Church, Harrisburg, 1S60-5. Pastor, Emmittsburg, 
Md., since 1866. Served in Synodical offices. Director of Seminary, Gettysburg; 
Member of Alumni Committee on Semi-Centennial of Ahna Mater. Married May 
28, 1S61, to Anna M. O'Dell, Gettysburg, Pa. 

PubUcations. — Sermon on the Death of Abraham Lincohi, Hanisburg, 1S65. 

J.-VCOB Brewer Kerschner. Born January 25, 1838, near Clearspring, Md. 
P'arents, Gustavus and Anna (Brewer.) Prepared at home schools; entered Fresh- 
man, 1854. Phrenakosmian. Linnjean. Phi Kappi Psi. ■ Greek oration. After 
teaching one term near Clearspring, Md., pursued Theological course at Mercersburg, 
Pa., and various German universaries. Licensed 1864. Tutor in Mercersburg 
Theological Seminary, 1S66-8; Professor in seme, 1868-71. Professor of Hebrew 
and German, Mercersburg College, 1871-8; Professor of Greek in same, 1878-S1. 
Owing to ill health spent a portion of 1877 in Europe. Residing at present on 
farm near Emmittsburg, Md. Married. June 17, 1S69, to Anna B. Motter, Emmitts- 
burg, yid. 

Publications. — Various original articles and translations for Guartiian and Mer- 
fi-rs/'urg- J^c^z'U"C'. 

Edward Jackson Koons. Born March 12. 1S30, in York, Pa. Parents, Henry 
and Elizabeth (Kuntz.) Worked at carpenter trade. Prepared at York and Balti- 
more. Entered Freshman, summer session, 1855. Philomatha:an. Tutor in Alma 
Mater, 1858-9. Principal academies Aaronsburg and Bellefonte, 1859. Theological 
course at Gettj^sburg and privately. Licensed 1859. Pastor, \Vhitemarsh, Pa., 
1860-3; St. Matthew's (Mission), Brooklyn, N. Y., 1863-5. Principal of Collegiate 
Institute, Allentown, 1865-7. Vice-President and Professor of Mathematics, 
Muhlenberg College, 1S67-9. Editor Daily Neios, Allentown, 1S69-70. Principal 
Heilman Hall Academy, Jonestown, Pa., 1876-80. In 1,876 united with Protestant 
Episcopal Church, and since iSSo Assistant Rector Trinity- P. E. church, Pottsville. 
Pa., and in charge of neighboring churches. Married to Ann Rebecca Weigle, of 
York, Pa. 

Publicitions. — Questions on Luther's Catechism, 1868. Lutlrer's ^Yorks, Evan- 
gelical Review, XIII. 5S1. Instruction in Christian Doctrine (Translated), lb., 
XX. 190, 485. Confessional or Extra-Confessional, lb., XIX. 232. Staft'and Sight 
for the Young Christian on his Pilgrimage, 1S69. 

*ToHNATHAX Hawk Kreitzer. Born January i. 1S34, near Myerstown, Md. 
Parents, John and Catharine (Hawk). Entered Preparatory, 1 85 3. Taught from 
1858-61 in Texas, at Alleytown, and as Professor in Colorado College. Enlisted 
April, 1861, in Confederate army. Sergeant Company H, l6th Texas Infantry. 
Mortally wounded in spine, at Pleasant Hill (Mansfield), La., April 9, and died in 
hospital April 11, 1864. 

JoiTN" Q. McAtee. Born X'ovember 25, 1S3S. "Waynesboro, Pa. Parents, Thomas 
W. and Mary. Piepared at Academy, Cleai-spring, Md. Entered Junior, 1856. 
Phrenakosmian. Linn;-ean. Taught classical school, Emmittsburg, Md., 185S-9. 
Theological course. Gettysburg. Licensed i86r. Pastor, Lunenbui-g, X^ova Scotia; 
Bedford, Pa., 1S66-70; Pottsville. Pa., 1870-7; Red Hook, X'. Y., 1877-9: Cum- 
berland, Md., since 1879. Mairied twice: May 25, 1865, to Louisa Craig, Franklin 
countv. Pa.; Mav iq, iSoo, to Emma Hartlev, Bedford. Pa. 



CLASS OF 1859. 259 

Victor Millkr. Born October 24, 1834, near Clearsping, Md. Parents, Samuel 
and Mary (Firey). After clerking in a store and preparing in schools of Williams- 
port and Clearspring, entered Freshman, 1854. Phrenakosmian. Linnasan. Vale- 
dictorian. Tutor in Alma Mater, 1858-9. Theological course, Gettysburg, and 
Union Seminary, New York. Licensed 1861. Pastor, Fayetteville charge, Mercer 
and Lawrence counties, Pa., 1862-71. Bronchial affection caused retirement from 
active ministry. Since 187 1 has been engaged principally in teaching in Washington 
county, Md. ; for eighteen months Principal of Mechanicstown Male and Female 
Seminary. Now Pastor, Leitersburg, Md. Member Company I, 55th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Militia, June to August, 1863. Served Christian Commission in South- 
west for four months in 1864. Married twice: October 19, 1865, to Mary Spickler, 
Clearspring, Md.; February 7, 1882, to Josephine Newcomer, near Clearspring, Md. 

Jacoh B. Rath. JJorn February 14, 1834, near Hellertown, Northampton county, 
Pa. Parents, Jacob and Susanna. Farming and teaching. Entered Preparatory, 
1853. Residence, Nazareth, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. Latin Salutatory. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed i860. Pastor, Nazareth, Pa., 1860-5; 
Bethlehem, Pa., since 1865. Instructor in Germaif, Muhlenberg College, for a short 
time. Englisli Secretary of Ministerium of Pennsylvania. Director of Theological 
Seminary, Philadelphia. Trustee Muhlenberg College. Married to C. Lizzie, 
daughter of Dr. Charles Sellers, Nazareth, Pa. 

Publications. — Editor of C/ntrch Alessenger since its e.sta])lishment, 1876. 

CLASS OF 1859. 

Daniel J. Benner. Born June 8, 1837, near Gettysburg. Parents, Jacob and 
Catharine. Entered Preparatory, 1853. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Since graduation has been chiefly engaged in teaching and editing. Resid- 
ing at South Bend, 111. Gettysburg, present residence. April 19, 1861, enlisted as 
private, Company A, 15th Illinois Volunteers; July II, 1861, commissioned Lieu- 
tenant of same Company. Promoted August li, 1862, to Captain (ranking from 
April 5) and appointed to rank from March 9, 1863, as Major and A. D. C. of U. S. 
Volunteers. Discharged July 7, 1S65. Bachelor. 

*T. B. Blauvelt. Entered Junior, 1857. Residence, .Saddle River, N. J. 
Phrenakosmian. Died between Senior examination and date of graduation of class. 

George M. • Brinkeriiokf. Born August 20, 1839, at Hunterstown, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, John gnd Sarah A. Prepared at Hunterstown Academy. 
Entered Freshman, 1855. Philomathaean. Linnasan. Since graduation has resided 
at Sjn-ingfield, 111. Taught in Illinois State University, 1859-61. Admitted to the 
bar, but never practiced to any extent. Superintendent for ten years of State Insur- 
ance Department of the Auditor's Office. City Comptroller for three terms. At 
present .Secretary and Treasurer of the Springfield Iron Company. Married August 
4, 1862, to Isabella G. Hawley, Springfield, 111. 

*JoH.M W.\lter Ebuert. Born February 2, 183 1, near Greencastle, Pa. Parents, 
John and Elizabeth. Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1853. Philomathxan. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg, Pa. Licensed 1861. Pastor, Franklin, Venango county. 
Pa., 1861 ; Brush Creek, Bedford county. Pa. ; Ely Station, Marion county, Iowa, 



26o ALUMNI RECORD. 

1S65-7, and Russel Station, Lucas county, Iowa, from the Spring of 1S67 till death. 
November 19, same year. Taught for some time in Fairfield College, Ely Station. 
Iowa. Married, April 30, 1S63, to Maggie Rupert, near Huntingdon, Pa. 

WiLLi.\M Reynolds Eyster. Bom October 14. 1S41. in Johnstown. X. V. 
Parents. Rev. David and Rebecca (^Reynolds). Prepared at Johnstown, N. Y. and 
AUentown. Pa. Entered Freshman, second session, 1S56. Phrenakosmian. Teach- 
ing, 1850-6S, five years of which in Female Institute, Gettysburg. Orderly Sergeant 
Independent Scouts, Pennsylvania Volunteers. July — December, 1S64. After pursu- 
ing legal studies, was admitted to the bar, at Gettysburg, in iSoo. Washington 
county, Kansas, farming, 1S69-74. Since 1S74 has resided in Gettysburg. Engaged 
in legal business, telegraphy and literary work. Director in Public Schools of Penn- 
sylvania and Kansas for a number of terms. Married. December. 1S71. to Miss S. 
E. Copeland, Washington, D. C. 

Publications. — Some years editorial work on Xew York Sc-fifn' and other papei^s 
in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Numerous pamphlets. A large amount of fiction 
for the popular press since 1S5S, in > yauma/, JLUerary Coui/auL :. cic. 

etc. • 

John George Goettman. Bom April 11, 1S40, in Chambersburg, Pa. Parents, 
George and Elizabeth. Prepared at Chambersbui^ Academy. Entered Freshman, 
1854. Philomathaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Valedictor}-. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1S61. Pastor, Dickinson, Pa.; Pittsburgh, since 1S64. Trustee 
of Ahna Mater since 1S77. ilarried Miss C. L. Yeager, of Allegheny City. 

Abraham Linxoln Grss. Born August 21, 1S34, in Milford townsliip, Juniata 
count}-, Pa. Parents, Abraham and Maria M. (Ache.) Entered IVeparatory, 1S51. 
Continued to end of Junior, 1S56. Teaching in Gymnasium, Johnstown, Pa., 1S56-8. 
Re-entered Senior, 1S5S. Philomathi^an. Linnjean. Theological course, Gett}-s- 
burg. Licensed 1S60. Pastor, Dickinson, Cumberland county. Pa., 1S60-1. Edi- 
tor YttniaAt Se^n/im/, Mifflintown, Pa., 1S61-5. Principal Soldiers" Orphans' Home, 
Cassville. Pa., 1S65-74. Editor of Globe. Huntingdon, Pa., 1S72-7. Clerk in Inter- 
nal Revenue Department. Washington. D. C since 1S7Q. Married to Susan Maria 
Rindlaub. Granite Hill, Adams county. Pa. 

Publications. — The Coward's Course and Patriot's Duty, 22 pp.. 1S61. Remember 
the Days of Old, 54 pp., 1S76. Gustavus Vasa, 1S73. History of Juniata Count}-, 
in Egle's Historj- of Pennsylvania. iSSo. ^Mio were the Wassawomckes ? iSSi. 
flistory of Guss, Aughey, and other Families, etc. 

Theophilus Heilig. Bom July 31, 1S37, at Centre' Square, Montgomer)- county, 
Pa. Parents. Rev. George and Susanna. Prepared at Hartwick Seminar}-, and 
entered Junior Union College, 1S57. Spring term. 1S5S, entered Junior. Pennsyl- 
vania College. Residence. Tamaqua, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Linnwan. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1S61. Pastor, Stroudsburg, Pa., 
1S61-4; Riegelsville, Pa., 1S64-76; North Wales. Pa., 1878-80; Stroudsbui^. Pa., 
since iSSo. ^larried Janu.irv- 10. tS'v\ r^ "^T.^r}- Alice, daughter of Hon. William 
Davis, Stroudsburg, Pa. 

William Keckler. Born February ::4. 1832. near Waynesboro, Pa. Parents. 
Valentine and Elizabeth. Entered Preparaton.-. 1S54. Phrenakosmian. Linncean. 
Principal since graduation of Academy at Fayetteville. Franklin county. Pa. 



CLASS OF 1859. 261 

Fkkdinand C. II. LamI'K. Born Novenil)er 24, 1S30, in Rremcn, Germany. 
I'arents, N. C. and Sophie. After teacliing, and while a resident of Allentown, I'a., 
entered Preparatory, 1852. Continued to end of Junior, 1856. Re-entered Senior, 
1858. i'lirenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1859. Pas- 
torates, I'ottsville, I'a. ; Willianisport, Pa. ; Reading, Pa. ; Wheeling, W. Va. ; War- 
ren, Pa.; Williamsport, Pa. Married twice: 1857, to Kniiiy Kuhnle, Ilarrisburg ; 

1876, to Kale Puegler, Erie. 

Publications. — Numerous translations, and poems, and prose articles. 

*Jamk,s H. Mookk. Entered Prei)aratory, 1855. Residence, Carlisle, Pa. Philo- 
niatha-an. Phi Gamma Delta. Continued to reside in Carlisle till his death in June, 
1881. 

* Thaddeus Stevens Waruen. Horn Eebruary 12, 1839, at C;aiedonia Iron 
Works, Adams county. Pa. Parents, Thomas and Ann. Entered Preparatory, 1853. 
Philomathivan. Teaching for several years in Bendersville and East Berlin, Adams 
county, Pa. While fdling a clerkship in the Treasury Dej^artment, Washington, 1). 
C"., died Ajiril i8, 1868. Married twice: fust wife was Catharine Thirst; second, 
Jane Ilildebrand. 

AuTiiCK James Weise. Porn August 15, 1838, in Shepherdstown, Va. Parents, 
Henry and Ann h'li/.abelh (Crawford). Entered Preparatory, 1854. Phrenakos- 
mian. Linmean. Stutlied theology, ( icttysburg, 1859-61. Never licensed. Served 
as ad Lieutenant, promoted to ist Lieutenant of Company A., 7th Regiment, Mary- 
land Volunteers (National), from August 20, 1862, to Octoljer 6, 1864. Since Feb- 
ruary, 1872, has resided in Troy, N. V. Married April 3, 1869, to Catharine Virginia 
Updegraff, IIagerstown,Mil. 

Publications. — " History of the City of Troy, from the expulsion of the Mohegan 
Indians to the present Centennial year of the Independence of the United States of 
America, 1876. Troy, 1876." Illustrated, jip. 400. " History of Lan.singburgh, 
N. Y., from the year 1670 to 1877. Troy." " History of the .Seventeen Towns of 
Rensselaer County, from the cploni/.ation of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck to the 
present time. Troy." 8vo., pp. 158. " Ili.story of the Discovery of the Atlantic 
Coast Territory of the United States of America; including a summary of historical 
facts respecting La Terre de Nueberge and LTsle Manants. 1882." 8vo., illus- 
trated, pp. about 305. " History of the City of Albany, New York, from the dis- 
covery of the great river in 1524, by Verrazzano, to the present time. Albany, N. 
Y. 8vo., illustrated, pp. 700. Historical editor of " The Standard " (daily), printed 
under the auspices of the Saratoga Battlefield Monument Association, during October, 

1877. Managing editor Troy Morning Whig, 1878-9. Editorially connected with 
Troy Daily Times for a numlier of years. 

* Franklin Benjamin Wole. Born in 1834, near Rebersburg, Pa. Parents, 
Jacob and Mary. Teaching and studying alternately for some years. Entered Pre- 
paratory, 1853. Phrenakosmian. Latin Salutatory. Taught select school. Littles- 
town, Pa., 1859-63. Served in Company A. (College Company), 26th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Militia. Having studied theology privately, was licensed 1863. After 
serving for about one year in Christian Commission in southwest, was from autumn of 
1864 till autumn of 1865, Chaplain of 94th Regiment, Illinois Infantry. Having 



262 ALUMNI KHCOKD. 

contvaotcil pulmonary disease, died shortly after (Oetoler 7< lS65~i. at his home in 
Pemisylvania. 

CLASS OF 1860. 

Bkniamin FkankviiS Apflk. Born September 15, iSjj:, in ricasant Valley, 
Bucks count) , Ta. Parents, Hon. Andrew and Margaret. Farmer and teacher. 
Entered Preparatory, 1S54. Phrenakosmian. Linnwan. Theological course, Get- 
tysburg. Licensed 1862. Pastor, Maytown charge, Lancaster county. Pa., 1S62-4; 
Mt. Bethel chai-ge. Stone Church, Pa., since 1864, Married twice: jSLiy 26. 1S63, 
to Mary E. Book, iSIaytown, Pa,; January 31, i860, to Ella Pearson, Stone Chmxh, 
Pa. 

Wiu.i.VM IIknrv Dili.. Born September 2S, 1S38, in Sunbury, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. Henry G. and Sarah A. Repared at Dickinson Seminarj% Willianisport, Pa. 
Entered Junior, 1S59. Residence, Gettysburg. Philoraathtvan. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Professor of Ancient and German I^anguages, Dickinson Seminary, 1S60-65. 
Having entered the ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church, was in charge of 
pastorate until 1870, when owing to impaired health retired from active ministry and 
has ever since been Cashier of Fii-st National Bank, Cleartiield. Pa. Married July 
31, 1865. to Edith Boynton, Clearfield, Pa. 

Josi.VH B. Pox. Born November 25, 1833, in Douglass, Montgomery county. Pa. 
Parents, Jonas and Susan. Prepared at Freeland Seminary and Frederick Institute, 
Montgomery county. Pa. Entered Sophomore, second term, 1S58. Philomatha-an. 
Linn^ean. Theological course, C>ettysburg. Ordained 1S62. Pastorates, Shippen- 
ville. Pa.; Lamartine, Pa.; Emlenton, Pa., since 1S67. lYincipal of Emlenton 
Academy since i868. l^esident Board of Trustees Thiel College. Married June 
5, 1866, to Harriet Kribbs, Clarion county. Pa. 

^"^ Washington Van BurenGotwald. BomNovember 10, 1S30. .t Vork Springs, 
Pa. Parents, Rev. Daniel and Susan. Prepared at Aaivnsburg Academy. Entered 
Sophomore, 1857. Residence, Aaronsburg, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Tutor in Alma INLater, and pursuing theological studies at Seminar)-, i8tio-2. 
Licensed 1862. Pastor, Emmittslnu-g, Md., 1S62-6; St. John's, Lancaster, 1S66, till 
death, June 9. 1869. Bachelor, 

Riblications. — ^Jubilee Cat£chism, 1S67. History of St. John's Church, l.aucaster, 
1867. God's New Year's Message to iis. Sermon, 1869, 

Johnson R. Groff. Bom February 7, 1832, in Lebanon. Pa. Parents, Rudolph 
and Mary A. Carpenter. IVepared at Lebanon. Entered Freshman, 1856. 
Phrenakosmian, Theological course, Gettysbuixr- licensed 1S61. Pastor, Trinity 
church, Mechanicsbui^-, Pa., 1S61-2; St, John's church, Mechanicsburg, Pa,, 1862- 
72; Fii-st church, Erie, Pa., 1872-4; St. John's church, Easton, Pa., 1874-81; Dan- 
ville, Pa., since 18S1. Married. January i8, 1865, to S. Gertrude Riegel. New 
York. 

*ABK--viiAM H, *.;Kt.>ii, Born June, 1838. near Myerstown. Lebanon county. Fa. 
Parents, Henry and Maria, Entered l*repi\ratory, 1855. Philomathtvan. linnivan. 
Phi C«amma Delta. Theological course, Gettysburg, licensed 1862, After caring 
for an invalid father till his death, he served as pastor of Stroudsbui^ charge, Monroe 



CLASS OF i860. 263 

county, Pa., 1863-5, ^"^^ ^' ^^^"' Hanover, Montj^omery county, I'a., from 1865 till 
his death, in February, 1866. liachelor. 

RiX'liKN M. Kkkdv. Horn October 23, 1835, in Rohrersvillc, Md. I'arents, 
Daniel and Sophia. Entered Preparatory, 1853 ; absent 1858-9. Phrenakosmian. 
Linnrean. Dentist. Has also been engaged in teaching. Present residence, 
Sharpslnirg, Md. Married, January 19, 1879, to Annie K. Roulette, Sharpsburg,. 
Md. 

A. .\. l.Kciii.iDKK. I'.orn August 31, 1835, in I'Yederick county, Md. Parents, 
Henry and Mary. Clerking. Prepared at Frederick, Md. ICntered i-Yeshman, 
1854. Phrenakosmian. Has been engaged in teaching and mercantile business. 
Deputy Tax Collector, 1863-6. Trustee of Alms House, Washington county, Md., 
1881. Present residence, Hagerstovvn, Md. Married August, 1861, to Rebecca 
Herr, Cetlysburg. 

Hans Joachim Hinkich Lkmckk. Born January 20, 1834, in Duchy of Hol- 
stein, Cermany. Parents, Marx D. and Anna Cathrina. While a resident of Shep- 
herdstown, Va., and employed in farming, entered Preparatory, 1855. I'hrenakos- 
mian. Linnaean (curator). Taught Academy in Middleburg, Va., 1860-1. Theological 
course, Gettysburg, 1 861-3. Licensed 1863. Pastor, Worthington, Pa., 1863-6; 
West Newton, Armstrong county, Pa., 1866-77; Elizabethtown, J^ancaster county. 
Pa., 1877-81 ; St. Jacobus Church, Altoona, I'a., .since December, 1881. Married 
September 3, 1863, to Susan Catharine Williamson, of Berkeley county, W. Va. 

Publications. — Maternal Love (Translated), " Fatherland Series," 1870, and other 
translations for the press. 

John Frederick McCkeary. liorn October 10, 1840, in (ietty.sljurg. Parents, 
David and Ann Rebecca (Flore). Entered Preparatory, 1853. Philomathscan. 
Phi Gamma Delta. Tutor, Alma Mater, 1860-1. Captain of Company ]i, 138th 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry), August 16, 1862 — .September 12, 1864. 
Classical School, Ellicott's Mills, Md., 1864-6. Saddle and harness makiing (D. Mc- 
Creary & Sons) Getty.sburg, 1866-8. Principal Public Schools, Gettysburg, 1869-78. 
Principal Public Schools, York Springs, Pa., since 1878. Married November 20, 
1862, to Helen E. Deardorff, Deardorff's Mills, Adams county, Pa. 

* William Reed. Born March 26, 1832, in Lycoming county. Pa. Entered 
Preparatory, 1855. Residence, Lairdsville, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Expecting to 
pursue a theological course, he first engaged in teaching near his htjme, but died in a 
few days after the opening of his .school, on November 2, i860. 

John M. Rice. Born February 22, 1839, at Sandy Hill, Perry county. Pa. 
Parents, (ieorge and Magdalene. Prepared at Loysville Academy. Entered .Sopho- 
more, 1857. Philomathrean. Linnx>an. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1861. Taught some months in Loysville Academy. Pastor, Milroy, Pa., 1864. 
Missionary of General Synod to Africa, June, 1864 — July, 1865, ill health requiring 
a speedy return. Pastor, Wrightsville, Pa., 1866-7; Espy charge, Columbia county. 
Pa., 1867-70; Belleville, 1870-5; Williamsburg, Pa., since 1876. Married, Sep- 
tember, 16, 1862, to Hannah M. Zeigler, Gettysburg. 

Matthias Henry Richards. P.orn June 17, 1S41, in fJermantown, Pa. 



264 ALUMXl RECORD. 

Parents. Rev. Dr. John \V. and Andora (Garber.) Prepared at High School, 
Reading. Entered Freshman, 1S56. Phrenakosmian. Linntean. Phi Gamma 
DeUa. Latin Sahitatory. Pui-sued tlreological studies privately and in Seminar;-, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1S64. Pastor, South Easton, Pa., 1S64-5 ; Gi'eenwich, N. 
J., 1S66-S. Professor of English Language and Literature, Muhlenberg College, 
1S68-74. Pastor, Indianapolis, Ind., 1S74-6. Prefessor of English Language and 
Literature, Muhlenberg College, since 1S76. Served in Company A. (^College Com- 
pany) 26th B^egiment Pennsylvania Militia, June-July, 1863. Connected with public 
schools of Allentown as Director, 1879-81. Member of Board of Control, iSSo-i. 
Married, June, 1866, to Sallie iL, daughter of Hon. M. McClean, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Ministerial Success, Evangelical Review, XIX. 130. Vigintennial 
Poem, 1878. Editor S. S. Lesson Comments. 

Charles H. Sch.\effer. Born August 4, 1840, in Columbus, O. Parents, Rev. 
Dr. Charles F. and Susan S. Prepared at Easton, Pa. Entered Freshman, 1S56. 
Phrenakosmian. Linn^ean. Phi Kappa Psi. After teaching some time, engaged 
in the study of law, and was admitted to the bar, in 1S64, at Reading, Pa., in which 
place has continued to practice. Served in Company C, 42d Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, from July to X"ovember. Trustee Muhlenberg College. Married, 
May 30, 1S67, to Amelia McKnight, Reading. 

Publications. — ^'arious professional and political articles in legal and political 
periodicals. 

*D.\viP LoY Tressler was born at Loysville. Perry county. Penna.. February 5, 
1839. His father, the late Col. John Tressler, was distinguished for piety and for 
intelligent zeal in the interests of the Lutheran Church. David Loy received his 
preparatory training in the common schools of his native village and in the Loysville 
Academy, an institution founded and owned by his father. In the autumn of 1857, 
he entered the Sophomore Class in Pennsylvania College, and was graduated with 
the Valedictorv- and the highest honoi-s of his class. Philomathi^an. Phi Kappa 
Psi. In October, i860, he became Principal of the Academy at which he had been 
prepared for college. In August, 1862, he raised a company of volunteers and 
served nine months as Captain of the same in the war of the Rebellion, participating 
in the battles of South ^lountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg, receiving in the last- 
named engagement two severe wounds. In 1864, he was admitted to the bar, and 
for five years thereafter engaged in the practice of law. In 1S65. he was married to 
Aj:ia J. Mclntyre, daughter of his preceptor in law. In 1870, he located at Mendota, 
Illinois, and in the autumn of the same year he entered the ministry of the Evangel- 
ical Lutheran Church, and ver}- soon thereafter became pastor of the church at Lena, 
Illinois. In 1872, he was elected to the chair of Ancient Languages in Carthage 
College, and also at the same time. Treasurer of the institution, entering at once 
upon the discharge of the duties of his office. On the twenty-sixth day of Febru- 
ar\\ 1S73, he was elected President of the College. He immediately accepted the 
position and begun the work of organizing the Faculty of the College and of arrang- 
ing for the accommodation of the students. This position of President of Carthage 
College he occupied until removed by the hand of death, February 20. iSSo. He 
received the degree of Ph. D. from Wittenberg College in 1S76. Delivered the 



CLASS OF I 86 1. 265 

Alumni Address, Alma Mater, 1877. Dr. Tressler wrote very little for the press, his 
pulilications comprising only occasional articles in the weekly periodicals of the 
C'hurcli, and two baccalaureate addresses. The widow and four children, two 
daughters and two sons, survive the deceased husband and father, and reside at 
Carthage, Illinois. Rev. I'rdf. J. W. Kiciiard. 

J. W.-VRREN Tryon. Born March 29, 1841, in Rehrersburg, Bucks county. Pa. 
Parents, Dr. Jacob and Sybilla. Prepared at Academy, Myerstown, Pa. Entered 
Freshman, 1856. Philomathrean. After engaging in general Inisiness at home, in 
1861, entered Law School, of Harvard University. Graduated LL. B., 1862. 
Admitted to bar in Berks county, 1863, and has continued to practice in Reading. 
Notary Public since 1874. Solicitor for Berks county, 1876. Served in Company 
C, 42d Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June and August, 1863. Married June 16, 
1868, to Maria DeHart, Reading, Pa. 

James Quigley Waters. Born September 18, 1835, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Parents, 
Oren and Juliet. Clerk. Entered Preparatory, 1855. Philomathnean. Studied 
theology |3rivately, and at Western Seminary, Allegheny city. Licensed 1 861. Pastor, 
Salem charge, Clarion county. Pa., 1861-2; Bethlehem charge, Washington county. 
Pa., 1862-5; Beaver Hill, Montgomery county, Pa., 1865-7; St. Peter's, Philadel- 
phia, 1867-9. Organized and pastor of Christ Church, I'ittsburgh, 1869-75; P>utleri 
Pa., since 1875. Married October 15, 1861, to Annie C. Price, Morristown, O. 

Jacob Weidel. Born July 13, 1840, at Union Korge, Lebanon county. Pa. 
Parents, Jacob and Maria. Prepared at Lebanon Academy, and National Military 
College, Bristol, Pa. Entered Freshman, 1856. Philomathctan. Phi fjamma Delta. 
Entered Harvard Law School, i86d. Graduated LL. B., 1862. Admitted to the 
bar of Lebanon county, 1863. Captain Company K, 209th Pennsylvania Lifantry, 
August 16, 1864, to May 31, 1865. Practiced law at Lebanon, Pa., 1865-73. Con- 
nected with Reading Times and Dispatch, 1873-4. Editor and manager of Reading 
Daily Xews, since 1874. Member of Borough Council, Lebanon, 187 1-2. Married 
August 24, 1864, to Mary L. Deeg, Mechanicsburg, I'a. 

Robert Weidensai.e. Born April 20, 1836, in Hollidaysburg, Pa. Parents, 
Jacob and Nancy F. After working at carpenter trade, entered Preparatory, 1854. 
Phrenakosmian. Linnncan. Entered Theological Seminary, but state of health com- 
pelled abandonment of studies. Taught school, Middletown, Md., 1861-3. Member 
of Construction Corps United States Military Railroads, 1863-4, Worked at car- 
penter trade, mainly at Hollidaysburg, 1864-6; construction shops of U. P. R. R. at 
Omaha, most of time as superintendent in car .shops, 1866-8. Then became the first 
traveling Secretary of Y. M. C. A., laboring in the states west of the Ohio, organizing 
most of the associations in that section, and specially fostering the railroad associa- 
tions. At present is the Western Secretary of the International Committee Young 
Men's Christian Association of United States and British Provinces. Bachelor. 

CLASS OF 1861. 
Israel Calvert Burke. Born in Lebanon county. Pa., . 



Parents, John P. and Sarah E. Entered Preparatory, Spring 1857. Residence, 
Myerstown, Pa. Philomatha-an. Phi Kappi Psi. Theological course, Gettysburg. 



266 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Ordained 1863. Pastor, Salona, Pa., 1865-6; Mahanoy City, Pa., 1866-9; Lewis- 
burg, Pa., 1869-75; Columbia, Pa., 1875-7; Baltimore, Md., since 1877. Married, 
August 8, 1866, to Lulu E. Burrell, Salona, Pa. 

Joshua Cowpland. Born August 18, 1835, in Philadelphia. Parents, Joshua 
and Catharine W. (Carr.) After being engaged in looking glass business, prepared 
at Union Academy, Philadelphia. Entered Sophomore, 1858. Philomathsean. 
Linnsean. Curator. After pursuing theological course at Bexley Hall, Gambler, O., 
entered the Protestant Episcopal ministry' in 1864. Assistant minister Epiphany 
Church, Philadelphia, 1864-5. Rector, Salem, Pa., 1865-7; Mt. Pleasant, Pa., 
1867-8; Wellsburg, W. Va., 1868-75; Concordville, Pa., since 1875. Married 
April 5, 1865, to A. Martha Woods, Wheeling, Va. 

Leonard Groh. Born in Lebanon county. Pa. Entered Preparatory, 1857. 
Residence, Shaefferstown, Pa. Theological course, Gettysburg, Pa. Licensed 1863. 
Pastor, Quakertown, Bucks county. Pa., 1863-5; Oldest LutheranChurch in America, 
New Hanover, Montgomery county. Pa., residence, Boyertown, since 1865. Euro- 
pean tour, 1875. Married twice. 

Jacob C. Hankey. Born August 31, 1840, near Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, Jacob 
and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 1852. Philomatha^an. Enlisted August 20, 
1862, in Company G, 138th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry). Served as corporal, 
and then as Regimental Hospital Steward, and was, March 7, 1864, commissioned as 
2d Lieutenant, and May 30, 1865, as 1st Lieutenant of Company D, 43d Regiment, 
U. S. colored troops. Regiment mustered out of service November i, 1865. Taught 
in Kallynean Academy, Boyertown, Pa., 1866-7. Engaged in mercantile businesss 
in New York city, since 1868. Residence, Arlington, N. J. Married in 1868 to 
Clarissa Crouch, Mystic, Conn. 

John P. PIentz. Born May 5, 1832, at Geissen, Germany. Parents, William 
and Catharine. Prepared in Berlin, Pa. Entered Freshnaan, 1S56. Residence, 
Berlin, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Linntean. Phi Kappa Psi. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1862. Pastor, Indiana, Pa., 1863-5; West Newton, Pa., 
1865-6; Somerset, Pa., 1866-71; Adamsville, Pa., 1871-3; Germantown, O., since 
1873. Married, February 18, 1863, to CeciUa A. Nicodemus, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Way Marks for the Confirmed (translated) ; ready for publication. 
History of the Twin Valley. The Secret Society Question in the Evangehcal 
Lutheran Church. 

M. C. HOLLOWAY. Born September 17, 1838, in Aaronsburg, Centre county. Pa. 
Parents, John B. and Margaret. Prepared at Aaronsburg Academy. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1857. Residence, Centre Copley, O. Phrenakosmian. Linneean. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1863. Pastor, Westminster, Md., 1863-8; Cumber- 
land, Md., 1868-79; Newville, Pa., since 1879. At different times filled various 
synodical offices, and was for some years Director of Seminary, Gettysburg. 
European tour, 1S81. Married, October 6, 1863, to Salome F. Vandersloot, Gettys- 
burg. 

Publications. — Thanksgiving Sermon, Cumberland, Md., 1868. Eulogy on Hon. 
W^ R. McCullough, 1874. The GroMth of Spiritual Life, Lutheran Quarterly, X. 
175. Various sermons and addresses, and Notes of Foreign Travel (1881.) 



CLASS OF 1 86 1. 267 

Mahlon Carleton Horine. Born July 13, 1838, near Myersville, Frederick 
county, Md. Parents, John and Catharine. Farming. Entered Preparatory, 1855. 
Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. Valedictory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 
1863. Pastor, Smithsburg, Md., 1865-9; Dayton, O., 1869-70; Zanesville, O., 
1870-3; Danville, Pa., 1873-81 ; St. James' church, Reading, Pa., since 1881. 
Married to Emma F. Winebrenner, Gettysburg. 

Jeremiah W. Hoy. Born November 10, 1836, in Zion, Centre county. Pa. 
Parents, Adam and Magdalene. After being employed as fanner, prepared at 
Aai-onsburg (Pa.), Academy. Entered Sophomore, 1858. Phrenakosmian. Lin- 
nsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Taught in Aaronsburg Academy, 1861-3. Entered the 
medical profession, 1866. Practiced at Millheim, Centre county, Pa., 1866-7 ; New 
Berlin, Pa., 1867-78; Bloomville, O., since 1878. Married December 26, 1867, to 
Sue S. Gross, New Berlin, Pa. 

Charles E. Humphrey. Born May 4, 1S41, in Cherry Ilill, Pa. Parents, 
Charles H. and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 1855. Residence, Chenyville, 
Northampton county, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Graduated M. D., University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1863. Served as Surgeon to I42d and 143d Regiments, Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteers (Infantry), May 14, 1863, to June 12, 1865. Stationed during battle of 
Gettysburg in Seminary Building Hospital. Prisoner of war in 1863, residing in 
Libby prison, Richmond. Practicing in Bethlehem, Pa., since 1865. U. S. Exam- 
ining Surgeon, since 1868. Married September 20, 1866, to Caroline Rush, Phila- 
delphia. 

Andrew T. Kistler. Born January 26, 1837, in Loysville, Pa. Parents, John 
and Salome. Prepared at Loysville Academy. Entered Sophomore, 1857. Philo- 
mathsean. I^innsean. Been engaged in farming and teaching at different places in 
Perry, Dauphin and Cumberland counties. Pa. ; at Rohrersville, Md., and in Doni- 
phan and Jefferson counties, Kansas, and Plato county, Mo. Spent some months at 
Theological Seminary, Gettysburg. Served in Company B, 77th Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers (Infantry), March 2 to December 6, 1865. Present residence, 
Loysville, Pa. Bachelor. 

J. H. A. Kitzmiller. Born July 8, 1833, hear Hagerstown, Md. Parents, Wil- 
liam H., and Catharine. After teaching school, entered Preparatory, 1856. Phren- 
akosmian. Linnsean. Taught school, 1861-3. Studied theology privately and in 
Seminary at Gettysburg. Licensed 1864. Pastor, WellersJjurg charge, 1864-8; 
Schellsburg charge, Bedford county. Pa., 1869-71 ; Freeport, Pa., 1871-81 ; Kitan- 
ning since 1882. Served two months in 1864 in Christian Commission at Harper's 
Ferry. Married November 20, i866, to Julia M. Wingert, Wellerslnirg, Pa. 

Publications. — Death of Abraham Lincoln, Sermon, 1865. Thanksgiving Dis- 
course, 1865. Saint's Rest, Sermon, 1875. 

Christoi'HER Wilkinson Knauff. Born July 19, 1838, in Philadelphia. Par- 
ents, Henry and Sarah A. Prepared in schools of Philadelphia. Entered Fresh- 
man, third term, 1858. Philomathasan. Linnsean. Phi Gamma Delta. Divided 
Freshman Prize. Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Andover and Philadelphia. 
Ordained in Protestant Episcopal Church, 1864. Rector, Lock Haven, Pa., 1864-6; 
St. Michael's, Trenton, N. J., 1866-73. Canon and priest in charge cathedral. 



268 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Albany, N. Y., 1873-6. Rector, Calvary, New Orleans, La., 1877-9; Rochester, 
N. Y., since 1879. 

Charles Edwin Murray. Born May 17, 1838, in Philadelphia. Parents, James 
and Mary. Prepared at UnionAcademy, Philadelphia. Entered Sophomore, 1858. 
Philomathsean. Linnaean. Phi Kappa Psi. English Salutatory. Piu-sued theolog- 
ical studies at Bexley Hall, Gambler, O. Entered ministry of Protestant Episcopal 
Church, 1864. Rector successively of Zion's Church, and of Church of the Cove- 
nant, Philadelphia. Bachelor. 

Henry Plowman. Born October 26, 1842, at Mineral Point, Wis. Parents, 
Henry and E. Julia. From Racine College, Wis., entered Sophomore, 1S58. Phren- 
akosmian. Linncean. Zeta Psi. Has been engaged in teaching, book-keeping and 
as cashier. Present residence, Chicago, 111. Bachelor. A frequent contributor to 
religious and secular press. 

Junius B. Reimensnyder. Born February 24, 1841, at Staunton, Va. Parents, 
Rev. John J. and Susan M. (Bryan.) Prepared at Milton. Entered Freshman, 1857. 
Residence, Milton, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Phi Kappa Psi. Served in Company B, 
131st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry), August I, 1862, to May 26, 1863. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1865. Pastor, Philadelphia, 1865-74; 
Savannah, Ga., 1874-80; St. James, New York city, since 1881. D. D., Newberry 
College, 1880. Married June 28, 1870, to Louise E. Wagner, Philadelphia. 

Publications. — Heavenward, pp. 127, 1874. Christian Unity, sermon, 1876. Doom 
Eternal — The Bible and Church Doctrine of Everlasting Punishment, 384 pp., 1880. 

Thomas Duncan Renfrew. Born February 25, 1839, near Fayetteville, Frank- 
lin county. Pa. Parents, John R. and Mary J. (Duncan.) Prepared at Fayetteville 
Academy. Entered Junior, 1859. Philomathsean. Zeta Psi. Served in Company 
A, 126th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, from August, 1862, to June, 1863. 
Has been engaged in teaching. Farming near Pittsburgh, 1865-9, and in railroad 
service at Cincinnati, 1869-78. Present residence, Fayetteville, Pa. Married Feb- 
ruary, 1880, to Annie M.McNeal, Chambersburg, Pa. 

Henry Warren Roth. Born April 5, 1838, in Prospect, Butler county, Pa. 
Parents, Lewis and Lydia. Teacher. Prepared in Connoquenessing Academy. 
Entered Freshman, 1857. Philomathsean. Linnsean. Phi Gamma Delta. Theo- 
logical course, Western Seminary, Allegheny city. Ordained 1865. In charge of 
Grace church, first as catechist and then pastor, of Grace church (Birmingham), Pitts- 
burgh, and chaplain in Pittsburgh Infirmary, 1865-70. First Professor in Thiel Col- 
lege while at Phillipsburg, Pa., 1870, and then when removed to Greenville, in 1875; 
elected President. Member Alumni committee on Semi-Centennial of Alma Mater. 
Married June 15, 1876, to Elizabeth T. Houston, Indiana, Pa. 

M. Luther Ruthrauff. Entered Freshman, 1857. Residence, Littlestown, 
Adams county, Pa. Philomathsean. Residing for a while at Milton, Pa. Tel- 
egraph operator, Macon, Ga. 

*Abel Thompson. Born April 8, 1834, in Glades, Md. Parents, Lewis and 
Elizabeth. After being employed in farming, etc., entered Preparatory, 1856. 
Absent, 1858-9. Residence, Oakland, Md. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Greek 
oration. Teaching school, 1861-2. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1863. 



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Pastor, Jeffersontown, Ky., 1864-9; New Millport, Pa., 1869-74; Schellsburg, Pa., • 
1874-6. Spinal irritation compelled withdrawal from active ministry, and resided 
at Ursina, Pa., from 1876 till his death at the Surgical Institute, Indianapolis, Ind., 
July 5, 1881. Had filled the several Synodical offices. Married twice : Decem- 
ber 6, 1864, to Maggie E. Ecker, New Windsor, Md.; November 15, l87l,<o Jennie 
M. Walker, Addison, Pa. 

John Clement Uhler. Born August 30, 1843, in Lebanon, Pa. Parents, 
Edward A. and Elizabeth. Prepared at home schools. Entered Sophomore, 1858. 
Philomathsean. Taught school, Maytown, Pa., i85i-2. Served in Company E, 
127th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry), from August 30, 1862, to June, 
1863. Engaged in banking business in Sacramento, Cal, 1863-5; San Francisco, 
1865-78. (Firm of Cope, Uhler & Co., 1875-8). Since 1880, manager of Clearing 
House of American Mining Stock Exchange, and member firm of W. H. Haverstick 
& Co., brokers, New York. Married June 9, 1871, to Emma H. Conkling, San 
Francisco, Cal. 

J. Howard Wert. Born February 12, i84i,in Mt. Joy township, Adams county. 
Pa. Parents, Adam and Catharine (Houghtelin). Entered Preparatory, 1855. 
Phrenakosmian. After teaching some years, enlisted September, 1S64, in Company 
G, 209th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry). From Orderly Sergeant was promoted 
to 2d Lieutenant. Served till close of war, discharged June 7, 1865. Principal Get- 
tysburg schools, 1866-9. Superintendent of schools of Adams county, 1869-72. 
Vice-Principal Boys' High School, Harrisburg, 1875-9 ; Principal of same, since 1879. 
Married August 21, 1869, to Emma Letitia Aughinbaugh, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Numerous contributions to over 100 periodicals, consisting of poetry 
and prose, and Harrisburg letters. 

John R. Williams. Born January 29, 1835, in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. John T. and Rebecca. From mercantile pursuits, entered Preparatory, 1856. 
Philomathaean. Linnsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1863. Pastor, 
Blain, Pa., 1863-4; Blairsville, Pa., 1864-9; Shamokin, Pa., 1869-72; Bloomsburg, 
Pa., 1872-5; Hagerstown, Md., since 1875. Married in 1865 to Annie F. Alter, 
Blairsville, Pa. 

CLASS OF 1862. 

Frank Eckels Beltzhoovp:r. Born Noveml^er 6, 1841, in Cumberland county, 
Pa. Parents, Jacob B. and Agnes. Prepared at Big .Spring Academy, Newville, Pa. 
Entered Freshman, 1858. Residence, New Kingston, Pa. PhilomathEean, orator, 
anniversary, 1862. Linnsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Freshman prize; divided third 
honor, Latin Salutator}-. Read law in the office of Hon. W. H. Miller, and admitted 
to bar, 1864, at Carlisle, where he has continued to practice. Di.strict Attorney for 
Cumberland county, Pa., 1874-7. Member of U. S. House of Representatives from 
XIX. District, since 1878. Member of Alumni Committee on Semi-Centennial of 
Alma Mater. Trustee of Alma Mater, 1880. Married December 16, 1868, to 
.\hrilda Supplee, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Publications. — The Newspaper, Alumni Address, Alma Mater, 1880, and numer- 
ous public addresses and speeches in Congress. 



270 ALUMNI RECORD. 

*JOHN W. Croll. Born January 4, 1S3S, in York, Pa. Prepared at York 
County Academy. Entered Freshman, 1858. Philomatlijean. Had but entered on 
his theological studies, when he died in the Seminary building of typhoid fever, 
December 7, 1862. 

Martin Luther Culler. Born October 13, 1S39, in Jeflerson, Frederick county, 
Md. Parents, Daniel and Ann Maria (Hargett). Farmer. Prepared at home 
schools. Entered Freshman, 185S. Phrenakcsmian. Linncean. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1864. Served several months in 
Christian Commission in Virginia. Pastor, Duncannon, Pa., 1865-7 '■> Williamsport, 
Md., 1867-9; Martinsburg, 1869-81 ; Mercersburg, Pa., since 1881. Examiner of 
teachers for public schools, Martinsburg, 1874-6. Has been secretaiy of Central and 
Maryland Synods. Married October 26, 1865, to Mary Jane Floyd, Jefferson, Md. 

Publications on various subjects in religious and secular press. 

""Albert Ebeling. Born February 12, 1839, in the Kingdom of Hanover, Ger- 
many. Parents, Henry Albert and Anna Mary. Prepared in schools at Washington, 
D. C. Entered Freshman, 1858. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1863. 
Owing to ill health did not undertake a pastoral charge, but was employed in the 
Quartermaster's Department, U. S. -A., Washington, D. C, and preaching in the' 
neighborhood as occasion offered. Died February 22, 1865. Unmarried. 

S.\MUEL Augustus Koch Fr.\nxis. Born April 14, 1S37, in Amity township, 
Berks county, Pa. Parents, Samuel and Catharine. After teaching and preparing 
at Freeland Seminary, Montgomery county, Pa., entered Freshman, half advanced, 
1859. Philomathtean. Phi Kappa Psi. After being Principal of Myerstown (Pa.) 
Academy, pursued theological studies at Union, (New York) and Gettysburg Semin- 
aries. Licensed I S64. Pastor, Trinity Church, Philadelphia, 1864-6; York Springs, 
Adams county. Pa., 1866-7; Trinity Church, Philadelphia, since 1867. Married 
January 17, 1S66, to Mrs. Margaret A. Wemmer, daughter of George Gettz, Phila- 
delphia. 

Henry Eyster J.a.cobs. Born November 10, 1844, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Prof. Michael (D. D.) and Julia Ann M. (Eyster.) Entered' Preparatory, 1853. 
Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. Divided third honor. Spent one year in study 
preliminary to that of law. Theological studies privately, and at Seminary, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1861. Tutor, Alma Mater, 1864-7. Missionary Work, Pittsburgh, 
1867-8. Pastor, Phillipsburg, Beaver county. Pa., and Principal of Thiel Hall (now 
College) 1S6S-70. Professor in Alma Mater, since 1S7C; of Latin and Histoiy, 
1870-81 ; of Greek, iSSi. Trustee of Thiel College, 1870-2. Secretary of Boai-d 
of same, 1870. Secretary of General Council, 1879-80. D. D., Thiel College, 1877. 
Married July 3, 1872, to Laura Hewes Downing, Baltimore, Md. 

Publications. — How God concurs in the wicked deeds of men. Translation from 
Gerhard, Evangelical Review, XVHI. 310. Conversion, Translated from Chem- 
nitz, lb., XVin. 536. The Third Commandment, Translation from Gerhard, lb., 
XIX. 548. Hutter's Compend of Lutheran Theology, Translation from Latin (jointly 
with Rev. G. F. Spieker), pp. 249, 1868. The Luthei^an Doctrine of the Sabbath, 
and the Lord's Day, Evangelical Review, XX. 125. The Sabbath Question, lb., 
XIX. 524. Martin Chemnitz and the Council of Trent, lb., XXI. 39S. Chemni- 



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cius Redivivus, condensed translation, lb., XXI. 553. The Assurance of Faith,' 
Lutheran Quarterly, L 280. Dr. Krauth's Conservative Reformation, Mercersburg 
Review, January, 1872. The Witness of Adoption, sennon, Rochester, N. V., 1872. 
Lutheran Doctrine of the Ministry, Lutheran Review, IX. 557. Luther's Small Cat- 
echism with Scripture texts (jointly with Rev. Drs. Seiss and Spalh), Philadelphia, 
1874. The Day of Aug.sburg — an Address at the Dedication of Greenville Hall 
of Thiel College, June 25, 1874. What is a Fundamental Doctrine, Translation 
from Philippi and Franck. Lutheran Quarterly, V. 535. Doctrinal Theology of 
the Evangelical Lutheran Church. By Dr. H. Schmid. Translated jointly with Dr. 
Hay, pp., 690, Philadelphia, 1876. Article " Mclanchthon," in McClintock and 
.Strong's Encyclopedia, New York, 1876. The Requisites of a Sermon, Translation 
from Rev. Dr. Walther's Pastoral Theology, Lutheran Quarterly, January, 1876. 
The Author of the Aug.sburg Confession, Translation from Dr. Plitt's Introduction 
to the Augsburg Confession, lb., VII. 341. Proceedings of First Free Lutheran Diet 
in America (1877). Editor, Philadelphia, 1878. History and Progress of Lutheran 
Church in the U. S. (Essay No. IV. in above volume.) A Question of Latinity, 
Philadelphia, 1879. Bernard of Clairvaux as a Preacher, from German of Dr. Bnimel, 
Bibliotheca Sacra for April, 1880. Review of Harper's Latin Dictionary, in Quar- 
terly Review for January, 1880, and of Dr. Shedd's Commentary on Romans, in 
Quarterly Review for April, 1880. The Confessional Principle and the Confes.sions, 
Quarterly Review, January, 1881. Also published separately. Philadelphia. The 
Book of Concord or Symbolical Books of Evangelical Lutheran Church : Vol. I., The 
Confessions, Philadelphia, 1882. Vol. II., Companion Volume to Book of Concord, 
in press. Editor of the "Church. Almanac," Philadelphia, 187.J-77. Has con- 
tributed a number of sermons, translations, reviews and editorials for Ltitheran and 
Missionary, Philadelphia, and IVorkinnn, Pittsburgh. 

Hknry H. Keedy. Born October 9, 1840, near Rohrersville, Md. Parents, 
Daniel and Sophia. Entered Preparatory, 1857. Phrenakosmian. Linna-an. Zeta 
Psi. Divided third honor. Taught at Turbotville, Pa., 1862-3. Studied law with 
Hon. R. H. Altey, and admitted to the bar in 1865, at Hagerstown, Md., where he 
has continued to practice. State's Attorney for Washington county, Md., 1868-72, 
and 1873-6. Married June 10, 1868, to Julia W. Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Jacob B. Keller. iJorn January 2, 1837, near Hummelstown, Dauphin county. 
Pa. Parents, Sebastian and Fannie. Farmer. I'repared at lunmaus Institute, Mid- 
dletown. Pa. Entered Freshman, April, 1859. Philomatheean. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1864. Missionary for Lebanon Conference at Mt. Carmel, 
1864. Pastor, Shamokin, 1864-9; Bedford, Pa., 1871-4; Williamsport, Md., .since 
1874. Married September 27, 1865, to Martha S. Weaver, Minersville, Pa. 

Duncan McVicker Kemerer. Born Augu.st 7, 1838, in Schellsburg, Bedford 
county, Pa. Parents, John and Mary Ann. Cigarmaker. Prepared at .Schellsburg.. 
Entered Freshman, 1858. Philomathtean. Poem, anniversary, 1862. Essayist, 
anniversary, 1862. Linnx-an. Teacher in Academy, Leechburg, 1862-4. I'ursued 
Theological course at Western Seminary, Allegheny City. Licensed 1864. Pastor, 
New Lebanon, Mercer county. Pa., 1865-7; .Saegerstown, Crawford county. Pa., 
1867-77; Jewett, Harrison county, O., 1877-81. Since 1881 Financial Secretary of 



272 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Thiel College. Residence, Greenville, Pa. President of School Board, Saegerstown, 
Pa., 1869-72, and Director, Jewett, O., 1878-81. Married June 25, 1867,10 Mrs. C. 
A. Delo, Crossingville, Pa. 

Frederick Klinefelter. Born September 26, 1836, at York, Pa. Parents, 
Adam and Sarah. Machinist. Prepared at York County Academy. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1858. Philomathsean, orator, anniversary, 1862. Linnsean. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Served in Federal army. Private in i6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, June to August, 1861. Captain of Company A. (College Company) 26th Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Militia, June to July, 1863. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1864. Pastor and organizer of St. Peter's church, Philadelphia, 1864-7; 
Tremont, Pa., 1867-72; Greencastle, Pa., since 1872. Director of Theological 
Seminary, since 1876. Married September 4, 1866, to Anna E. Wilson, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Charles Van Swearingen Levy. Born January 7, 1844, ii^ Middletown, Md. 
Prepared at home schools. Entered Freshman, 1858. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. 
Phi Gamma Delta. First honor and Valedictorian. Principal of graded schools. 
New Oxford, Pa., 1863-4. Tutor in Alma Mater, 1864-5. After studying law pri- 
vately, was admitted to the bar in 1866, at Frederick, Md., where he has continued to 
practice. City Attorney for Frederick, since 1876. Delegate to State, etc., Political 
Conventions. Promiijent Mason. Married January 5, 1871, to Mary Grace, daughter 
of W. D. Strobel, D. D., Baltimore, Md. 

Publications. — The Essential Elements of True Manhood. Alumni Address, 
Alma Mater, 1873. Quarterly Review, V. 23. 

* Alexander M. Miller. Born November 6, 1838, in Hamburg, Berks county. 
Pa. Entered Preparatory, 1855, absent 1857-8. Phrenakosmian. Studied medi- 
cine and dentistry. University of Michigan. Graduated M. D., University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1867. Practiced at Hamburg and Johnstown, Pa. Died March 9, 1877. 
Plad been married. 

John Tritle Luther Sahm. Born September 6, 1843, ^^^ Greencastle, Franklin 
county. Pa. Parents, Rev. Dr. Peter and Susannah. Prepared at Somerset (Pa.) 
Academy. Entered Sophomore, 1859. Residence, Friedens, Somerset county. 
Phrenakosmian. Second honor. English Salutatory. Teaching, Loysville (Pa.) 
Academy; Beaver Falls Academy. Read law with J. M. Mclntyre, New Bloom- 
field, Pa. Admitted to the bar, 1865. Practiced law at Mifflintown, Juniata county. 
Pa., 1865-73; Wilkesbarre, Pa., since 1873. Married September, 1873, to Minerva 
S. Rothrock, MifHintown, Pa. 

Jonathan Sarver. Born November 2, 1837, near Greensburg, Pa. Parents, 
John and Margaret A. (Kepple.) Farmer and Teacher. Prepared at Zelienople, 
Pa. Entered Freshman, half advanced, 1859. Philomathsean, orator, anniversary, 
1862. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1864. Pastor, Zelienople, Pa.,, 
1864-6; Leechburg, Pa., since 1866. Trustee of Thiel College. Married November 
8, 1864, to Jennie B. Welty, at Hammerstown, Westmoreland county. Pa. 

Publications. — Odd Fellowship and other Secret Societies, sermon, pp. 30, 1876. 
In what Amusements may Christians Engage? sermon, pp. 30, 1878. 

* Augustus D. Schaeffer. Born August 28, 1842, near Westminster, Md. 



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Parents, George and Catharine Ann. Entered Preparatory, 1S55. Phrenakosmian. 
After teaching for some time, studied law and admitted to the bar. Cashier of 
Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank, Westminster, Md. Died August 21, 1877. 
Married to Sallie A. Bachman. 

Claudius Galen Treichler. Born February 23, 1840, in McKeansburg, 
Schuylkill county, Pa. Parents, Dr. J. F. and Mary (Moser.) Entered Preparatory, 
1856. Philomathrean. Linnivan. Phi Kappa Psi. Pursued medical studies with 
liis father, and at University of Pennsylvania, graduating M. D., 1865. Practiced 
medicine, Jonestown, Lebanon county, Pa., 1865-9; Honeybrook, Chester county. 
Pa., smce 1869. Also engaged in drug business. Member of Chester County and 
Pannsylvania State and American Medical Societies. Also Fellow of American 
Academy of Medicine. Married June 10, 1869, to M. Lizzie Dorian, Dorian Mills, 
Chester county, Pa. 

Publications. — Made in Professional Journals. 

RUFUS Benjamin Weaver. Born January 10, 1841, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Samuel and Elizabeth A. Entered Preparatory 1855. Phrenakosmian. Pursued 
medical studies in Pennsylvania Medical University and University of Pennsylvania. 
Graduated, M. D., 1865. Demonstrator of Anatomy; Prosector to the Chair ol 
Anatomy ; Lecturer on Topographical Anatomy and Osteology, and Curator of the 
Museum in the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, since 1868. Married, 
December 21, 1869, to Madeliene Louise Bender, Philadelphia. 

Mason Weidman. Born August 14, 1843, i''' Lebanon, Pa. Parents, Jacob B. 
and Elizabeth C. (Murray). Prepared by private tutor. Entered Freshman 1858. 
Philomathjean ; orator, anniversary, 1862. Linnaean. Zeta Psi. Read law with 
P. P. Morris, esq., at Philadelphia. Admitted to the bar, 1866. Practicing in 
Pottsville, Pa. Bachelor. 

CLASS OF 1863. 

Joseph Potts Blymyer. Born June 29, 1839, at Lewisburg, York county, Pa. 
Parents, George and Mary. Prepared at home schools, Lewistown, Mifflin county. 
Pa. Entered Freshman 1859. Philomathjean; orator, anniversary, 1862. Linnaean. 
Zeta Psi. Member Company A, 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June — July, 
1863. Read law 1863-4. Abandoned professional studies owing to affection of 
eyes. Engaged since 1864 in milling and grain business, Lewistown, Pa. Married 
October 13, 1875, ^'^ Anna M. Jack, Boalsburg, Centre county. Pa. 

Michael Colver. Born March 18, 1836, in Kittanning town.ship, Armstrong 
county. Pa. Parents, William and Sarah. Prepared at Zelienople, Pa. Entered 
Sophomore, i860. Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1865. Pastor, Cookport charge, Indiana county, Pa., 1865-8; Apollo, 
Armstrong county. Pa., 1868-76; Newport, Pa., 1876-81; Blairsville, Pa., since 
1881. Married to Miss R. E. Wood, of Indiana county, Pa. 

RuFUS E. CULP. Born December 3, 1842, in Gettysburg. Parents, Heniy and 
Anna. Entered Preparatory, 1857. Philomathiiian. Phi Gamma Delta. Sergeant 
Signal Corps, U. S. A., July 24, 1863,10 September 22, 1865. Been engaged in 
clerical and mercantile pursuits since 1865. Residence, Gettysburg. Married Decem- 
ber 5, 1S71, to Josie S. Myers, York Springs, Pa. 
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John C. Dizinger. Born , in Germany. Entered Preparatory 1858. 

Residence, Philadelphia. Phrenakosmian. Corporal Company A, 26th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Militia, June to July, 1863. Theological course, Gettysburg and Phil- 
adelphia. Licensed 1865. Pastor at Camden, N. J., since 1865. Bachelor. 

* F. Adam Fair. Born December 15, 1837, near Manchester, Md. After 
removal in 1856 with his parents to Agency City, Iowa, returned east and entered 
Preparatory, 1859. Phrenakosmian; Linnsean ; Phi Kappi Psi. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1864. After serving the church at Hazleton, Pa., 
for about nine months, resigned owing to much impaired health, and returning to 
Agency City, Iowa, died August 8, 1865. Unmarried. 

Orlando L. Fegley. Born June 8, 1 841, at Boyerstown, Pa. Pai-ents, Daniel 
and Sarah. Prepared at home academy. Entered Sophomore, i860. Philoma- 
thaean. Zeta Psi. Read law and taught school at Hecla, Schuylkill county. Pa., 
1864-5. Superintended a forge and sawmill at Hecla for a short while. Entered 
Medical Department, University of Pennsylvania; graduated M. D. Practising in 
Allentown, Pa. Married November 24, 1874, to Annie E. Stauffer, Boyerstown, Pa. 

Publications consist of papers in professional journals. 

George Washington Frederick. Born April 4, 1837, at Shrewsbury, York 
county. Pa. Parents, Peter and Anna Mary (Kramer). Painter. Entered Pre- 
paratory, 1858. Philomathsean ; orator, anniversary, 1862. Phi Gamma Delta. 
Principal of Public Schools, Gettysburg, 1S63-4. Enlisted in 209th Pa. Vols., 
September i, 1864; commissioned ist Lieut. Company G, September 2d ; Captain, 
September 8; Lieut. Colonel, September 17, and breveted Colonel April 2, 1865, serv- 
ing till the close of the war. Pursued theological studies partly at Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1866. Pastor, Zehenople, Pa., 1866-7; Chestnut Hill, 1867-72. Manager 
Lutheran Book Store, and succeeding the same as publisher and bookseller since 
1872. Residence, Chestnut Hill, Pa. Married twice : January 18, 1865, to Lavina 
Anna Gulp, Gettysburg; April 27, 1871, to Rebecca C. Hinkle, Philadelphia. 

Samuel Eggers Furst. Born December 20, 1838, near Salona, Pa. Parents, 
Samuel and Mary. After farming and teaching, prepared privately and at Aarons- 
burg Academy. Entered Sophomore 1858. Absent from College 1859-60, and 
1861-2. Teaching. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Teaching and reading law pri- 
vately 1863-7. Admitted to the bar. Centre County, 1867. Practiced at Bellefonte 
1867-77. Theological course, Gettysburg, 1877. Licensed 1878. Pastor since at 
Bellefonte, Pa. Married June 4, 1872, to S. Alice Bowman, Hagerstown, Md. 

Davis Garber. Born February 10, 1839, near Trappe, Montgomery County, Pa. 
Parents, Samuel and Susan. After farming and teaching, prepared at Washington 
Hall Institute, Trappe. Entered Sophomore, third term, 1861. Phrenakosmian. 
Linnsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Third Honor. Instructor Washington Hall Collegiate 
Institute, 1863-9. Professor Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, and Geology, Muh- 
lenberg College, since January, 1870. Married December 26, 1878, to Kate Grim, 
Allentown, Pa. 

S. A. Hedges. Born October 31, 1835, in Middletown, Md. Parents, Shadrack 
and Mary M. After farming and preparing at home, entered Freshman 1859. 
Phrenakosmian. Linna-an. Principal of Academy, Middletown, Md., 1863-6. 



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Theological course, Gettysburg, Licensed 1867. Pastor, Bloomfield, Pa., 1869-72 ; 
York Springs, Pa., 1872-7; Lewistown, Frederick County, Md„ since 1877. Trus- 
tee Loysville Orphans' Home 1871-2. Married May 20, 1868, to Miss Bettie Hill, 
Shepherdstown, W. Va. 

LuTiiER D. Jacobs. Born ISLay 20, 1842, near Waynesboro, Pa. Parents, Henry 
and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 1857. Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. Phi 
Kappa Psi. Studied medicine with Dr. H. S. Huber, Gettysburg, and at University 
of Pennsylvania. Graduated M. D., i865. Has since been engaged in pi-actice 
as physician and surgeon in Emporia, Kansas. Married September 30, 1868, to Anna 
M. Bailey, Emporia, Kansas. 

Eugene L. Rowe. Born February 6, 1845, '•'' Emmittsburg, Md. Parents, 
George W. and Susan. Prepared at Emmittsburg and Littlestovvn. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1859. Residence, Littlestown, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 
Second honor. Latin Salutatory. Since graduating been employed in teaching, as 
a merchant and law student. Residing at Emmittsburg, Md. Admitted to the bar 
at Frederick, 1880. Practiced in Emmittsburg, Md. Bachelor. 

Samuel D. Schmucker. Born February 26, 1844, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Rev. Dr. Samuel S. and Mary C. Entered Preparatory, 1855. Phrenakosmian. 
Phi Kappa Psi. Tutor University of Illinois, 1863-4. After pursuing studies at 
Law School of University of New York, graduating, LL. B., in 1866, since when 
has been actively engaged in practice in Baltimore, Md. Served as Sergeant in 
Company A, 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June to July, 1863. Trustee of 
Alma Mater, since 1875. Member of General Synod Board of Foreign Missions, 
since 1877. Married in 1869 to Helen J. Bridges, Baltimore, Md. 

Jacob Lawson Smith. Born March 3, 1837, in Middletown Valley, Md. 
Parents, Jacob and Rebecca. After farming and teaching, entered Preparatory 1857. 
Phrenakosmian. LinnDsan. Phi Kappa Psi. Fourth Honor. Valedictory. The- 
ological course, Gettysburg and Philadelphia. Licensed 1865. Pastor, Erie, Pa., 
1865-71 ; Vandalia, 111., 1871-2; AUiance, O., 1872-7. Owing to ill health, retired 
from active ministry. Resides at Alliance, O. Member of Board of Visitors, Or- 
phans' Home, Zelienople, Pa., and also officer of Synods. Married April 22, 1869, 
to Lizzie C, daughter of Rev. C. L. Watson, Loda, 111. 

William H. Steck. Born August 4, 1838, at Hughesville, Pa. Parents, John 
and Sarah. Entered Preparatory 1857. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1865. Pastor, Columbia, Pa., 1865-70; Kansas City, Mo., 
1870-4; Ardmore, Pa., since 1874. Spent some months in Europe during 1881. 
Served in 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, 1862, and in Company A, 26th Reg- 
ment, Pennsylvania Militia, June — July, 1863. Bachelor. 

Edmund Jacob Wolf. Born December 8, 1S40, near Rebersburg, Centre County, 
Pa. Parents, Jacob and Polly. After clerking, pursued preparatory studies while 
teaching and at Aaronsburg Academy. Entered Sophomore i860. Phrenakosmian. 
First Honor. Greek Oration. Corporal Company A (College Company), 26th 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June — July, 1863. Theological course at Gettysburg, 
and Tubingen and Erlangen, Germany. Licensed 1865. Pastor, Turbotville, Pa., 
1866-8; Lombard Street Church, Baltimoie, 1868-74. Professor of Church History 



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and New Tcslainent Exegesis, Theological Seminary, (lettysbnrg, since 1S74. 
Taught Dogmatic Theology in same, 18S0-1. Co-editor of Lutheran Quarterly, 
since 18S0. Has twice visited Europe. Alumni Speaker for Seminary, 187 1. Co- 
editor Lutheran Quarterly since 1S80. D. D., Franklin and I\L\rshall College 1876. 
T^Iarried December 13, 1865, to Ella Kemp, Reisterstown, Md. 

Publications. — The Christian Church (Translated), Quarterly Review. XX. 418. 
Practical Exposition of Scripture (Translated), Lutheran Quarterly, IL 179. The 
Retreat of Science on the Antiquity of Human Race (Translated), lb., HL 450. 
Value of Ecclesiastical History to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Inaugural Ad- 
dress, lb.. IV. 4IQ. Article on Lutheran Church in America, for translation of new 
edition of Herzog's Encyclopedia. Holman Lecture on Art. XVI. of Augsburg Con- 
fession, 1882, Lutheran Quarterly, Xll. 

CLASS OF 1864. 

George JNIoRRts Bei.tzuoover. Fnirn February 8, 1844, in Cumberland county, 
Pa. Parents, Jacob and Agnes (Eckels). Prepared at Cumberland Valley Institute, 
Mechanicsburg, Pa. Entered Freshman, i860. Philomathtean. Zeta Psi. Member 
Company A, (College company) 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania militia June — July, 
1863. Read law at Carlisle, and admitted to the bar at that place, January, 1866. 
Practiced in Shepherdstown. W. Va., since 1S66. Member of West Virginia Legis- 
lature, 1870. State Attorney for Jefferson county, W. Va., 1S71-6. State Regent 
West Virginia University, 1S70-2. Married. September 24, 1S73, to Lucie Adele 
Entler. Piedmont, W. \'a. 

John T- Cressman. Porn January lo, 1S41. in Petersville, Northampton county, 
Pa. Parents, Abraham J. and Lydia (Frutchey). After teaching, prepared at Easton 
Collegiate Institute. Entered Freshman, i860. Phrenakosmian. Member Company 
A, 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June — ^July, 1S63. Taken prisoner and 
paroled at battle of Gettysburg. Theological course, Lutheran Seminary, Philadel- 
phia. Licensed 1867. Pastor South Easton, Pa., 1867-77 "> Bernville, Berks county, 
Pa., since 1S77. Principal of High School, and Borough Superintendent of Schools, 
South Easton. six years. Married, August 27. 1865,10 Emma C. M. Walters, Allen- 
town, Pa. 

PHlLir DOERR. Born January 23, 1S40, in Lancaster, Pa. Parents, P. H. and 
Margaret. After clerking, entered Pieparatory 1859. Phrenakosmian. German 
oration. Clerk in United States arsenal, Washington, D. C, 1S64-5. Corporal in 
Company K, I92d New Vork ^\■llunteers, from February 24 to August 25, 1S65. 
Principal of Academy, Kingw^ood, W. Va., i865-*6 : of Public Schools, Cumberland, 
Md., 1866-S. After private theological study, was licensed 1S6S. Pastorates, 
Bloody Run, Pa.; McConnelsburg, Pa., 1869-71 ; Venango, Pa., 1S71-3; Cochran's 
Mills. Pa., 1873-7; West Newton, 1877-81 ; Warren, Pa., since iSSi. Married, 
February 14, 1865, to Wilhelmina Bream, Lancaster, Pa. 

Publications. — Several senuons. 

•^Charles Adolphus Heilig. Bom March 7, 1845, ^^ Abbottstown, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Rev. William M. (Class of '39) and Maiy B. (Carl). Prepared 
bv his father. From Lutherville, Md.. entered Junior, 1862. Philomathcean. Lin- 



CLASS OF 1864. 277 

nx-an. Phi Gamma Delta. Member of Signal Corps, U. S. A., from summer of 
1864 to close of war. Was engaged in teaching and in the .study of theology. 
Assistant Librarian Mercantile Library. Prepared the manuscript of Dr. Deutsch's 
Hebrew Grammar for the press. Died May 30, 1870, in Caracas, Venezuela. 
Bachelor. 

J. Clinton Hii.r,. ilorn June 11, 1841, at Hughesville, Lycoming county. Pa. 
Parents, Dr. George and Rachel. Prepared at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, 
I'a. Entered Junior, 1862. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta, Third Honor, 
Valedictory. Read law and was admitted to the bar at Williamsport, Pa., 1867. 
Since this date has been engaged in practice at Williamsport. Married September 8, 
1870, to Katie C. Weise, Williamsport, Pa. 

Publication. — Phi Gamma I)elta, Poem, 1878. 

John Morris Kr.M'TII. Born March 3, 1846, in Pennsylvania College, Gettys- 
burg. Parents, President Charles Philip and Harriet (Brown). Entered Prepara- 
tory, 1858. Phrenakosmian. Linntean. Phi Kappa Psi. Member Co. A (College 
company) 26th Regt. Pa. Militia, June 19 to July 30, 1863. Member Signal Corps, 
U. S. A., March 28, 1864, to August 28, 1865. _ After reading law under Dr. 
McConaughy, was admitted to the bar 1867. Has since been practicing at Gettys- 
burg. Assistant Assessor Internal Revenue, June, 1869, to May, 1873. Postmaster, 
Gettysburg, since 1877. Trustee of Alma Mater since 1879. Secretary of same since 
1880. Married October 12, 1875,10 Mary J. Crawford, Gettysburg. 

Edmund W. Meisskniikldkr. Born February 22, 1843, in LJover, York county, 
Pa. Parents, Dr. Samuel and Josephine S. From East Berlin, Pa., entered Pre- 
paratory, 1859. Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. i'hi Gamma Delta. Divided Fresh- 
man prize. I lassler. Latin Medal. Fir.st honor. Member Company A (College Co.) 
26th Reg., Pa. Mil., June — July, 1863. Entered Company D, 210th Reg. Pa. Vols., 
September 15, 1864. Discharged at close of war as 2d Lieut., May 30, 1865. Pur- 
sued medical studies with his father, and at Jefferson Medical College. Graduated 
M. I)., 1868. Practiced medicine at East Berlin, 1868-71; York, Pa., since 1871. 
U. S. Examining Pension Surgeon. Member of Borough Council five years. Mar- 
ried December 22, 1870, to Maria E. Baughman, Baughmansville, York county. 
Pa. 

Fr.'VNCIS Muhlenberg. Born April 4, 1844, in Lancaster, Pa. Parents, Dr. 
Frederick A. and Ann E. Prepared at High School, Lancaster. Entered Fresh- 
man, i860. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. Fourth Honor; English Saluta- 
toiy. Member Company A (College Co.) 26th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, 
June — July, 1863. Studied medicine under Dr. Hayes Agnew, and at University of 
Pennsylvania. Graduated M. D., 1867. Practiced medicine, Lancaster, 1867 (few 
months). Resident physician, Philadelphia Hospital, 1867-9. Practicing, Philadel- 
phia, since 1869. Assistant Demonstrator of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 
1869-79. Member Philadelphia County Medical Society, Pathological Society, 
Philadelphia Obstetrical Society, etc. Married October 21, 1875, to Ada F. Snod- 
grass, Philadelphia. 

Thomas Charles Pritchard. Born September 25, 1840, in England. Parents, 
William and Leah. Entered Preparatory, 1858. Residence, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



2/8 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg, Pa. Licensed, iS66. Pastor, 
Port Royal, Juniata county. Pa., 1866-8; Mechanicsburg, 1868-71; Barren Hill, 
Pa., since 187 1. Member Lutheran Board of Publication. Director of Public 
Schools, Montgomery county, Pa., 1877-9. Served in Company A (College Com- 
pany), 26th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, June — July, 1863. Sanitary Commission, 
1864. Married June 23, 1866, to Lydia J. Swope, Gettysburg. 

Frank Richards. Born April 21, 1840, in New Lisbon, Columbiana county, O. 
Parents, Edward and Mary. After being at printing business, prepared at Zelienople, 
Pa. Entered Freshman i860. Philomatheean. Linnsean. Phi Gamma Delta. 
Member Company A, 20th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June — July, 1863. Served 
three months in Christian Commission in Tennessee and Virginia. Theological 
course, Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia. Ordained 1867. Pastor English church, 
Chicago, 1867-73. Office Editor Littheran and Missionary, 1873-6. Pastor Janes- 
ville,0., since 1876. Married February 10, 1869, to Miss C. L. Super, Mansfield, O. 

Published. — Funeral sermon of T. Bowman, 1S82. 

Jacob D. vSchindel. Born January ii, 1S41, at South Whitehall, Lehigh county. 
Pa. Parents, Rev. Jeremiah and Elizabeth A. (Mosser.) After clerking in a dry 
goods store, prepared at AUentown Seminary and Missionary Institute. Entered 
Junior, 1862. Residence, AUentown, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 
Second Honor — Latin Salututory. Theological course, Lutheran Seminary, Phila- 
delphia. Ordained 1867. Pastor at Catasauqua since 1873. Residing at AUentown 
since 1873. Secretary Board of Trustees of Muhlenberg College since 1874. Sec- 
retary of Ministerium of Pennsylvania since 1878. Married July 2, 1868, to Ella C. 
Schmoyer, AUentown, Pa. 

Theodore Lorenzo Seip. Born June 25, 1842, in Easton, Pa. Parents, Reuben 
L. and Sarah A. Entered Preparatory 1859. Residence, Bath, Northampton 
county. Pa. Phrenakosmian. Phi Kappa Psi. Member Company A, 26th Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Militia, June — July, 1863. Delegate of United States Christian 
Commission, 1864. Inspector for United States Sanitary Commission, at City Point, 
etc., 1865. Theological course, Philadelphia. Ordained 1867. Connected with 
Muhlenberg College since its foundation, 1867. Principal of Academic Departmen, 
and Adjunct Professor of Greek, 1867-72. Professor of Latin in same, 1872-80, 
Professor of Greek Language and Literature since 1880. Has been successful in 
raising considerable endowment for Muhlenberg College. Married twice : In 1866, 
to Emma E. Shinier, Bath, Pa.; in 1877, to Beckie Kech, AUentown, Pa. 

Publications. — Various sermons and addresses in church and secular press. 

Horatio J. Watkins. Born May 6, 1838, in Hagerstown, Md. Parents, Rich- 
ard and Rose Ann. After being employed as a confectioner, entered Preparatory, 
1858. Phrenakosmian. Linna^an. Phi Gamma Delta. Serving eight months in 
Christian Commission. Pursued theological studies privately. Licensed 1865. Pas- 
tor, Canal Dover, O., 1865-9; Ardmore, Pa., 1869-74; Newville, Pa., since 
1874; St. Paul's, since 1879. Married May 17, 1863, to Carrie Schock, Hagers- 
town, Md. 



CLASS OF 1865. 279 

CLASS OF 1865. 

Thomas Charles Bim.hf.imkr. P>orn Octolier n, 1842, in Northanmplon 
county, I'a. Parents, Jesse and Julia Ann. Kntered PVeshman, second term, 1862. 
Residence, Easton, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Linnxan. Sigma Chi. Divided second 
honor. Creek oration. Theological course, Cettysburg. Licensed 1867. Pastor, 
Watsontovvn, Pa., 1867-8; Shippensburg, 1868-74; I'ittsburg, 1874-7; Reading, 
since 1877. Director Theological Seminary, Gettysburg. Alumni address of .same 
1881. Married December 31, 1867, to Emma C. Ziegler, York, Pa. 

Matthew Garner BnYER. Born March 10, 1839, in Marklesburg, Pa. 
Parents, Henry and Susan (Garner). From farming entered Preparatory, 1859. 
Phrenakosmian. Member Company A (College Company), 26th Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Militia, June to July, 1863. Theological course, Getty.sburg. Licensed 
1866. ]*as- tor Markleburg charge, residence, James Creek, I'a., 1866-68; 
Atchinson, Kansas, 1868-71 ; Newry, Blair county. Pa., 1871-5; Markleburg 
charge, since 1875. Married November 20, 1866, to Martha L. Stouffer, Ifollidays- 
burg. Pa. 

CoNSTANTiNE J. Erdman. Born September 4, 1846, in Upper Saucon, Lehigh 
county, Pa. Parents, Enos and Anna. Prepared at Quakertown, Pa. FJitered 
Freshman, 1861. Residence, Centre Valley, Lehigh county, Pa. Phrenakosmian. 
Phi Gamma Delta. First honor. Latin Salutatory. Tutor, Alma Mater, 1866-7. 
Read law and was admitted to the bar in 1867, at Allentown, Pa., where has since 
been engaged in practice. District Attorney, Lehigh county, 1875-7. Married in 
1875, to Marie Schall, Allentown, Pa. 

Zenas PL Gaule. Born August 13, 1842, in Cherry ville, Northampton County, 
Pa. Parents, Daniel and Elizabeth. From farming, entered Preparatory i860. 
Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Philadelphia. Ordained 1868. Pastor, Wash- 
ington County, Pa., residing at Scenery Hill, 1868-73; churches near, and residing 
in Reading .since 1873. Married December 24, 1868, to Thusnelda, daughter of Rev. 
J. T. Vogelbach, Philadelphia. 

Samuei, S. Henry. Born March 12, 1838, at Shrewsbury, York County, Pa. 
Parents, George W. and Lydia C. PVom farming, entered Preparatory 1859. Phil- 
omath.Tcan. Agent in successfully completing first y$iooo Librar)' Fund of the Society. 
Member of Company A (College Company), 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, 
June — July, 1863. Theological course, Philadel[)hia. Ordained 1868. Pa.stor, Ber- 
wick, Columbia county. Pa., 1869-73; Hinkletown, Lancaster county, Pa., since 
1873. Married December 13, 1866, to Maggie A. Ruhl, Shrewsbury, Pa. 

Publications. — Order of Service for the Kinderlehre in Evangelical I>utheran Con- 
gregations. 151 pp. 1879. 

Joseph Hiei.pot. Born December 27, 1835, at Tinicum, Bucks county, Pa. 
Parents, Samuel S. T. and Eva (Trauger). After farming and teaching, prepared at 
Normal and Classical School, Quakertown, I'a. Entered Freshmiin 1861. Phrena- 
kosmian. Theological course, Philadelphia. Ordained 1867. Pastor, Lycoming, 
Pa., 1870; Richland Centre, 1871-81 ; Quakertown, since 1881. Married August 
23, 1866, to Miss E. A. B. Wambold, Philadelphia. 



28o ALUMNI RECORD. 

Jesse C. Koller. Born October 24, 1839, in Springfield township, York county, 
Pa. Parents, Henry and Anna Mary. From farming, entered Preparatory i860. 
Philomathrean. Linncean. Plii Kappa Psi. Divided Freshman prize ; divided 
second honor. Corporal Company A, (College company), 26th Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Militia, June — July, 1863. Valedictorian. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1867. Pastor Glen Rock, York county. Pa., 1867-77; St. Matthews, 
Hanover, Pa., since 1877. Director Theological Seminaiy, Gettysburg. Secretary 
of West Pennsylvania Synod, 1878-S1. Married, June i, 1869, to Ahce G. Heath, 
Glen Rock, Pa. 

Publications. — Should Clergymen Study Physical Science ? Lutheran Quarterly, 
IV. 597. On the Person of Christ, lb., VI. 321. An Essay on Family Religion, 
lb., XL 112. 

Jacob A. Krumrine. Born July 28, 1842, in Littlestown, Pa. Parents, John 
and EHza. Prepared at home schools. Entered Freshman 186 1. Phrenakosmian. 
Attended Jefferson Medical College and University of Pennsylvania. Graduated M. 
D., from University in 1867. Practiced medicine successively at Dover, Pa., New 
Oxford, Pa., Indianapolis, Ind.,and present residence at Irvington, Ind. Postmaster 
New Oxford, 1 87 1-2. President Board of Trustees of Irvington High School since 
1877. Census enumerator, 1880. Married, June 20, 1867, to Elvira F. Swope, 
Littlestown, Pa. 

Harvey Washington McKnight. Born April 3, 1843, at McKnightstown, 
Adams county. Pa. Parents, Thomas and Margaret F. After clerking, entered 
Preparatory i860. Residence, Franklin county, Pa. Philomath^ean. Phi Kappa 
Psi. College course was interrupted by several terms of army service. First Ser- 
geant and Second Lieutenant (October 2), Company B, 138th Regiment, Pennsylva- 
nia Volunteers, August 16 to December, 1862. Discharged by reason of ill health. 
Company A (College company), 26th Regiment, Pennsjdvania Militia, serving as 
Adjutant, June — July, 1863. Captain color Company, D, 210th Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, August, 1864, to June, 1865. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1867. Pastor Newville, Pa., 1867-70. Owing to ill health, retired from 
active ministry 1870-2. Pastor St. Paul's Church, Easton, Pa., 1872-80; First 
English Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, since 1880. Trustee of Alma Mater since 1878. 
Delivered Alumni address of Theological Seminary, 1878. Married, November 12, 
1867, to Mary K. Welty, Gettysburg. 

S.-vmuel Furney Rathvon. Born March 4, 1845, in Lancaster, Pa. Parents, 
Hoi-ace and Louisa (Forney). Prepared at Lancaster High School. Entered Fresh- 
man, third session, 1862. Philomathrean. Phi Kappa Psi. Third Honor Mem- 
ber Co. C, 195th Regt. Pa. Militia, July 17 to November 4, 1864. Engaged in 
banking business at Lancaster, Pa., till 1879, since when at Sterling, Kansas. Mar- 
ried twice ; June 10, 1868, to Mary L. Rhine, Lancaster, Pa. ; May 22, 1878, to Emily 
M. Magraw, Colora, Md. 

William Meredith Rightmyer. Born October 10, 1842, at Spring Forge, 
Berks county. Pa. Parents, John L. and wife L. L. Prepared by Rev. J. S. Ermen- 
trout. Entered Freshman, 1861. Phrenakosmian. Phi Kappa Psi. Read law 
with Hon. W. M. Baird, Reading, Pa., and was admitted to the bar 1867, since 



CLASS OF 1866. 281 

which date has practiced law at Reading. Director of Public Schools, 1868-77. 
City Solicitor, 1874-5. Attorney for Directors of Poor, since 1869. Bachelor. 

Published. — -Address before Literary Society, Reading. 

John Mumma Young. Born August 30, 1845, "'^ Middletown, O. Parents, Wil- 
liam and Eliza. Prepared in schools at home, Hanover, Pa. Entered Freshman, 
1861. Philomathfean. Phi Kappa Psi. Read law under D. Wills, esq. (Class of 
'57), and attended Law School, Harvard University. Admitted to the bar, 1875. 
Residing for some time in Kansas, and Middletown, O., since 1877 has been prac- 
ticing in York. Married in 1868 to Miss A. C. Van Patten, Getty.sburg. 

Edward D. Ziecler. Born March 3, 1844, in Bedford, Pa. Parents, Rev. 
Jacob and Anna Mary. Entered Preparatory, 1857. Residence, Gettysburg. Phre- 
nakosmian. Taught in York Academy, and read law, 1865-7. Admitted to the bar 
in 1868, at York, where has since been engaged in the practice of law. Member of 
State Legislature, 1871. Clerk to Commissioners of York county, and since 1880, 
District Attorney of York county. Married August 4, 1870, to Sarali J. Carman, 
York, Pa. 

CLASS OF 1866. 

J. Artley Beeber. Born April 6, 1845, ''^ Muncy, Pa. Parents, T. D. and 
Mary J. Prepared at Classical Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Freshman, 1862. 
Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. First honor. Valedictory. Member Company 
A (College Company), 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June 16 to July 30, 
1863. After reading law, was admitted to the bar at Williamsport in 186S, where he 
has since practiced. City Solicitor of Williamsport, 1875-7. Married June 21, 1870, 
to Alice C. Clapp. 

PiiiLii' Mei,anchthon Bikle. Born December i, 1S44, in Smithsburg, Md. 
Parents, Christian L and Barbara. After teaching, was prepared at North Carolina 
College, Mt. Pleasant, N. C. Entered Freshman, 1862. Phrenakosmian. Linnrean. 
Sigma Chi. Freshman prize. Third honor. Latin Salutatory. Teacher in York 
County Academy, 1866-7. Theological course, Getiysburg. Licensed 1869. Pro- 
fessor of Latin and Greek, North Carolina College, 1869-70. Vice- Principal Female 
Seminary, Lutherville, Md., 1870-3. Resident Graduate Dartmouth College, 1873-4. 
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Alma Mater, 1874-81. Professor of Latin 
Language and Literature in same, since 1881. Secretary of Maryland Synod, 1874, 
'76-9. Secretary of Lutheran Ministers' Insurance League, 1874-6. Editor of 
Pennsylvania College Monthly, since 1877. Co-editor of Lutheran Quarterly, since 
1880. Married twice : December 28, 1869, to Annie M. Wattles, Gettysburg; Jan- 
uary 2, 1877, to Emma J. Wolf, Mifilinburg, Pa. 

Publications. — Female Education in the Lutheran Church, Lutheran (Quarterly, 1. 
445. Faraday the Scientist and Christian, lb., V. 420. Our Present Knowledge of 
the Sun, lb., VII. 67, 381. 

Herman Sidney Cook. Born July 16, 1845, in Quincy township, Franklin 
county, Pa. Parents, Adam and Eleanor. Entered Preparatory i860. Residence 
in McConnellsburg, Fulton county. Pa. Philomathrean. Zeta Psi. Member Com- 
pany A (College Company), 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania MiUtia, June 16 — -July 30, 



252 ALUMNI RECORD. 

1863. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1869. Pastor, Newton, Jasper 
county, Iowa, 1869-77; Lionville, Chester county. Pa., since 1877. Member Luth- 
eran Board of Publication. Married April 20, 1871, at Augusta, Ga., to Celia A. 
Failor, of Newton, Iowa. 

Publications. — Miracles the Primary Evidence of Christianity, Lutheran Quarterly, 
IV. 409. 

William H. Gotwald. Born September 2, iS4i,in Aaronsburg, Centre county, 
Pa. Parents, Rev. Daniel and Susanna. Entered Preparatory 186 1. Philomathsean. 
Linncean. Phi Gamma Delta. Member of Company A (College Company), 26th 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June 16 — July 30, 1863. Studied Theology privately. 
Licensed 1867. Principal of Academy at Aaronsburg, 1866-8; of Clinton Seminary 
at Logansville, Centre county, Pa., 1868-9. Pastor of Logansville charge 1867-73; 
at Milton, Pa., since 1873. President of Susquehanna Synod 1876-9. Superintend- 
ent Milton Public Schools. Married April 27, 1869, to Annie C. Murray, Logans- 
ville, Pa. 

Publications. — Catechism, Practical and Historical, 1874. Hans Egede (Transla- 
tion), Fatherland Series, 1874. Rich and Poor (Translation), Fatherland Series, 
1875. The Pastor's Confirmation Gift (Translation), 1879. History of the Milton 
Fire, 1880. Is the Sunday-school Fulfilling its Mission? 1881. A Temperance 
Appeal, 1 88 1. Tract to Awakened Sinners, 188 1. Character of God's House. The 
Coming of Christ. The Bad Tongue. Sermons. 

Charles C. Hengerer. Entered Sophomore 1863. Residence Pittsburg. Philo- 
mathcean. Phi Gamma Delta. Gi^eek oration. Residence since graduation at 
Sebringville, Canada, and at present Buffalo, N. Y. Occupation unknown. 

Andrew Jackson Riley. Entered Freshman, 1862. Residence, Williamsburg, 
Pa. Phrenakosmian ; Phi Kappa Psi ; divided seicond honor. Studied law ; prac- 
ticing in Altoona, Pa. Married. 

Thomas William Saeger. Born November 30, 1843, in AUentown, Pa. 
Parents, William and Hannah. Prepared at AUentown Seminary. Entered Sopho- 
more, 1863. Phrenakosmian; Sigma Chi. Since graduation in milling business, 
at AUentown, Pa. Married January 26, 1875, 'o Florence A. Troxell, AUentown, Pa. 

William C. Schaeffer. Born July 14, 1843. Entered Freshman, 1862. Resi- 
dence, Bedford, Pa. Phrenakosmian ; Sigma Chi. Had studied law, and then 
pursued theological studies privately. Licensed, 1870. Pastor, Grafton, W. Va., 
"'1870-5; Richmond, Va., since 1875. Married to Jennie M. Hahn. 

Henry Lafayette Zeigenfuss. Born November 3, 1844, at Kresgesville, Mon- 
roe county, Pa. While a resident at Nazereth, Northampton county, Pa., was pre- 
pared at home academy. Entered Freshman, 1862. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. 
Sigma Chi. Divided Second Honor. Member Co. A (College company), 26th Regt. 
Pa Militia, June to July 30th, 1863. Theological Course, Philadelphia. Ordained, 
1869. Pastor, Rhinebeck, N. Y., 1869-74. Professor of Chemistry and German, 
De Garmo Institute, Rhinebeck, N. Y., 1872. Ordained to the Diaconate, Protes- 
tant Episcopal Church, 1873, to the Priesthood, 1874; Rector of Christ's Church, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., since 1874. Trustee of St. Barnabas Hospital, Poughkeepsie. 
Secretary and Member of Standing Committee o-f Teachers' Convocation. 

Publications. — WHiat Constitutes a Lawful Ministry? 1872, and various sermons. 



CLASS OF 1867. 283 

CLASS OF 1867. 

Chares Stanley Albert. Born Augu.st 17, 1847, in Hanover, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. Jacob and Juliana (Gilbert). From Tnrbotville, Pa. Entered Freshman, 1863. 
Phiiomothcean. Phi Gamma Delta. Divided Freshman Prize. First Honor. Latin 
Salutatory. Theological Course, Philadelphia. Ordained, 1870. Pastor, Lancaster, 
Pa., 1870-2; Carlisle, Pa., 1872-81 ; St. , Baltimore, Md., since 1881. Direc- 
tor of Theological Seminary; President of Board, 1881. Member of Board of Home 
Mi.ssions, 1881. Married July 2, 1872, to Mary W. Baker, Lancaster, Pa. 

Publications. — Individualism, Lutheran Quarterly, VH. 149. The Historical Wit- 
ness, lb., IX. 131. The College, lb., X. 376. Several sermons. 

* John George Blyholder. Born June 19, 1843, near Leechburg, Armstrong 
county. Pa. After teaching, prepared at Leechburg Academy. Entered Junior, 
1865. Philomatbsean. Entered on a Theological Course at the Lutheran .Seminary, 
Philadelphia, where he died December 27, 1868. 

Jacob Hay Brown. Born .September 11, 1850, in York, Pa. Parents, Rev. Dr. 
James A. (Class of '42; and Mary E. (Hay). Prepared at York County Academy. 
Entered Sophomore, 1864. Philomathoean. ZetaPsi. Tutor Alma Mater, 1868-71. 
Studied law and admitted to the bar, Gettysburg, 1871, and has since been practicing 
in Lancaster, Pa. City Solicitor, 1874-6; County Solicitor, 1876-9. Bachelor. 

Charles Jacob Cooper. Born April i, 1847, in Upper Saucon Township, Berks 
county. Pa. Parents, Jacob and .Sarah ( Horlacker). Prepared at Allenlown Semi- 
nary. Entered Sophomore 1864. Residence Coopersburg. Phrenakosmian. Phi 
(jamma Delta. Theological course, Philadelphia. Ordained 1870. Pastor South 
Bethlehem since 1870. Trustee of Muhlenberg College, Treasurer of Alumni Asso- 
ciation of Philadelphia Seminary. Married, October 4, 1870, to Emma S. Knause, 
Philadelphia. 

Jacob Rambo Custer. Born May 27, 1845, in Lawrenceville, Chester county, 
Pa. Parents, David T. and Esther F. Prepared at Washington Hall, Trappe, Pa. 
Entered Sophomore 1864. Phrenakosmian. Phi Kappa Psi. Divided third honor. 
Studied law in Philadelphia, and at Law School, Albany, N. Y. Graduated LL. B., 
1869. Practicing at Chicago, 111., since 1870. Master in Chancery of Superior 
Court of Cook county. 111., since 1880. Married, December i, 1879, to Ella A. 
White, Chicago, 111. 

Robert Jones Fisher, jr. Born July 25, 1847. Parent.s, Hon. Robert J. and 
Catharine (Jameson). Prepared at York County Academy. Entered Freshman, 
1862. Absent from College in national navy, serving November 23, 1864 — June 15, 
1865, on U. S. Steamship Mahaska, on blockade of Florida coast. Philomathrean ; 
Zeta Psi. Read law at York, and attending Law School, Albany, N. Y. Gradu- 
ated LL. B., 1869. Practiced law in Chicago, 111., 1869-75. 1871-72 surveying 
on St. Philip canal, Louisiana. Examiner of Patents, Washington, D. C, since 
1875. Married February 7, 1876, to Harriet S. Tyler, Washington, D. C. 

Theodore Frank Garver. Born November4, 1845, ^' Scotland, Franklin county, 
Pa. Parents, Samuel and Sarah. After farming prepared at Missionary Institute, 
Selin.sgrove, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1864. Philomatha^an. Phi Kappa Psi. 



284 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Served in Pennsylvania Militia of '62 and '63. Taught in Missionary Institute, 
1867-8. Attended Albany Law School, 1868-9. Graduated LL. B., 1869. Prac- 
ticed law in Chambersburg, Pa., 1869-71. Salina, Kansas, since 1871. Married 
February 10, 1870, to Miss A. M. Diller, Lebanon, Pa. 

PIart Gilbert. Born December 19, 1845, in Gettysburg. Parents, John and 
Lydia A. Entered Preparatory, i860; intermitted studies for three years. Phrena- 
kosmian. Tutor Alma Mater, 1S67-9, 1870-2. Principal and Vice Principal of 
same, 1872-8. Principal of Grammar School, Catasauqua, 1869-70. During time 
of teaching, read law with R. G. McCreary, esq. Admitted to the bar at Gettysburg, 
1872. Since 1878 has been engaged in practice of profession at Gettysburg. Di- 
rector of public schools, Gettysburg, 1873-80. Bachelor. 

Michael William Jacobs. Born January 27, 1850, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Prof. Michael and Juha A. M. (Eysterj. Entered Preparatory 1861. Phrenakos- 
mian. Sigma Chi. Studied law under R. G. McCreary, esq., Gettysburg. Admit- 
ted to the bar 1871. Practiced in Erie 1872-5; Harrisburg, Pa., since 1875. 
Bachelor. 

Publications. — On National Domicile, American Lata Review, January, 18S0, and 
other papers and reports to professional journals. 

Daniel K. Kepner. Born October 13, 1836, at Swamp, Montgomery county. 
Pa. Parents, William and Sarah. After farming, prepared at Frederick Institute. 
From Fagleysville, Montgomery county. Pa., entered Sophomore 1861. College 
course was interrupted by serving in National Army. Regimental Quartermaster, 
179th Pennsylvania Volunteers, December 8, 1S62 — July 7, 1863. Re-enlisted July 
12, 1864. Lieutenant Company C, I95tli Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. 
Commissioned Captain. Served till discharge of regiment, June 21, 1865, returning 
to College in the Fall. Philomath^ean. Phi Kappa Psi. Theological course, 
Philadelphia. Ordained 1870. Pastor, Pottstown, Pa., since 1870. Married May 
29, 1 87 1, to Lydia A. Brendlinger, New Hanover, Pa. 

William Edwin Parson. Born October 18, 1845, at Muncy, Pa. Parents, Rev. 
George (class of '42) and Mary. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Sehnsgrove, Pa. 
Entered Freshman 1862. Absent from College 1865-6. Phrenakosmian. Phi 
Kappa Psi. Fourth honor. Valedictory. Member Company A (College Company), 
26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June 16 — July 30, 1862. Tutor Alma Mater 
1867. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1869. Pastor, Washington, D. C, 
-1869-72. Secretary Japanese Embassy during European Service, 1872-73. Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics in the University of Tokio (Yedo), 1874-8. Professor in 
Howard University 1873-4. Pastor, Church of the Reformation, Washington, D. C, 
since 1879. Married August 18, 1874, to Anna Rebecca Naille, Hanover, Pa. 

Publications. — Some Common Objections to Christianity, Quarterly Review, VI, 
377. A Study of Francis Xavier, lb., VIII. 199. Shall Evolution be Atheistic ? lb., 
IX. 179. Theistic Argument, X. 235. Argument for the E.xistence of God, pub- 
lished by Japanese Board of Education. Honest Skepticism. Yokohama, Japan. 

Samuel Philip Sadtler. Born July 18, 1847, in Pinegrove, Schuylkill county, 
Pa. Parents, Rev. Dr. Benjamin (class of '42) and Caroline (Schmucker). Prepared 
at Fasten High School. Entered Freshman 1862. Absent part of 1862-3. Philo- 



CLASS OF 1867. 285 

mathiTjan. Phi Kappa Psi. Second honor. Pursued study of scientific branches at 
T.ehigh University, 1857-8; Harvard University 1868-70, graduating B. S. Uni- 
versity of Gottingen 1870-1, graduating Ph. D. Ockershausen Professor of Natural 
Sciences in Ahna Mater, 187 1-4. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of 
Pennsylvania, since 1874. Professor of Chemistry in Philadelphia College of Phar- 
macy since 1879. Married December, 1872, to Julia Bridges, Baltimore, Md. 

Publications — On Potassio-cobaltic Nitrites with Analogous and Related Com- 
pounds, Ainen'can Journal, 1870. On Some Iridium Salts, Doctorate dissertation, 
Gottingen, April, 187 1. Analytical Notes on New Processes, American Journanl of 
Science, Mai^ch, 1874. On a New Occurrence of Tartaric Acids, etc., Proceedings 
American Philosophical Society, XIV. p, 615, 1875. *^^" ^'^^ Composition of the 
Natural Gas from Western Pennsylvania, American Chemist, September, 1876. On 
the Chemical Composition of Pennsylvania Petroleum, American Chemist, November, 
1876. On the Composition of the Natural Gas from Several Localities in Western 
Pennsylvania and New York, Proceedings American Philosophical Society, XVI. p. 
585, 1877. On Calculation of Results in Gas Analyses, Proceedings of American 
Philosophical Society, XVII. p. 473, 1878. On the Presence of the Higher Olefines 
in Petroleum, Proceedings American Philosophical Society, XVIII. p. 44, 1878. 
On Abiltene, a New Hydrocarbon, American Journal Pharmacy (4th Series) IX. p. 
176, 1879. ^-*n Abiltene (second communication), American Journal Pharmacy (4th 
Series), IX. p. 293, 1879. Notice of an Investigation of Petrocene, American Chem- 
ical Journal, I. p. 30, 1879. Importance of the Study of Organic Chemistry, Intro- 
ductory Lecture at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, American Journal Pharmacy, 
(4th Series) IX. November, 1879. Chemical Experimentation, a hand-book, 8vo., 
pp. 225, Louisville, Ky., 1877. Edited 8th edition Attfield's Medical and Pharma- 
ceutical Chemistry, 1879. Chemical Editor of .\merican Reprint of 9th edition 
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chemical Editor 15th edition, Wood & Bache, U. S. 
Dispensatory.' Since 1879 monthly notes on Chemistry to the American Journal of 
I'harmacy. 

Prince Harvey Schaekfer. Born . Prepared at 

Washington Hall, Trappe, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1864. Residence, Limerick, 
Montgomery county. Pa. Phrenakosmian ; Phi Kappa Psi. Graeff Prize; divided 
third honor. Residing for a number years in Philadelphia, engaged in real estate 
agency. Married. 

Benaiah Christian Snyder. Born December 31, 1840, at Gettysburg. Par- 
ents, Conrad and Sarah. Entered Preparatory, 1861. Course was interrupted by 
service in national army. Member of Company F, 15th Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers (cavalry), August 22, 1862, till discharged by reason of disability, May 
12, 1863. Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. Divided Freshman prize. Hassler Latin 
medal. Teaching Gettysburg and Catasauqua, 1867-72. Theological course, Phila- 
delphia. Ordained 1875. Pastor Chester Springs, Pa., 1875-81. Temporarily 
disabled ; residing in Allentown, Pa. Married, October 7, 1875, to Ida V. Nevvhard, 
Allentown, Pa. 

Jacob John Weaver. Born June 19, 1848, at Uniontown, Carroll county, Md. 
Parents, Dr. Jacob J. and Beulah A. Entered Preparatory, 1862. Phrenakosmian. 



286 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Sigma Chi. Studied Medicine, and graduated M. D., at University of Mainland, 
iSyo, since when has coutinued to practice at Uniontown, Md. Married, December 
15, 1870, to Mary J. Haines, Philadelphia. 

Publications consist of contributions to medical journals. 

CLASS OF 1868." 

Edward Swoyer Breidenbaugh. Born January 14, 1849, ^^ Newville, Cum- 
berland county, Pa. Parents, Rev. Edward (Class of '42) and C. Elizabeth 
(Swoyer). Prepared under his father. Entered Freshman, 1864. Residence, 
Greencastle, Pa. Philomathsean. Phi Gamma Delta. Divided Fourth honor. 
Tutor, Alma Mater, 1868-9. Student in Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1869, 
till growing throat trouble caused cessation, February, 187 1. Special student in 
Chemistry in Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College, 1871-3. Instructor in 
Analytical Chemistry, in Sheffield School, 1872-3. Professor of Natural Science, 
Carthage (111.) College, 1873. Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Alma 
Mater, since 1874. Mineralogist to State Board of Agriculture, 1880- . Chairman 
Alumni Committee on Semi-Centennial. Married, November 20, 1873, to M. Ida 
Kitzmiller, Philadelphia. 

Publications. — Analysis of Connecticut Tobacco Ash, American Chemist, 1872. 
The Minerals of the Tilly Foster Mines, American Journal t)f Science, 1873. F^i"- 
mentation and the Germ Theory, Eutheran Quarterly, VII. 90. Lecture Notes on 
Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 70, 1876. Concerning certain Misconceptions in Consid 
ering the Relations between Science and Religion, lb., X. 270. The Nitrogenous 
Element of Plant Food. Report State Board of Agriculture, 1880. Mineralogy on 
the Farm, lb., 1881. Suggestions on Teaching S. S. Lessons of International Series, 
designed for teachers of Infant classes, several years in Augsburg Teacher. 

Augustus Jacob Erdman. Born January 29, 1844, in Macungie, Pa. Parents, 
Aaron and Annie (Breinig). Prepared at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. 
Clerk and telegraph operator. Entered Sophomore, 1865. Phrenakosmian. Hass- 
ler Latin Medal. First honor. Greek oration. Master's oration, 187 1. Admitted 
to the bar, 1870. Since principally engaged in legal practice in Philadelphia. 
Taught for a short time. Bachelor. 

Preston Keck Erdman. Born October 28, 1848, in Centre Valley, Lehigh 
county, Pa. Parents, Enos and Anna K. Prepared at Wyoming Seminary, Kings- 
tbn, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1865. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. Graeff 
prize, essayist. Second honor. Valedictory. Teaching, High School, Allentown, 
Pa., 1868-9. Read law, and admitted to the bar, Philadelphia, 1870. Practicing 
law since that date in Philadelphia. Married .March 16, 1882, to Sarah B. Wilson, 
Allentown, Pa. 

Publications. — Shakespeare's " Merchant of Venice." The Graeff- Prize Essay, 1868. 

George Slagle Eyster. Born in 1848, at Johnstown, N. Y. Parents, Rev. 
David and Rebecca M. (Reynolds). Entered Preparatory, 1862. Residence, Get- 
ty.sburg. Phrenakosmian. Special Student of Chemistry, at Harvard University, 
Lehigh University, and Alma Mater, 1868-74. Graduated B. S., Alma Mater, 1874. 
Assistant in Chemistry, Pennsylvania State College, and in Alma Mater, 1874-7. 



CLASS OF 1868. 287 

Chemist to Sugar Refineries, Baltimore, 1877-9; ?^y State Refinery, Boston, Mass., 
since 1879-82. Residence Gettysburg at present. Bachelor. 

Aaron Stf.wart H.\rtman. Born December 19, 1845, ^^ Cashtown, Adams 
county, Pa. Parents, Moses and Elizabeth. Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1864. 
Phrenakosmian. Orator Anniversary. Theological Student, Gettysburg, and Union, 
New York, Seminaries. Licen.sed, 187 I. Pastor, Ghent, N. Y., 1871-3; St. Mat- 
thew's Brooklyn, N. Y., 1873-5; Fi'st Church, Chambersburg, Pa., since 1875. 
President of West Pennsylvania Synod. Married tv ice : June 7, 187 1, to Julia C. 
Hollinger, near Gettysburg; June 28, 1881, to Emma J. Rowe, Emmittsburg, Md. 

John William Hay. Born April 15, 1847, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, Rev. 
Dr. Charles A. (Class of '31), and Sarah R. (Barnitz). Prepared at Harrisburg, from 
which place entered Preparatory, 1864. Philomathsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Read 
Medicine under Dr. H. S. Huber. Graduated M. D. at University of Pennsylvania, 
1871. Practicing since 1871 at Harrisburg. Has also forrecent years been engaged 
in drug business. U. S. Pension Examining Surgeon since 1873. Married Augu.st 
7, 187 1, to Sarah Jane WVlty, Gettysburg. 

Lee Mechling Heilman. Bom March 11,1846, in Kittanning, Armstrong 
county. Pa. Parents, Isaac and Hannah. Teaching. Prepared at Leechburg (Pa.) 
Academ}'. Entered Sophomore 1865. Philomathrean. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Ordained 1871. Pastor, Springfield, 111., 1871-3; Second Church, Harris- 
burg, since 1873. President Board of Directors Tressler Orphans' Home. Member 
Home Missionary Board General Synod since 1S81. Married January 31, 1872, to 
Laura F. Humes, Harrisburg. 

Publications. — Laic Priesthood, Lutheran Quarrerly, YII. 505. Objections to the 
Cause of Ministerial Education Considered, VIII. 369. History of Second Lutheran 
Church, Harrisburg, 1876. Historic Sketch of Tressler's Orphan's Home. 

William Foster Hill. Born August 13, 1848, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, Dr. 
John L. and Sarah M. (Witherow. ) Entered Preparatory, 1862. Philomathcean. 
Phi Kappa Psi. Profession of Civil -Engineering. Member of Engineer Corps, U. S. 
Survey, Gettysburg battlefield, 1868-9; E. H. & N. R. R., Kentucky, 1870; C. & 
V. R. R., Illinois, 1871-2; U. S. River and Harbor Improvement, Long Island 
Sound, 1872-3; Philadelphia City Survey, 1875-6; U. S. River Improvement, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1880; Atlantic and Pacific R. R., New Mexico and Arizona, since 
1881 ; Headquarters at Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bachelor. 

David Lemuel Mackenzie. Born November 11, 1838, near Duncannon, Pa. 
Pai'ents, John and Nancy. Farming and teaching. Prepared at Bloomfield, Pa. 
Academy, and Newville, Pa., Normal School. Entered Preparatory, 186 1. Philo- 
mathsean. Phi Kappa Psi. Course was interrupted by service in national army. 
First Lieutenant Company B, 138th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, August, 
1862, to June 25, 1865 ; also served as Regimental Quartermaster. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1871. Pastor Fro.stburg, Md., 1871-5 ; Van Wert, 
Ohio, 1878-82; Rhinebeck, N. Y., 1882. Married, January 3, 1872, to Mary 
Louisa, daughter of Rev. C. F. Stoever (Class of '35), Mechanicsburg, Pa. 

Publications — Orations on Decoration Day, Gettysburg, 1870; Van Wert, Ohio, 
1880. 



288 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Robert Finley McClean. Born March 13, 1845. Parents, Hon. Moses and 
Hannah Mary. .Entered Preparatory, 1859. Spent several years at printing, read- 
ing law, and teaching. Entered Freshman half advanced, 1865. Philomatheean ; 
Phi Kappa Psi. Taught at Catasauqua, 1868-9. TheologicaP course at Princeton 
Seminary. Ordained, 1872. Pastor, Waynesboro, Pa., 1872-6; McConnellsburg 
charge, Fulton county, Pa., 1876-80; Dauphin, Pa., since 1880. Married February 
24, 1875, to Rose E. Bowles, Welsh Run, Franklin county. Pa. 

Jacob Rhone. Born May 16, 1841, at Old Fort, Centre county, Pa. Parents 
Jacob and Sarah. Entered Preparatory 1862. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Course 
interrupted by service in National army. Member Company I, 53d Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, October i, 1854 — June 9, 1805. Graduated LL. B., Albany 
(N. Y.) Law School 1871. Has spent considerable time teaching and traveling, 
Principal of Academy, Pine Grove, Mills, Centre county, 1874-9. Engaged in sur- 
veying with residence at Ea.st Granite Falls, Minn., since 1879. Married in 1876 to 
Emma C. Fye, Pine Grove Mills, Pa. 

James Wieliam Richard. Born February 14, 1843, near Winchester, Va. 
Parents, H. P. and Margaret. Farmer. Prepared at Winchester Academy. Entered 
Freshman, third term, 1865. Phrenakosmian, orator, anniversary, 1868. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Divided fourth honor. Tutor in Alma Mater, 1869-71. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1870. Ordained 1871. Pastor, Empire, 111., 1871-3. Pro- 
fessor of Latin and History, in Carthage (111.) College, since 1873. Pastor in con- 
nection with professorial work, since 1878. Secretary of General Synod, 1879. 
Married June 19, 1873, to Miss M. E. Tressler, Sterling, 111. 

Publications. — The Burning of Chicago, sermon, 1871. The Importance of Teach- 
ing the Bible to Children, Quarterly Review, VI. 204. How shall we train the Min- 
istry for the Times? lb., VIII. 477. The Esseiitial Unity of Protestant Christianity. 
lb., XII. Ordination, sermon, 1876. 

William Casper Stoever. Born June 14, 1850, at Gettysburg. Parents, Prof. 
M. L. and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 1863. Philomathtean. Chi Phi. Di- 
vided P"reshman Prize. Third Honor and Latin Salutatory. Teaching at Freehold, 
N. J., 1868-9. Tutor Alma Mater, 1809. OfEce Editor of Lutheran Observer, 
1870-76. Read law privately and under D. McConaughy, esq., Gettysburg, and 
Hon. B.Harris Brewster, Philadelphia. Admitted to the bar, 1876. Practicing in 
Philadelphia. Married January 22, 1874, to Laura McLean Perrine, Freehold, N. J. 

CLASS OF 1869. 
Horace Alleman. Born February 7, 1847, in Harrisburg, Pa. Parents, Samuel 
and Ann E. (Holman.) Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Res- 
idence, Selinsgrove. Member Company D, i8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, 
September, 1862, and of Company I, 30th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June to 
August, 1863. Entered Freshman 1865. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 
1868. Read law with his father, and graduated LL. B., Law Department, Colum- 
bian College, Washington, D. C, 187 1. Practicing law at Selinsgrove, Pa., since 
1871. Notary Public for Selinsgrove, 1 870-1, and 1873-82. Married September 28, 
1 87 1, to Tillie J. Pierce, Gettysburg. 




COPIED BY W. H. Tlrt-ON, GETTYSBURG, PA. 

FREDRICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, 
Professor 1850- 1866. 



CLASS OF 1869. 289 

Publications. — District Lilirarian : Teachers' Institute Address, 1873. Dedicator)- 
Address before Phiiosophian Society, Missionary Institute, 1872. Contriljutions to 
Illustrated History of Pennsylvania, 1876. 

Thomas Rissel Berber. Born June 18, 1848, in Muncy, Pa. Parents, T. D. 
and Mary J. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Freshman, 
1865. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1868. Phi Kappa Psi. Second honor. 
Theological student, Andover, Mass. Ordained 1873. Pastor, Congregational church, 
Georgetown, Mass., 1873-5; Presbyterian church, Danville, Pa., 1875-80; Second 
Presbyterian church, Scranton, Pa., .since 1880. Married August 17, 1880, to Mary 
F. Haley, Georgetown, Mass. 

John Jones Brinkerhofk. Born September 20, 1848, near Gettysburg. Parents, 
John and Sarah Ann (Walter). Prepared in Academy at his home, Hunterstown, 
Adams county. Pa. Entered Freshman, 1865. Philomathasan ; orator, anniversary, 
1869. Phi Gamma Delta. Fourth honor. Valedictory. Served for some years as 
clerk in State Auditor's Office, .Springfield, 111. Graduated LL. B., Law School, 
Albany, N. Y., 1873. Chief Clerk, Insurance Department of office of Auditor, State 
of Illinois. Since graduation, residence has been Springfield, 111. Married May 29, 
1877, to Cornelia S. Cowgill, Springfield, 111. 

Jacou Auraham Clutz. Born January 5, 1848, in Adams county. Pa. Parents, 
Henry and Hannah. Entered Preparatory, 1863. Philomathaean ; orator, anniver- 
sary, 1869. Member Warren's Rangers, Mounted Infantry, in National army, July to 
November, 1864. Theological student, Gettysburg. Ordained 1872. Pastor, New- 
ville, Cumberland county. Pa., 1872-3; St. Paul's church, Baltimore, since 1873. 
Secretary Maryland Synod, 1875. Treasurer Children's Foreign Missionary Society, 
of General Synod, since 1873. Member and Corresponding Secretary of Board of 
Foreign Missions of General Synod, since 1877. Married September 4, 1872, to 
Liberty A. Hollinger, Getty.sburg, Pa. 

Publications. — Historical Sketch of Muhlenberg (Africa) Mission, Lutheran Quar- 
terly, IX. 469. Goldwin Smith on the Decay of Faith, lb., X. 252. 

JosiAH Frederick Cressler. Born May 11, 1845, i" Franklin county, Va. 
Farmer. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Residence, Shippens- 
burg, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1866. Philomathaian. Chi Phi. Theological stu- 
dent, Gettysburg. Ordained 1872. Pastor Apollo, Armstrong county. Pa., 1872-5 ; 
Millerstown, Butler county. Pa., 1875-8; Minerva, Stark county, O., .since 1878. 
Married January 5, 1875, to Emma Victoria Hartman, Carlisle, Pa. 

Frederick R. Feitshans. Born in 1846, in Indiana county. Pa. Parents, John 
D. and Charlotte (Houck). F'arming and teaching. Entered Preparatory 1865. 
Residence, Indiana, Pa. Philomathaean ; orator, anniversary, 1869. Divided Third 
Honor. English Salutatory. Assistant teacher Thiel Hall, 1869-70. Principal St. 
Paul's College, Springfield, 111., 1870-3. Principal Springfield, 111., High School, 
1873-81. .Superintendent of Public Schools, same city, since 1881. Married Sep- 
tember 15, 1876, to Mary E. Flanders, Bloomington, 111. 

Published, Paper on Intellectual Growth, etc. 

John William Finkbiner. Born July 4, 1843, at Vincent, Chester county, Pa. 
19 



290 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Parents, Jacob and Margaret (Rambo). Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1862. 
Philomathgean ; orator, anniversary, 1869. Absent 1864-5. Corporal in color guard, 
194th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, July — November, 1864. Theological student, 
Gettysburg. Licensed 1871. Ordained 1872. Pastor Middletown, Pa., since 1873. 
Director of Seminary, Gettysburg, since 1880. Married May 29, 1873, to Martha 
Eveline Hamilton, Butler township, Adams county. Pa. 

Jacob Matthias Gross. Born January, 1844, at Dover, York county. Pa. 
Parents, Samuel and Susanna. Farmer. Prepared at York County Academy. 
Entered Sophomore. Philomathsean. Graduated M. D., Jefferson Medical College, 
1872. Practicing since in Dover. Married December, 1875, to Lucy Smyser, York, 
Pa. 

* William Sailor Hein-del. Born January 26, 1846, in York county, Pa. Parents, 
Peter B. and Catharine. Prepared at York County Academy. Entered Fi-eshman 
1865. Philomathaean ; orator, anniversaiy, 1869. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1871. Pastor, St. James' Church, Gettysburg, 1872. Agent for Home of 
Little Wanderers, Philadelphia, 1872-3. Licensed by Presbytery of Philadelphia. 
Pastor, succes.sively, at Marion, Ky., and Mt. Carmel, O. Owing to greatly impaired 
health, retired from active ministry, and died of consumption in Gettysburg, July i, 
1877. Married August 3, 1873, to Ella, daughter of Dr. J. A. Swope, Gettysburg. 

Martin Luther Heisler. Born November 9, 1846, at Pottsville, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. W. L. and S. H. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered 
while resident of Jersey Shore, Pa., Freshman, 1865. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Theological student, Gettysburg. Licensed 1870. Pastor, Duncannon, 187 1—2; 
Hughesville, Pa., 1872-79; Mt. Carmel, 111., 1879. Principal Female Seminary, 
Burkittsville, Md., 1880-2. Pastor, Blain, Perry county, 1882. Mamed January 
24, 1871, to Miss S. E. Senseman, Mechanicsburg, Pa. 

Edward Traill Horn. Born June 10, 1850, at Easton, Pa. Parents, Melchior 
H. and Matilda. Prepared at AUentown Academy. Entered Freshman 1865. 
Philomathaean ; poem at anniversary, 1869. Phi Kappa Psi. Welcome on behalf of 
student on inauguration of President Valentine. Divided Freshman Prize. Hassler 
Latin Medal. Graeff" Prize. First Honor. Latin Salutatory. Theological course, 
Philadelphia. Ordained 1872. Pastor, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1872-6 ; St. 
John's Church, Charleston, S. C, since 1876. Married June 15, 1880, to Harriet 
Chisolm, Charleston, S. C. 

Publications. — The Christian Year, a Manual Historical and Explanatorj', 1876. 
Co-Translator of Loche's Martyrologium, 1879. Feasibility of a Service for All 
English-speaking Lutherans, Lutheran Quarterly, XI. 163. 

James Walker Humrichouse. Born March 7, 1849, at Baltimore, Md. Parents, 
Charles W. and Mary. Entered Preparatory, 1864. Philomathsean ; orator, anniver- 
sary, 1869. Phi Kappa Psi. Divided Third Honor. Medical student, University 
of Maryland, graduating M. D., 1873; ^^^ Universities of Vienna, Strassburg, and 
Berlin, 1873-8. Practicing medicine at Hagerstown, Md., since 1878. Bachelor. 

Jacob Neff. Born June 12, 1848, in Philadelphia. Parents, Thomas and Julia. 
Prepared at Hart wick Seminary. Entered Sophomore, 1866. Philomath^an ; 
orator, anniversary, 1869. Master's oration, class of '69, 1872. Theological course. 



CLASS OF 1870. 291 

Philadelphia. Ordained 1872. Pastor at Spring City, Chester county, Pa., since 1872. 
Married November 21, 1872, to Sarah L. Yount, Getty-sburg. Co-translator of the 
abridgement of Schmid's Christian Ethics, by W. J. Mann, D. D. 

Augustus Schultes. Born April 10, 1844, in Berne, N. V. Parents, William 
and Sarah (Crownse). Teacher. Prepared at Hartvvick Seminary. Entered Soph- 
omore, 1866. Philomathaean. Theological course, Philadelphia. Ordained 1873. 
Teaching Newark, N. J., 1873-4. Pastor, Williamsburg, Canada, 1874-7. Mission- 
ary work, Philadelphia, 1877-81. Residing in Berne, N. Y. Not in regular minis- 
terial work. Married September 6, 1876, to Amelia Castleman, East Williamsburg, 
Canada. 

Joseph Alexander Tomlinson. Born March 28, 1842, in Bedford, Pa. Par- 
ents, Joseph W. and Catharine. Farmer and teacher. Prepared by private study. 
Entered Freshman, 1865. Philomathaean. Teaching, Bedford, 1869. Theological 
student, Gettysburg and Yale, New Haven, Conn., Seminaries. For a while serving 
Lutheran congregation at Ghent, subsequently entered Congregational ministry. 
Pastor at West Haven, Conn., and at present at West Brook, Conn. Married De- 
cember 21, 1877, to Miss M. M. Miller, Philadelphia. 

* Luther George Wile. Born September 30, 1845, ^^ Pinegrove, Schuylkill 
county, Pa. Parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Barr). Resident of Reading. Entered 
Preparatory, 1863. Phrenakosmian. Zeta Psi. Engaged in teaching for some time 
in Philadelphia, etc. Subsequently in the fire-brick business at Clearfield, Pa., resid- 
ing at Clearfield and Philadelphia. Died July 25, 1880, at Clearfield. Married 
October 18, 1876, to Lillie W. Powell, Clearfield, Pa. 

CLASS OF 1870. 

William Hamilton Bayly. Born March 5, 1850, near Gettysburg. Parents 
Joseph and Harriet. Entered Preparatory 1863. Phrenakosmian. Read law under 
Hon. D. Wills (class of '51). Admitted to the bar at Gettysburg, 1873, where 
has since been practicing, except 1876-7, when practicing in Philadelphia. Burgess 
and Treasurer of Borough of Gettysburg. Bachelor. 

David William Cassat. Born May 21, 1844, near Hunterstown, Adams county, 
Pa. Parents, Jacob and Sarah C. Corporal Company K, 184th Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, September 3, 1864 — June 2d, 1865. Prepared privately and at 
Hunterstown Academy. Entered Freshman 1866. Philomathaean. Theological 
student, Princeton Seminary. Graduated 1873. Ordained 1874. Pastor Reynolds- 
ville, Clarion county. Pa., 1874-76. Supplied several churches temporarily, 1876-7. 
Pastor Pollock, Clarion county. Pa., since 1877. Bachelor. 

Abraham G. Fastnacht. Born June 30, 1845, near Ephrata, Lancaster county. 
Pa. Parents John and Magdalene. Teacher. Entered Preparatory 1864. Phren- 
akosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1 870. Absent four sessions during the course, teaching. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1873. Pastor Boiling Springs, Cumber- 
land county. Pa., 1873-5. Resigned on account of ill health. Resided in Gettys- 
burg, 1875-7. Pastor Union church, York, since 1877. Married June 10, 1873, to 
Mary E. Warren, Gettysburg. 



292 ALUMNI RECORD. 

John Calvin Felty. Born March 25, 1849, in Hunterstown, Adams county, Pa. 
Parents, John F. and Mary (Neely). Prepared at Hunterstown, Pa., Academy. 
Entered Freshman, 1866. Philomathsan. Prof, of Latin and Greek, Keystone 
State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., 1870-I. Medical student University of Penn- 
sylvania. Graduated M. D., 1873. Practiced medicine South Bethlehem, Pa., 1873- 
6; Hunterstown, Pa., since 1876. Physician to St. Luke's Hospital, South Bethle- 
hem, 1874-6. Bachelor. 

John Toms Gladhill. Born December 2, 1846,111 Myersvillle, Frederick county, 
Md. Parents, James S. and Caroline (Miller). Entered Preparatory, 1865. Phren- 
akosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained, 1873. Pastor, Empire, 
AVhiteside county. 111., 1873-5; Conroy, Van Wert county, O., 1875-8; Luthers- 
burg, Clearfield county. Pa., 1878-82; Smicksburg, 1882; Married, June 5, 1873, 
to Nannie M. White, Gettysburg. 

-=^- Benjamin Joseph Hickman. Born September 30, 1848, near Lovettsville, Lou- 
don county, Va. Parents, George and Elenora. Entered Preparatory, spring, 1864. 
Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1870. Third honor. Intended to prepare for 
the Foreign Mission service, but rapidly sank under pulmonary disease, and died at 
home January 26, 1 87 1. 

John Lawrence Hill, jr. Born November 23, 1850, Gettysburg. Parents, 
Dr. John L. and Sarah M. (Witherow). Entered Preparatory, 1865. Philo- 
mathaean. Chi Phi. Teaching, 1870-5, at Catasauqua. Read law under R. Clay 
Hamersly, esq., at Catasauqua, and R. G. McCreary, esq., Gettysburg. Admitted to 
the bar at Gettysburg, 1876. Has since been engaged in practice at Gettysburg. 
Justice of the Peace since 1881. Bachelor. 

John Andrew Himes. Born June 3, 1848, at McAlhstersville, Perry county, 
Pa. Parents, Jacob and Margaret. Teacher. Prepared at McAllistersville Academy. 
Entered, 1867. Philomathaean ; orator, contest, 1868. Class Day Poet. Latin 
medal. Graeff prize. First honor. Latin salutatory. Student at Yale College, 
1 870-1, graduating B. A. Tutor, Alma Mater, 187 1-3. Professor of English Lan- 
guage and Literature, same, since 1873. Married June 30, 1874, to Mary J., daughter 
of C. A. Hay, D. D. (class of '39), Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Religious Faith of Wadsworth and Tennyson as Shown in Their 
Poems, Lutheran Quarterly, III. 253. The Cosmology of Paradise Lost, lb., VI. 
187. A Study of Milton's Paradise Lost, 287 pp., 1878. Ten Years of Civil Ser- 
vice,^ Lutheran Quarterly, XII. 60. 

John Lewis Kendlehart. Born December 18, 1850, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
David and Eliza. Entered Preparatory 1865. Philomathaean. Second honor. 
Master's oration, 1873. Teaching, 1870-3, at Catasauqua. Read law under Hon. 
D. Wills. Admitted to the bar at Gettysburg, 1876. Practiced law in Gettysburg, 
1876-9; in Philadelphia since 1879. Assistant District Attorney of Adams county, 
1878. Bachelor. 

John Luther Kraber. Born August 14, 1849, ^^t York, Pa. Parents, Daniel 
and Elizabeth. Member Company A, 200th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
August, 1864 — September, 1865. Prepared at York County Academy. Entered 
Freshman, 1866. Philomathsean. Zeta Psi. Read law, and was admitted to the 



CLASS OF 1870, 295 

V'ork county bar. After practicing several years, in 1878 engaged in mining opera- 
tions at Leadville, Colorado. Present residence, York; engaged in practice of law. 
Bachelor. 

William Alexander List. Born in 1849, at Wheeling, W. Va. Entered 
Freshman, 1866. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. Fourth honor. Valedic- 
tory. Banker, Wheeling, W. Va. Bachelor. 

Edward Manges. Born January 25, 1842, in Allegheny township, Somerset 
county. Pa. Parents, Joseph and Catliarine. Fanner and teacher. Member Com- 
pany I, 52d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, October 23, 1864, to June 23, 1865. 
Regimental clerk. Entered Preparatory, 1864. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 
1870. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1873. Pastor, Luthersburg, 
Clearfield county, Pa., 1873-8; Shrewsbury, York county, Pa., 187S-81 ; Manches- 
ter, Md., since 1881. Married May 22, 1872, to Max-garet Whisker, Schellsburg, Pa. 

Franklin William Mehaffy. Entered Preparatory, 1864. Philomathrean. 
Read law in Columbia, Pa. Admitted to the bar. Practicing in Chambersburg, Pa. 
Bachelor. 

Michael Reed Minnich. Born November 14, 1846, in Schellsburg, Bedford 
county, Pa. Parents, John G. and Maria C. (Reed.) Deputy clerk of Courts of 
Bedford county. Entered Preparatory, 1865. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 
1870. Sigma Chi. Theological student, Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia. Ordained 
1873. Pastor, Staunton, Va., 1873-7. Resigned in consequence of throat affection, 
and has since been engaged in wholesale clock business, Philadelphia, with his father- 
in-law. Instructor in English Literature, Staunton Female Seminary, 1875-7. One 
of the Chaplains Western Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, 1873-7. Married October i, 
1873, to Mary E. Lovell, Philadelphia. 

Publications. — Necessity of a Firm Adherence to the Word of God, Sermon. Plea 
for Peace, Harmony, and Unity, sermon, Staunton, 1880. 

Frederick M. Ott. Born April 4, 1850, in Harrisburg, Pa. Parents, L. N. and 
Caroline M. Prepared at Harrisburg Academy. Entered Freshman, 1866. Philo- 
matha^an. Phi Kappa Psi. Read law under his father, and admitted to the bar at 
Harrisburg, Pa., 1873, where has since been practicing. Director of Schools of Sus- 
quehanna township, Dauphin county, since 187S. Bachelor. 

John Myers Radebaugh. Born March 11, 1 851, in Chambersburg, Pa. Par- 
ents, John M. and Margaret A. Entered Preparatory, 1866. PhilomathKan. Chi 
Phi. Read medicine under R. Horner, M. D. Graduated M. D., University of 
Pennsylvania, 1873. Practiced in Philadelphia 1873-6. Resident Physician Or- 
thoepedic Hospital, 1874. Blockley Hospital, 1875-6. Visitor for Philadelphia 
Dispensatory, 1876. Associated physician at State Lying-in Hospital, Philadelphia, 
1876. Practiced in Gettysburg (Horner and Radebaugh), 1876-81. Owing to ill 
health settled in California, practicing in Pasadena, Los Angelos county, since 1881. 
Bachelor. 

Professional publications. , 

John Milton Reimensnyder. Born January 5, 1847, at Smithsburg, Md. 
Parents, Rev. John Junius and Susan M. Entered Preparatory, 1865. Residence, 
Sunbury. Phrenakosmian; orator, contest, 1868; historian, anniversary, 1870. 



294 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Historian, class day, 1870. Studied theology with his father. Licensed 187 1. Pastor 
Espy, Pa., 1872-5; Lewistown, Mifflin county, since 1875. Married September 2, 
1873, to Miss C. C. Graveling, Espy, Pa. 

Thomas Jefferson Stahle. Born March 20, 1S47, at Gettysburg. Parents, 
Henry J. and Louisa B. Printer. Entered Preparatory, 1862. Phrenakosmian. 
Since gi^aduation engaged with his father in the printing business and publishing of 
Compiler, Gettysburg. Married November 16, 1875, '^° Emma M. C Wolf, Gettysburg. 

CLASS OF 1871. 

Edward Fry Bartholomew. Born March 24, 1846, in Lower Augusta, Nor- 
thumberland county, Pa. Parents, William and Susan E. Carpenter and teacher. 
Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1868. Resi- 
dence, Selinsgrove, Pa. Philomathtean ; orator, anniversary, 1871. Second honor. 
Latin Salutatory. Pursued theological studies privately. Ordained, 1S75. Principal 
of Academy, Clark City, Mo., 1871-3; of High School, Kahoka, Mo., 1873-4. 
Pi^of. of Natural and Physical Sciences, Carthage (TU.) College since 1874. 
Secretary of Central Illinois Synod, since 1877. Married July 11, 1 87 2. to Kate L. 
Fasold, Plum Creek, Pa. 

Publication. — Catechisation. Lutheran Quarterly, X. 511. 

Samuel Edwin Busser. Born August 5, 1850, in York, Pa. Parents, John and 
Matilda. Prepared at York County Academy. Entered Freshman 1867. Philo- 
mathsean. Zeta Psi. Theological course, Yale Seminary. Graduated B. D., 1874. 
Pastor Congregational churches, Saranac, Mich., 1S74-7 ; Lowell, Mich., 1877-80; 
Loda, 111., since 1880. Superintendent of Schools, Boston, Mich., 1877. Married, 
October 28, 1874, to Elizabeth L. Malcomson, Saranac, Mich. 

John Samuel Detweiler. Born May 2, 1846, in Middletown, Pa. Parents, 
Jacob and Caroline. Member Co. D, 194th Regiment Pa. Mihtia, July 15 — Nov 6, 
1864. City Missionary, Harrisburg, several years. Prepared in schools at home» 
Harrisburg. Entered Freshman 1867. Philomath^ean. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1873. Pastor, Oregon, 111., 1873-5; Polo, 111., 1875-8; Louis- 
ville, Ky., since 1S78. Married June 26, 1873, to Ella German, Harrisburg. 

WiLLL-\M Henry Dunb.\r. Born January 25, 1852, at Stone Church, Northamp- 
ton i^ounty. Pa. Parents, Robert and Susan. Prepared by Rev. J. I. Burrell, Class 
of '55. Entered Freshman, 1867. PhilomathKan. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Ordained 1874. Pastor St. Peter's Church, Easton, Pa., 1874-80; ZiOn's Church, 
Lebanon, Pa., since 1880. Secretary of East Pennsylvania Synod, 1877-80. 
Member Board of Publication since 18S0.1 Married, October 7, 1880, to Jennie 
Chamberlain, Easton, Pa. 

M. J. ALL.A.N Emory'. Born June S, 1850, at West Newton, Westmoreland 
county. Pa. Parents, Rev. William S. and Martha. Residence, Palmyra, Pa. 
Entered Preparatory, 1865. Philomathaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Divided Gratft" 
Prize. Law student at Easton, Pa., and Law School, Albany, N. Y. Admitted to 
practice 1873. Discontinued practice of law and went West as a newspaper corres- 
pondent, and now engaged in gold and silver mining. Bachelor. 



CLASS OF 1 87 I. 295 

David Z. Foui.k.. Entered Preparatory, 1865. Residence, Gettyslnirg. I'hilo- 
mathaean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1874. Pastor, Helleville, Pa., 
1875-80; supply at Somerset, Pa., 1881. C)wing to impaired health, not in active 
work. Residing in Gettysburg. Bachelor. 

PiiiLii' Melanchthon Graff. Born August 15, 1848, at Buffalo Mills, Arm- 
strong county, Pa. Parents, Peter and Susan. Prepared at Leechburg (Pa.) Acad- 
emy. Entered Sophomore, 1868. Phrenakosmian. Phi Kappa Psi. Clerking, 
i87i--4. Banking, 1874-7, at Grand Rapids, Mich. Lumber business, .since 1877, 
at Duluth, Minn. Member city council. Grand Rapids, for two years, and of vil- 
lage council, Duluth. Married, October 15, 1872, to Sarah A. Earhart, Worthing- 
ton, Pa. 

Charles Ehert Hay. Born October 8, 1851. Parents, Rev. Dr. Charles A. 
(class of '39) and Sarah R. (Barnitz). Entered Preparatory 1865. Absent part of 
1863-4. Philornathaean. Divided Ereshman Prize (class of '70). Hassler Latin 
Medal. First Honor. Valedictory. Principal Academy, Hanover, 187 1-3. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1876. Pastor, Fisherville, 1876-7; St. Paul's 
Church, Allentown, Pa., since 1877. Married May 10, i88l, to Flora E. Dole, 
Huntingdon, Pa. 

William Henry* Kain. Born January 4, 1848, in York, Pa. Parents, John and 
Susan. Teacher. Prepared at York County Academy. Entered Sophomore, second 
term, 1869. Philomatha:an. Superintendent of Common Schools of York County, 
1871-8. Admitted to the bar at Y'ork, 1875. Practicing at York. Secretary of York 
Mutual Aid Association. Married March i, 1876, to Clara M. Hay, York, Pa. 

Publications. — County School Report, 187 1-8. And frequent editorial contribu- 
tions to newspapers. 

Auc;u.sTUs Jacob Ball Kast. Born November 6, 1845, in Silver Spring town- 
ship, Cumljerland county, Pa. Parents, John Benjamin and Fanny F. Farmer. 
Teaching' 1865-6. Entered Preparatory 1866. Residence, Mechanicsburg, Pa. 
Philomathsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1874. Pastor, Friend's 
Cove Charge, Bedford county, Pa., 1874-8; Camden, Carroll county, Ind., 1878-9; 
South Di.\on Charge, Dixon, 111., since 1879. Married September 12, 1877, to 
Maggie C. Dabele, Marietta, O. 

Robert Kline. Born September 5, 1844, at Troxelville, Snyder county. Pa. 
Parents, George and Elizabeth. Farmer. Prepared privately. Entered Sophomore. 
Residence, Nitanny Valley, Pa. Philomathsean. Taught 1871-2. Theological 
course, Union Seminary. Ordained 1875. Rector, Pioche, Neb., 1875-6,1877-9; 
Rector, Ascension, Cal., 1876-7; Napa, Cal., 1879-80. Principal one year Pioche 
Schools. Present residence, Ashland, Pa. Bachelor. 

*P'rederick George Knapp. Born February 14, 1845, at Adelsleben, Hanover, 
Germany. Parents, Frederick and Magdalena. Clerking. Commissary Sergeant 
17th Regiment West Virginia Volunteers. Prepared at Leechburg Academy. lui- 
tered Freshman 1867. Residence Martin's Ferry, Ohio. Philomathajan. Divided 
Freshman prize. Entered on theological studies, Gettysburg. Contracted a cold 
while preaching, in December, 1872, which resulted in consumption, from which Vie 
died June 26, 1873. 



296 ALUMNI RECORD. 

David Theodore Koser. Bom March 7, 1845, in Cumberland county, Pa. 
Parents, Samuel and Mary. Farmer. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, 
Pa. Entered Sophomore 1868. Residence, Gettysburg. Philomathasan. Instructor 
in Mathematics in Missionary Institute, 1871-2. Proctor Alma Mater, 1873-4. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1874. Pastor Addison, Pa., 1874-7; 
Riegelsville, Bucks county. Pa., since 1877. Married June 30, 1874, to Rachel A. 
Gelwicks, Shippensburg, Pa. 

Benjamin Kurtz. Born September 20, 185 1, in Baltimore, Md. Parents, T. 
Newton and Julia G. Entered Freshman 1867. Philomathjean ; orator, anniver- 
sary, 1 87 1. Divided Freshman Prize. Divided Graeff Prize. Fourth honor. 
Spent a term at Yale College. Graduated LL. B., University of Maryland, Balti- 
more, 1874. Since continued in practice in Baltimore. Bachelor. 

Walter Herman Lilly. Born March 6, 1853, in Baltimore, Md. Parents, 
Rev. A. W. (class of '48) and Margery Ann. Prepared at York County Academy. 
Entered Junior 1869. Residence, York, Pa. Philomathrean. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Ordained 1874. Pastor Bellefonte, Pa., 1874-6; Abilene, Kansas, 
1876-7; Newton, Iowa, 1877-8. Mercantile business, Abilene, Kansas, 1878-80; 
Kansas City, Mo., 1880. Pastor Eyota, Minn., since 1880. Principal of public 
schools, Eyota, since 1881. Married March 16, 1881, to Almira J. Smith, of Chi- 
cago, 111., at Des Plaines, Cook county. Ills. 

George Michael. Entered Freshman, 1867. Residence, Shawnee. Theolog- 
ical course, Yale Seminary. Graduated B. D., 1874. Pastor, Congregational 
churches at Freeport, Maine; Moriah, N. Y. ; at present, Alfred, Maine. 

Samuel Palmer. Born May 17, 1843, in Greencastle, Franklin county. Pa. 
Parents, George and Susanna. Sergeant Company K., 129th Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, August i, 1863 — January 3, 1864 — January 3 to July 8, 1865, 21st Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry. Promoted to Second Lieutenant of Company. Entered Preparatory, 
1865. Residence, Upton, Pa. Philomathsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Ordained 1874. Pastor, Phoenixville, Pa., 1874-80. Owing to ill health retired 
from active ministry. Farming near Abilene, Kansas. Married September 6, 1877, 
to Flenrietta C. Werner, Reading, Pa. 

John McPherson Scott. Born April 12, 1850, in Hagerstown, Md. Parents, 
N. B. and Catharine (McPherson). Entered Preparatory, 1866. Phrenakosmian. 
Phi Kappa Psi. Student of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Graduated 
M. D., 1873. Continued since practicing in Hagerstown, Md. Member Maryland 
Legislature, sessions of 1876 and 1880. Married April 24, 1874, to Helen M.Beall, 
Cumberland, Md. 

Henry Andrew Smeltz. Born April 7, 1845, ^t Eba, Germany. Parents, 
Flenry and Mary. Residence, Frostburg, Md. Entered Preparatory, 1865. Philo- 
mathcean. State Superintendent Maryland Sunday-school Union, 1872-6. Resigned 
on account of ill-health, and has since resided at Bay View, Florida. Engaged in 
orange-growing. Married October, 1876, to Laura J. Johnson, Baltimore, Md. 
.George Diehl Stahley. Born September 9, 1850, in Easton, Pa. Parents, 
Joseph and Hannah. Prepared by Rev. J. I. Burrell (class of '55). Entered 
Freshman, 1867. Residence, Stone Church, Northampton county. Pa. Philo- 



CLASS OF 1872. 297 

mathsean. Orator at re-opening of Hall, 1870. Phi Kappa Psi. Medical student 
under Traill Green, M. D., LL. D., Easton, Pa., and at University of Pennsylvania. 
Graduated M. D., 1875. Special in Chemistry, LaFayette College, Easton, 1875. 
Assistant Physician in State Lnnatic Hospital, Harrisljurg, since 1875. Member of 
Dau])hin County Medical Society; permanent member of Pennsylvania State Med- 
ical Society; member of American Medical .Society; Fellow of American Academy 
of Medicine. Bachelor. Contributor to Pennsylvania College Monthly. 

JoirN Wagner. Bom Feljruary i, 1852, at Stone Church, Northampton county, 
Pa. Parents, Reuben and Lydia A. Prepared by Rev. J. I. Burrell (class of '55). 
Entered Freshman, 1867. Philomatha^an. Theological course, Gettysburg, 187 1-4. 
Ordained, 1874. Pastor, Hazleton, Pa., since 1874. Married September 9, 1880, to 
Mary E. Schleppy, Hazleton, Pa. 

Published addresses, etc. 

Samuel Augustus Weikert. Born April 25, 1850, in Littlestown, Pa. Parents, 
William and Matilda (Sell). Farming. Entered Preparatory, 1866. Phrenakos- 
mian ; orator, anniversary, 1870. Sigma Chi. Principal Academy, Manchester, 
Md., 1871-2. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained, 1875. Pastor, (jhent, 
N. Y., 1875-9; J^^d Hook, Dutchess county, X. Y., since 1879. Secretary of 
New York and New Jersey .Synod, 1878-80, Director of Seminary, Gettysljurg. 
Married August 17, 1875, to Hannah C. P'rey, Gettysburg. 

Charles Milton W'oisv. Born in Adams county. Parents, J. George and 
Ellen. Printer. Entered Preparatory, 1866. Residence, Abbottstown. Philoma- 
thaean. Teaching, Shrew.sbury (Pa.) Academy, 187 1-2. Editorial work, in .Schuyl- 
kill county. Pa., 1872-5. Read law under ex-Attorney-General F. W. Hughes, Potts- 
ville. Admitted to the bar, 1876. Practicing in Hanover, Pa., since 1877. Bachelor. 

CLASS OF 1872. 

GEORf;E Nicholas Acker. Born October 8, 1852, at Washington, D. C. Parents, 
Nicholas and Sarah E. (Bisby.) Entered Preparatory, third term, 1866. Phrena- 
kosmian. Sigma Chi. Pursued medical studies at National Medical College, Wash- 
ington, D. C, 1872-4; Bellevue Medical College, New York, 1875; and European 
Universities, Eondon, Paris, Vienna and Berlin, 1875-7. Graduated M. D., Berlin, 
1877. Since 1878 has been practicing in Washington, D. C. Hou.se Physician 
Children's Hospital, Washington, 1874-5. Outside physician of same, 1879. Assist- 
ant Surgeon Free Dispensary, since 1878. Demonstrator of Physiology and Patho- 
logical Histology, National Medical College, since 1878. Bachelor. 

John Croll Baum. Born September 19, 1852, in Middletown, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. Dr. William M. (class of '46) and Maria L. (Croll.) Prepared at York County 
Academy. Entered Freshman, 1868. Residence, York, Pa. Philomatha;an. The- 
ological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1875. Pastor, Trenton, N. J., 1875-81 ; 
Canajoharie, N. Y., since 1881. Assistant Secretary General Synod, 1879. iJirector 
of Seminary, Gettysburg, 1877-82. Member Board of Managers New Jersey Sab- 
bath Union, 1881. Member Alumni Committee, Semi-Centennial Alma Mater. 
Bachelor. 

George A.ment Blose. Born November 13, 1842, near Hamilton, Jefferson 



298 ALUMNI RECORD. 

county, Ta. Parents, George nnd Esther (Ament). Member Company C, 2d Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania six months service, June 17, 1863, to January 21, 1864. Farmer 
and teacher. Prepared by private study and attendance in academies at Perrjsville 
and Ghide Run, Pa. Entered Junior, 1S70. Phrenakosmian. Has been since 
graduation engaged principally in teaching, also in farming ; and is reading law at 
present, 1882. Superintendent of Schools of Perry county, 1875-8. Married, May 
26, 1877, to Louisa Jane Raybuck, Perry township, Jefferson county. Pa. 

Publications — History of Jefferson County, Pa., for Egle's History of Pennsylvania, 
1876. History of Education in Jefferson County, Pa., 1877. 

John Brub.-vker. Born November 5, 1848, at Berlin, Somerset county. Pa. 
Parents, Alexander and Drusilla (Heffley). Teacher. Entered Preparatory, 1867. 
Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1S70. Freshman Prize. Graeff" Prize. First 
honor. Valedictory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1875. Pi'ofessor 
of English Language and Literature, Carthage (111.) College, since 1S76. Married 
August I, 1877, to Mary L. Gilbert, Gettysburg. 

Publications — Prize Essay, Burns" Cotter's Saturday Night, 1S75. P'^**^ Success of 
Modern Missions. Lutheran Quarterly, VII. 122. 

Benjamin B. Collins. Born November 2S, 1847, at Berlin, Somerset county. 
Pa. Parents, :Mark and Ellen. Clerking. Entered Preparatory, 1866. Phrena- 
kosmian; orator, anniversan,-, 1S72. Phi Gamma Delta. Theological course, 
Gettysburg, 1S72-5. Ordained 1875. Missionary at Muhlenberg Mission, Africa, 
1875-6. Pastor Chalfont, Pa., 1877-81 ; German Valley, N. J., since 1881. Married 
twice, September i, 1875, to Emma J. Fisher. Berlin, Pa., ^ho died at sea May 6, 
1876; December 26, 187S, to Ella A. Delp, Chalfont, Pa. 

IsAL\H B. Crist. Born at Turtle Creek, Allegheny county. Pa. Entered Pre- 
paratory, spring term, 1867. Residence, Arndtsville, Pa. Philomathi^an. Entered 
Lutheran ministry. Has resided at New Florence, Pa., Loysville, Pa. ; Arndtsville, 
Pa. At present, pastor, Turtle Creek, Pa., and Principal of Mountain View Semi- 
nary at same place. T^Iember Company G., i3Sth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
Au<^ust 22, 1S62 — December 14, 1864. Discharged because of wound in elbow 
joint, causing loss of use of right arm. 

* Samuel Harrison Gulp. Born July 9, 1852, in Gettysburg. Parents, Daniel 
and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 1867. Philomathcean. Read law for some 
time. Was engaged in teaching at McAUisterville (Pa.) Orphans' Home from 1S74 
till his death, from typhoid fever, March 28, 1875. Bachelor. 

Samuel Albert Diehl. Born November 13, 1847, near New Oxford, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Daniel and Leah.' Miller. Entered Preparatory, 1S67. 
Philomathivan. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1S75. Pastor, Bloser- 
ville. Cumberland county. Pa., since 1875. Married September 2, 1S75, to Jennie 
M. Hamilton, near Gettysburg, Pa. 

Anthony Karns Felton. Born January 17. 1S4S, in East Providence township, 
Bedford county. Pa. Parents, Jacob and Elizabeth. Farming and teaching. Pre- 
pared privately. Entered Freshman, 1S6S. Philomatha^an. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Ordained 1S74. Pastor, Clarksville, N. J., 1S74-5 ; Bunker Hill. 
Kansas, 1876-8; Addison, Somerset comity, Pa., 1878; Stoyestown, 1SS2. Secre- 



CLASS OF 1872. 299 

tary, Kansas Synod, 1877-8. Married July i, 1877, to Amanda C. Dcrr, Orange- 
ville, 111. 

Wil.l.lAM EinVAKi) FiscilKK. Born October 6, 1849, in Uerlin, Somerset county, 
I'a. Parents, John Henry and Anna E. (Gilbert). Teacher. Entered Preparatory, 
1866. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1872. Theological course, Gettysburg, 
1872-5. Ordained 1875. I'astor Centre Hall, Centre county, Pa., .since 1875. ^^'^- 
rctary Central Synod, 1879. President of same, 1881-2. Married March i, 1877, 
to J. Annie PhiLson, Berlin, I'a. 

Gi:or(;e William Fortnky. Born December 28, 1847, in Centre Hall, Centre 
county, Pa. Parents, David and Susanna. Farming and teaching. Prepared at 
Pine Grove and Penn Hall Academies. Entered Freshman, 1868. Philomathaan ; 
essayist, anniversary, 187 1. Fourth honor. Latin Salutatory. Theological Sem- 
inary, Gettysburg, 1872-3. Successively, Instructor in Mathematics, Missionary 
Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa..; Principal of High School, Clearfield, Pa.; of Pennsyl- 
vania Valley Institute, Centre Hall, Pa.; of Graded Schools, Selinsgrove, Pa.; and 
of Public Schools, and pastor of church, at Chatham Village, N. Y. Licensed 1879. 
I'ast«jr at Ancram, Columbia county, N. Y., since 1881. Married September 22, 
1874, to Lorena G., daughter of Prof. H. Ziegler, D. D., Selinsgrove. 

"John Milton Friday. Born April 18, 1847, near Jefferson, F'rederick county, 
Md. Parents, Frederick and Salome (Kephard). F^ntered I'rcparatory, 1867. 
I'iirenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1872. Phi Gamma Delta. Pursued theological 
studies privately and under Rev. Bowers. Licensed 1875. Pastor at Harper's Ferry, 
W. Va., from 1875. Was murdered on the banks of the canal, near that place, on 
the night of May 30, 1877. Married November, 1875, tf> Ella Whip. 

'■"John Edwin Gilhkrt. Born January 24, 1852, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, 
John and Lydia. Entered Preparatory, 1867. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 
1872. Teaching Catasauqua, 1872-5. Graduated M. D., with special honor. Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1877. Practising in Gettysburg, 1877, till his death April 20, 
1882. Married January 10, 1880, to Annie M. McKinstry, McKinstry's Mills, Md. 

*Chri.stian Hoover. Born October 21, 1849, "c^'' Smithsburg, Washington 
county, Md. F'armer. And after having prepared in graded school, Smithsburg, 
taught at Waynesboro, 1867-8. Entered F'reshman, 1868. Phrenakosmian. Hass- 
ler Latin medal. Taught at Waynesboro, Pa. Had entered the Theological Sem- 
inary, but ill health compelled an early abandoning of studies. FJied, March 6, 1873, 
at his home. 

JcniN Li"riiKR KiSTLER. Born September 25, 1849, in Ickesburg, Perry county. 
Pa. Parents, David and Susan (Rice). Teacher. Prepared at Missionary Institute, 
Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1869. Philomatha-an. Theological course, 
Gettysburg, 1872-4, 1875-6. Professor of Mathematics, Missionary Institute, Selins- 
grove, 1874-5. Ordained 1877. Instructor of Mathematics, and Languages, Ilart- 
vvick Seminary, N. Y., since 1876. Married August 21, 1879, to Grace Myers, 
(Jettysburg. 

Jacob Ai.hert Koser. Born January 24, 1847, in Southampton township, 
I'ranklin county. Pa. Parents, Samuel and Mary (Deardorff ). Farmer. Prepared 
at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered F'reshman, 1868. Residence, 



300 ALUMNI KIXOKP. 

(.K'thslnirg. rhiloinathivnu. llu-oloi^ical comso, (."ictlysbuiv;-. Oiil.iinoil 1S75. 
Pastor, Salisbury, Somersol couniy. Pa., 1S75-S; Tino luovo Mills, (.\'ntii.- i-ounty. 
Pa., since 1S7S. 'Marnoil Juno J4, 1S7S. to Knnna 1 ., daui^litor of tho late Kov. K. 
1 IdlVln'ins, (.IcllNslnui;. 

|iMi\ 111 NK\ 1 ii-SKR. Innn Doccmbcr U), 1847, in lloroioid, l>orks county. Pa. 
r.ucnl^. Sanuu-1 and Susanna. Teacher, rrcpared at Keystone Normal School, 
■Kut/.tuwn, Pa. Enicrcil I'lvshnian, iSoS. Phrenakosmian. TheoUigical course, 
Gettysburg-. (IrJaincil. 1S75. Pastor, Martin's Creek, Pa.. 1S75-6; Pelvidcrc. N. 
J., 1S76-7; 1 hnnniclstow n. Pa., since 1S77. Pachelor. 

1V\M1'\ Mil wciiiiioN Mosi'R. Porn Jannarv 7, IV840, at Pine (.oovc Mills, 
(.'ontre comity. Pa. Parents, Panicl .uid I'alharinc. Prepared at .\cadcm\'. Pine 
Clove Mills. I'liicrcil l'reslunai\ iS(iS. Philoinalh;van ; orator, ai\niversarv, 1871. 
Phi C,\n\ina Pelt.i. Tree oration, class d,t\-. 'riK\)loo;ieal ccnirse, tlettvslniri;. (.'•r- 
dained 1S75. P.istor, 1 ockport, N. V.. 1S75--0; Shepherdstown. \V. \'a., since 
1870. Married .\uL;ust 15, 1877, to l.ulie Wattles, (.'.etty.shurij. 

T.iaui RiciiMONH MvKKS. Porn October u, 1850, in .Vdaius county. Pa. Parents, 
Jacob .\ ^student in '44I and Sarah .\. bntcied Preparatory i8(H>. Residence, 
licthlclicin, P.i. Philomath;van. Si_i;ni.\ (.'hi. Spent some time in l'oreii;n tr.ixcl. 
Studiokl law in Pottsvillo, l\i. Admitted to the bar 1878. Practicing in the couits 
of Northamptoii and l.ehi^h counties. Residence, Pethleheni. Pachelor. 

l''i'KPiN \Mi \\M. I'l 1 \s PisciiAi'. Porn l'"clnu.uy 17, 1840, in (.'l.tuslhat, ll.ui 
over, Cerm.tuN. P.irents. Henry and \\ ilhelmina. (."igarmaUer and nnrsician. 
MiUered Preparatory' 1807. Residence, Wheeling', W. \'a. Philomath. can. Iheo- 
logical Seminary. Cettysburg, 187J-3, Superintendent of (.icrman Schools, ai\d 
IVo lessor of Ccnn.in in High School. ICvansville. hub, 1873-6. I.iceused i87t>. 
Pastor. Nebraska City, Neb.. 1870-^ ; Nasluille. 'Peun,. 187S-S2; Wilmington. N. 
t'., i88j. Superinteudeut of Public Schools, Nebraska City, 1S76-78. Professor of 
tlcrman. Nebraska College, 1877-8. Member o[ rennessee Historical Society. 
Managing l-".ditor of SotifAeTH J/omf/i/y J/o^t^tizii... 1880. furnished tlerman Clean- 
ings to £«///£•/•*/// f)fc^^f><»/' for five yeai"S. Has published several musical composi- 
tion^. Married June 3, 1S73, to Clara J. Myers, N ork Springs, Adams coumy. Pa. 

John \\'isi iv 1\M'"1"IN1U':Ri;i~r. Pmrn lieccniber J, 1843, in Myersville, l''rcdcrick 
ccuntv, Md. P.ireius, picob and P.nb.ira. Placksmith. Member t.\mipan\M, J^d 
Regiment, PcnnsvK.tnia t.".i\,tlr\, l'"ebriiary .'5, 1804, to (.Vnober 31, 1805. Prepared 
at Mcrcersburg, Pa. l'"ntcrcU Prcshuiau, 1808. Residence. Mercersburg. Phrena- 
kosmi.tn; orator, anniversary, 1800. Theological course, (.iettysburg. C>rdained 
1875. Pastor. Berlin, Somei'set county. Pa., since 1875. Married June 6. 1877. to 
Miss M. P. Nvcum, Ray's Hill. Pedford county. Pa. 

\N'u \ I \M Koi'i" Pki n i- S mim. Porn June 10, 1850, at Johnstown, Pa. PareiUs, 
Rev. Pr. Peter .ind Susan ^ rritle"!. Primer. Preitaved at Missionary Institute. 
Selinsgrovc. Pa. I'lUercd Sophonu^re, 1800. Residence, .■Varonsburg. Pa. Phrena- 
kosmian. Phi Cuiuna Peli.t. Second honor. Paught public and private schools. 
187.2-5. Attended jotVerson Medical College. Craduated M. D.. 1877. Has since 
been cng-aged in practice at McCeiysvillc. Juniata county. Pa. Bachelor. 



CLASS OF- 1873. 301 

Syi.VANUS Siai.!.. Born OctoLer 18, 1847, in Klizabcthville, Columbia county, 
\. Y. Parents, William Land Caroline (LinklcJjaugh;. Cashier in store. New V'ork 
city. Entered Preparatory, 1866. Philomalhxan ; orator, anniversary, 1871. The- 
ological course, Union Seminary, New York city, 1872-3, Traveled in Europe, 
1873. Seminary, Gettysburg, 1873-4. Ordained 1874. Pastor, CobleskilJ, N. Y,, 
1874-7; Martin's Creek, I'a., 1877-81 ; Lancaster, Pa., since 1881. Member 
Hoard of Publication, .since 1881. Married September 2, 1874, to Kate, daughter of 
1). A. I'uehler, esq, (class of '43;, Gettysburg. 

I'ublicaiions. — Pastor's Pocket Kecor'l, 1876. Minister's Hand I5ook to Hymns 
in the Pook of Worship, 1879. How to Pay Church iJebts, and How to Keep 
Churches out of Debt, 1880. 

Publisher of Parish Papers, since 1879. 

Samuki, MfjCuKny Swoi'K. Born October 4, 1850, in Gettysburg, i'arents, John 
A. and Nancy. Entered Prcjjaratory, 1867. I'hilornatha.'an. Chi I'hi. Read law 
under Hon. D. Wills (class of '51). Admitted to the bar, 1875. Practicing in Get- 
tysburg since 1875. District Attorney of Adams county, since 1880. Married in 
1876 to Miss A. K. Stair, Arndtsville, Adams county, I'a. 

John Nicholas Zimmkk. Born March 8, 1849, in Wheeling, W, Va. Parent.s, 
John N. and Caroline. Prepared at Leechburg, I'a., Academy. Entered Freshman, 
1867. Aljscnt, 1869-70, engaged in clerking. Philomathaean. Entered Theolog- 
ical Seminary, Gettysburg, 1872. Course was interrupted by reason of ill-health, 
1874-5, and again in 1876. Licen.sed, 1876. Pastor, West Point, Neb,, 1876-9; 
North Washington, Butler county, Pa., 1879; North Hope, 1882. Married Novem- 
ijer 29, 1877, to Kate S. Wood, of W'est I'oint, Neb., at Omaha, Neb, 

CLASS OF 1873, 

Nkanhir Nicoi.aus Ckonhoi„m, Born November 19, 1845, in Sweden, Pa- 
rents, N. ]'. G. and Elizabeth, Prepared in Sweden. Entered Freshman 1870. 
I'hrenakosmian. Parallel with college course, pursued theological studies in .Sem- 
inary, graduating 1873. Student in History, Metaphysics, etc., Yale College, 1873-5, 
graduated Ph. D., 1875, Law student in the University of the City of New York, 
1875-6. Graduated LL. B., 1876. Engaged in practice in Chicago since 1877. 
.Member of Northern Jurists' As.sociation of Sweden. Married June 6, 1878, to 
Guliaelma Maria Penn, New York city. 

William Streeper Freas. Bom May 11, 1848, at Marble Hall, Montgomery 
county. Pa. Parents, Jesse W. and Ann Catharine. P'armer. Entered Preparatory 
1864. Discontinued studies 1866-8, and returned to Preparatory 1868. Philoma- 
tha-an; orator, anniversary 1873. Freshman Prize. Ha.ssler Latin medal. First 
honor. Valedictory. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1876. Instructor 
in Lutherville Female Seminary, spring, 1876. Pastor Everett, Bedford county, 
Pa., 1876-80; Hughesville, Lycoming county. Pa., since 1880. Secretary Allegheny 
Synod, 1878-80. Director of Seminary, Getty.sburg. Married June 5, 1878, to 
Ella A. Streeper, Pottstown, Pa. 

* Silas Wilkinson GossLEK. Born in 1852, in Philadelphia. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1870. Philomathaean; orator, anniversary, 1873. Studied theology under 



302 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Rev. N. M. Price and Rev. M. Newkirk, of Philadelphia. Licensed by Presby- 
tery of Philadelphia, 1S76. Pastor of Tenth church in that city 1S76, till his death 
from consumption, in iSSo. Married to Nellie H. Hartranft, Philadelphia. 

PuiLir Gr.-veff. Entered Sophomore, 1S70. Pursued college course parallel 
with theological course. Phrenakosmian. Ordained 1S73. Pastor, Washington, 
D. C, 1S73-7; Springfield, 111., 1S77 ; Lockport, N. Y. 

Joseph Fr.a.nklin' Hartm.vn. Born May 7, 1852, in Mt. Joy township, Adams 
county, Pa. Parents, MoSes and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 186S. Phrena- 
kosmian; orator, anniversary, 1872. Upsilon Beta. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1S76. Pastor, Pikeland, Pa., 1S76-S0; Ghent, N. Y., since 18S0. Mar- 
ried, October i, 1878, to Ida J. Flinn, Phoenixville, Chester county. Pa. 

D.A.N1EL M.\RR.\M.\R LvMOTTE. Born June 5, 1S47, in York county. Pa. Par- 
ents, John H. and Sevilla. Cigarmaker. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selins- 
grove. Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1870. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1872. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1876. Pastor, \Voodsboro', Frederick 
countv, Md., since 1876. Married, January 5, iSSi, to Laura M. Fair, Taneytown, 
Md. 

Edwin Hutter Leisenring. Born November 3. 1S50, in Selinsgrove, Pa. 
Pai'ents, Gideon and Louisa. Deputy Postmaster, Charlestown, \Y. Ya., 1S6S. 
Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove. Entered Junior, 1S71. Philo- 
mathtean. Upsilon Beta. Theological course. Missionary Institute. Ordained 
1875. Pastor, Catawissa, Pa., 1S75-S; Muncy, Pa,, since 1878. Secretary of Sus- 
quehanna Synod three years. Married September 23, 1S75, to Ida E. Atkinson, 
Gettysburg. Published Thanksgiving Sermon, 18S1. 

Lemuel Luther Sieber. Born March 4, 1S50, in McAllisterville, Juniata 
county, Pa. Parents, Abraham and Fanny. Prepared at McAllisterville, Pa., 
Academy and Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove. Entered Sophomore, 1870. Philo- 
mathfean; orator, anniversary, 1S73. Fourth honor. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Ordained 1876. Pastor, Lavansville, Somerset county, Pa., since 1876. 
Secretary of Allegheny Synod, 1880. Member of Executive Committee of State 
S. S. Association of Peniisylvania. Married June 29, 1876, to Josie Rothrock. 
MitYliu, Juniata county. Pa. 

John Alden Sixgm.\ster. Born August 31, 1852, at Macungie, Lehigh county. 
Pa. Parents, James and Sarah. Prepared at State Normal School, Millersville, Pa. 
Entered Sophomore 1870. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1S72. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Graeft" Prize Essay 1873. Second honor. Latin Salutatory. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1876. Pastor at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill county. 
Pa., siiice 1876, Married November i, 1877, to Carrie Hoopes, Philadelphia. 

Publications. — Prize Essay, Yicar of \Yakefield, 1S72. Modern Evangelism, 
Quarterly Review, YII. 400. 

\YiLLiAM RoM.wrs Snyder. Born August 30, 1S50. at Gettysburg. Parents. 
Conrad and Catharine Jane. Entered Preparatory 1S6S. Phrenakosmian. Has 
been continually engaged in teaching, for some time at Shelbyville. Ind. ; at Acton, 
Ind., since iSSi. Married June 30, 1S7S, to Miss N. B. Ferran, Acton, Ind. 



CLASS OF 1874. 303 

Chester Henry Traver. Born June 23, 1848, in Clinton, Dutchess county, N. 
Y. Parents, Gideon and Eve. Farmer. Prepared at Ilartwick Seminary, N. Y. 
Entered Sophomore, 1870. Residence, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Philomathacan. Third 
honor. Instructor, Hartwick Seminary, 1873-4. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Ordained 1876. Pastor Chatham Village, N. Y., 1876-8; Spruce Run church, Glen 
Gardner, N. J., .since 1878. Associate Editor of Philocrat, (jlen Gardner, 1879-80. 
Married September 20, 1876, to Ida E. Jones, Gettysburg. 

* Georcie Ereeman Unger. Born May 26, 1850,31 Milton, Pa. Parents, George 
and Elizabeth. Blacksmith. Prepared at Danville, Pa. Entered Freshman, 1869. 
Residence, Riverside, Northumberland county, I'a. Philomatha;an. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Entered Theological Seminary, 1873. Died at his home, December 6, 1874. 

Francis Heyer Weaver. Born May 20, 1844, in Newry, Blair county. Pa. 
Parents, J. George and Lovina (Fetters). Member Co. C, 53d Regiment Pa. Vol., 
October lo, 1861, to October 17, 1864. Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, 
shell wound in heel ; at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, gunshot wound in left arm. left 
side and breast. Clerk in War Department, Washington, D. C, 1864 — July 1868. 
Member Co. K, 44th Regiment U. S. A. (Inf.), August i — Noveml>er 30, 1868. 
Entered Preparatory 1868. Residence, Washington, D. C. Philomathaean, Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Ordained, 1876. Pastor, Grafton, West Va., 1876-7. 
Agent and missionary to the Southern Ute Indians, 1877-8. Chaplain loth Regt. 
U. S. Cavalry, stationed at Fort Concho, Texas, .since 1880. Married May 30, 1876, 
to Kate M. .Schneider, Washington, D. C. 

Published Index to Ev. Rev., I-XXI. 

Theodore Jethro Yost. Born September 12, 1847, in Cabarrus county, N. C. 
Parents, Aaron and M. M. Farmer. Prepared at North Carolina College. Entered 
Freshman, 1869. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 
1876. Pastor, Mahwah, N. J., since 1876. Manager of Clergymen's Cooperative 
Purchasing Association, New York. Married to Miss M. A. Williams, York. 

Jeremiah Zimmerman. Born June 26, 1848, in Manchester, Md. Parents, 
Henry and Leah. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selin.sgrove, Pa. Entered 
Sophomore, 1 870. Philomathccan. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 
1873. Pastor, Valatie, N. Y., 1873-79; Syracuse, N. Y., since 1879. Spent a por- 
tion of 1878 in foreign travel. Married, June 30, 1877, to M. Adele Springstein, 
Valatie, N. Y. 

CLASS OF 1874. 

Charles Baum. Born January i, 1855, at Barren Hill, .Montgomery county. Pa. 
Parents, Rev. Dr. William (class of '46) and Maria J. (Croll). Prepared at York 
County Academy. Entered Freshman 1870. Residence, York. Philomathsean. 
Phi Kappa P.si. Medical student University of Pennsylvania. Graduated M. D., 
1877; Ph. D., 1878. .Since engaged in practice in Philadelphia. Attending Phy- 
sician to Northern Home for Friendless Children since 1878. Resident physician at 
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1879-80. Bachelor. 

Publications. — Notes of Hospital Clinics, Philadelphia Medical Times, July, 1880. 

Teter Dimner Beeber. Bom March 8, 1854, at Muncy, Pa. Parents, Teter 



304 ALUMNI RECORD. 

D. and Mary J. Prepared at Selinsgrove. Entered Freshman, 1870. Phrenakos- 
mian; orator, anniversary, 1874. Phi Gamma Delta. Third Honor. Read law in 
Williamsport. Admitted to the bar in 1876. Since continued in practice in Phila- 
delphia. Bachelor. 

James Luther Albert Burrell. Born June 30, 1847, in Clinton county. Pa. 
Parents, Samuel and Lydia. Farmer and teacher. Prepared at Missionary Insti- 
tute, Selinsgrove. Entered Freshman, 1870. Residence, Salona, Pa. Phrenakos- 
mian. Phi Gamma Delta. Divided Second honor. Proctor Alma Mater, 1874-5. 
Graduated M. D. Practicing medicine Salona, Pa., 1876-8; Williamsport, Pa., since 
1880. Married to Maggie, daughter of J. A. Swope, M. D., Gettysburg. 

Luther Albertus Burrell. Born June 24, 1856, in Aaronsburg, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. John I. (Class of '55) and Lizzie. Prepared by his father. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1870. Residence, Stone Church, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. Divided 
Second honor. Greek oration. Vice Principal of Pennington (N. J.) Institute, 
1874-5; of Newton (N. J.) Institute, 1875-6. Principal of a Pubhc School; New 
York city, 1876-7. Theological course. Union Seminary, New York. Licensed 
1878. State Secretary Young Men's Christian Association of New Jersey, 1879. 
Bachelor. 

Published. — Principles and Rules of Greek Accentuation, 1876. 

Alfred A. Dale. Born July 29, 1849, i"^ O^^^ Hall, Centre county, Pa. Parents, 
Christian and Eliza (Neff). Farmer. Prepared at Boalsburg Academy. Entered 
Freshman, 1870. Philomathaean ; orator, anniversary, 1873. Read law at Belle- 
fonte, Pa. Admitted to the bar, 1876. After a short residence in the West, returned 
to Bellefonte and engaged in legal practice. Bachelor. 

Clement Dale. Born Februaiy 25, 185 1, in Boalsburg, Centre county. Pa. 
Parents, Christian and Eliza (Neff). Farmer. Prepared at Boalsburg Academy. 
Entered Freshman, 1870. Philomathaean. Read law at Bellefonte, Pa. 'Admitted 
to the bar, 1876. Since engaged in practice in Bellefonte. Burgess of Bellefonte, 
1 880-1. Bachelor. 

Augustus Seiss Downing. Born October 18, 1856, at Baltimore, Md. Parents, 
Margaret W. and George F. Prepared at Thiel College. Entered Junior 1872. 
Phrenakosmian. Teaching Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and German. Resi- 
dence, Newark, Wayne county, N. Y., 1874-7; Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., 
since 1877. Bachelor. 

* Philip ThoiMAS Ehrehart. Born November 18, 1852, in New Chester, 
Adams county. Pa. Parents, George and Susanna (Thomas). Entered Preparatory 
1867. Philomthsean. Taught at Leechburg, Va., 1874-5. Assistant instructor in 
Swartara Institute, Jonestown, Pa, 1875. Health being impaired, returned home 
and taught a private class. Died May 7, 1877. Bachelor. 

John Hill Ehrehart. Born May 24, 1856, in Hughesville, Lycoming county. 
Pa. Parents, Rev. Prof. Charles J. (class of '50) and Martha (Hill). Entered Pre- 
paratory, 1865. Residence, Gettysburg. Philomathsean. Teaching after gradua- 
tion at Missionary Institute, 1876-7. For a number of years engaged in civil 
engineering in Kansas and New Mexico, and at present in New York State. Resi- 
dence, Little Falls, N. Y. Bachelor. 



CLASS OF 1874. 305 

John Brown Focht. Born July 20, 1851, in Chambersburg, Pa. Parents, Rev. 
David H. (student '45-8) and Susan (Brown). Clerk. Prepared in Missionary In- 
stitute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1 87 1. Residence, Lewisburg, Pa. 
Philomatlipcan ; orator, anniversary, 1863. Hassler Latin Medal. Graeff Prize Essay. 
First Honor. Valedictory. Proctor Alma Mater, 1 875-6. Principal Preparatory 
Department Pennsylvania State College, 1876-7. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Ordained, 1877. Vice Principal Classical Department Missionary Institute, 1877-81. 
Principal of same, 1881. Married June 28, 1878, to Elizabeth, daughter of P. Born, 
D. D. (class of '48), Selinsgrove. Published. — Preachers' Sons. Lutheran Quar- 
terly, IX. 2QO. 

Henry \V. Harter. Born May 9, 1853, in Canton, O. Parents, Isaac and 
Amanda. Prepared at home schools. Entered Freshman, 1870. Philomathrean. 
Phi Kappa Psi. Fourth Honor. Pursued legal studies at Canton and New York city. 
Admitted to the bar, 1877. Since continued in practice in Canton. Prosecuting 
attorney for Stark county, O., since 1879. Bachelor. 

Milton Bixler Hartzell. Born January 12, 1854, in Fayetteville, Franklin 
county, Pa. Parents, E. and Mary. Prepared at Chambersburg Academy. En- 
tered Sophomore, 1871. Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. Latin Salutatory. Attended 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Graduated M. D., 1877. Practicing in 
Philadelphia. Bachelor. 

Publications. — Jaborandi. New York Medical Record, April, 1879. Intestinal 
Hemorrhages in Typhoid Fever. American Journal of Medical Science, April, 
1881. 

James William Kendlehart. Born January 2, 1854, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
David and Eliza Ann. Entered Preparatory, April, 1869. Philomathsean. At 
present, clerk in Gettysburg National Bank. Bachelor. 

William Samuel Toms Metzger. Born August 15, 1849, in Myersville, Fred- 
erick county, Md. Parents, William and Lydia. Entered Preparatory, 1869. 
Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained, 1877. Pastor Mor- 
ristown, Henry county. Ills., since 1878. Married October 17, 1878, to Miss M. L. 
Wachtel, of Baltimore, Md., at Lanark, Ills. 

Wilson Lee Remsberg. Born December 26, 1848, in Middletown, Md. Pa- 
rents, Daniel and Catharine. Wool manufactury. Entered Preparatory, 1869. 
Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1877. Pastor Prince- 
ton, Ills., since 1S77. Organist in college chapel service during course. Principal 
compiler of tunes to Book of Worship. Bachelor. 

Melanchthon CEcoLAMPADius Tritle Sahm. Born April 11, 1853, in Indi- 
ana, Indiana county. Pa. Parents, Rev. Dr. Peter and Susan (Tritle). Prepared at 
Aaronsburg, Pa., Academy, and Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered 
Freshman, 1870. Residence, Aaronsburg. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 
1874. Teaching at Turtle Creek and White Springs, Union county, and Loysville, 
Perry county, 1874-7. Studied theology privately and at Missionary Institute, 
Selinsgrove, Pa. Ordained 1880. Pastor, Cookport, Indiana county, Pa., since 
1880. Married July 4, 1878, to Flora B. Albert, of New Berlin, Pa. 
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306 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Frederick Walpole St4LEY. Bom December i, 1844,111 Plymouth, Mont- 
gomery county. Pa. Parents, John and Sarah, Served in 6th and 20th Regiments, 
Pennsylvania Cavalry, September 5, 1861, to July 25, 1865, ranking as sergeant. 
Wounded slightly December, 1864. Entered Preparatory, 1869. Residence, Bar- 
ren Hill, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1877. 
Pastor, Columbia, Pa., 1877-81 ; Martin's Creek, Pa., since 1881. Married June 21, 
1877, to M. Cordelia Freas, of Barren Hill. 

Charles Milton Stock. Born March 16, 1855, at New Oxford, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Rev. Daniel and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 1870. 
Philomathiean ; orator, anniversary, 1873. Sigma Chi. Teaching, 1874-5. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1878. Pastor, Blairsville, Pa., 1878-80; 
Bedford, Pa., since 1880. Married February 19, 1879, to H. Mary, daughter of Hon. 
W. McClean, Gettysburg. 

Charles Alfred Suesserott. Born May 7, 1854, in Chambersburg, Pa. Pa- 
rents, Dr. Jacob L. and Jane E. (Smith). Prepared at Chambersburg Academy. 
Entered Freshman, 1870. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1874. Sigma Chi. 
Vice Principal Chambersburg Academy, 1874-7. Read law under Brewer & Gehr, 
Chambersburg. Admitted to the bar, 1877. Has since continued in practice at 
Chambersburg. District Attorney of Franklin county since 1S81. jNIarried Septem- 
ber 25, 1879, to Lillie C. Kennedy, Hagerstown, Md. 

George Everett Titus. Born July i, 1855, in New York city. Parents, 
Amos N. and Mary (Ford). Prepared by Prof. E. Ferrier, at Gettysburg. Entered 
Freshman, 1870. Philomathaean. Sigma Chi. Attended Bellevue Hospital Medi- 
cal College, New York City. Graduated M. D., 1877. Physician and surgeon in 
Charity Hospital, Jersey City, 1877-80. Practicing at Ramsey, N. J., 18S0-81 ; 
Hightstown, Mercer county, N. J., since 1881. Married May 8, 1880, to Alvie Ronk, 
Suffern, N. Y. 

John Ad.^m Wirt. Born May 21, 1848, in Millersburg, Dauphin county. Pa. 
Farmer. Entered Preparatory 1868. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1872. 
Sigma Chi. Speaker on behalf of students on the opening of College Gymnsium. 
Teaching, 1874-5. Theological course, Gettysburg, 1875-6. INIissionary Institute, 
1876-7. Ordained 1877. Pastor Lykens, Dauphin county, Pa., since 1877. Mar- 
ried June I, 1875, to Mattie J., daughter of D. A. Buehler, esq. (class of '43), 
Gettysburg. 

Joseph Bittincjer Wolff. Born January 9, 1848, in Berwick township, Adams 
county, Pa. Parents, J. George and Eleanor C. (Bittinger). Farmer. Entered 
Preparatory, 1868. Philomathtean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 
1877. Pastor, Glen Rock, York county. Pa., since 1877. Married July iS, 1877, to 
Priscilla Ella Cashman, Gettysburg. 

GRADUATING B. S. 

George Slagle Eyster. (See Class of '68.) 

Edgar Fahs Smith. Born May 23, 1854, in West Manchester township, York 
county. Pa. Parents, Gibson and Susan E. (Fahs). Prepared at York County 
Academy. Entered Junior, 1872. Residence, York, Pa. Graduated B. S. Special 



CLASS OF 1875. 307 

student of Chemistr\-, Cottingen, Germany, 1874-6, graduating Ph. D., 1876. As- 
sistant in Analjtical Chemistry, Towne Scientific School, University of Pennsylvania, 
1876-81. Professor of Chemistrj', Muhlenberg College, 1881. Member of Chem- 
ical Societies of Berlin and Paris, and of Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 
Married April 10, 1879, to Margie A. Gruel, Gettysburg. 

Publications. — Analysis of a Calculus found in a Deer, 1879. Detection of Iron 
by Means of Salicylic Acid, 1879. Products Obtained by the Nitration of Meta- 
chlorsalicylic Acid, 1879. ^-''^ ^ New Base, 1879. New Results in Electrolysis, 
1880. The Electrolytic Method Applied to Cadmium, 1880. Synthesis of Salicylic 
Acid, 1 88 1. The various papers appeared in Proceedings of Amer. Philosophical 
Society, American Chemical Journal, Berichte der Deutschen Chem. Ge.sellschaft, 
Bulletin de la Societe Chimifjue de Paris, etc., etc. Scheme for Detection of Organic 
and Inorganic Acids, 1878. Classen's Quantitative Analysis, with additions, pp. 328, 
1878. Chemical Analysis of Urine, Smith and Marshall, 1881. Ueber Trisub.sti- 
tuirte Benzolverbindungen und die Einwirkung von Chlor auf Benzyltrichloride, p. 
51, 1876. Upon Some New Chlorine Derivatives of Toluene, 1877. Upon Di- 
chlorsalicylic Acid, 1877. A New Method for the Decomposition of Chromic Iron, 
1877. Precipitation of Copper by Sodium Carbonate, 1877. Determination of 
Phosphorus in Cast Iron, 1878. Upon a New Monochlordinitrophenol and Alpha- 
Monochlordinitrophenol Aniline, 1878. Beryllium Borate, 1878. Uber eine Neue 
Dichlorsalicylsame und einige Derivaten derbei 172° C. schmelzenden Metachlor- 
salicylsame, 1878. On the Electrolytic Estimation of Cadmium. 

CLASS OF 1875. 

M.ARTIN Luther BE.-VRn. Bom April 26, 1849, at Williamsport, Md. Parents, 
William H. and Su.san C. Entered Preparatory, 1870. Phrenakosmian. Theologi- 
cal course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1878. Pastor Mt. Joy charge, residence Gettys- 
burg, 1878-81 ; Burkettsville, Frederick county, Md., 1881. Married, June 17, 1880, 
to Catharine S. Bowers, Myersville, Md. 

Mark Stetler Cressman. Born April 13, 1853, at Barren Hill, Pa. Parents, 
George W. and Sarah A. Entered Preparatory, 1870. Philomathaean ; orator, anni- 
versary, 1875. Prophet, Class Day exercises. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Ordained 1878. Pastor, Boiling Springs, Cumberland county. Pa., 1878-82; Lin- 
coln, Neb., 1882. Married, December 5, 1878, to Mary Streeper, Barren Hill, Pa. 

Mercer Brown Croll. Born February 2, 1855, at Middletown, Pa. Parents, 
George S. and Sarah E. Entered Preparatory, 1870. Philomathaean. Medical stu- 
dent. University of Pennsylvania. Graduated M. D., 1878. Resident physician Har- 
risburg (Pa.) Hospital, 1878-9; same at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1879-81. 
Practicing at Middletown, Pa., 1881 and 1882; Philadelphia, 1881. Bachelor. 

John Croll. Born October 4, 1856, at Middletown, Pa. Parents, George L. 
and Sarah E. Entered Preparatory, 1870. Philomathaean. Theological course, 
Gettysburg. Ordained 1878. Supplied the church at Wheeling, W. Va., for some 
months; pastor at Staunton, Va., since 1880. Bachelor. 

Charles Thomas Durboraw. Born September 5, 1855, near Getty.sburg. 
Parents, Samuel and Mary R. Entered Preparatory, March, 1870. Phrenakosmian. 



308 ALUMNI RECORD. 

Theological course, Drew Seminary. Graduated B. D.,' 1878. Entered the minis 
try of Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor, Pleasonton, Kansas, 1878-81 ; Girard, 
Kansas, 1881. Married, August 15, 187S, to Ida G. Sheads, Gettysburg. 

EDW.A.RD Grier Hay. Born May 4, 1856, in Harrisburg, Pa. Parents, Rev. Dr. 
Charles A. (Class of '39) and Sarah R. (Barnitz). Entered Preparatory, 1866. Phil- 
omathtean; orator, anniversary, 1875. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 
1878. Pastor, Huntingdon, Pa., 1878-81 ; Pottsville, Pa., iSSi. Married, Septem- 
ber 16, 1879, to Ella Buchanan, Huntingdon, Pa. 

George Edwin M. Herbst. Born September 10, 1S57, in Pikesville, Berks 
county, Pa. Parents, George and Violetta. Prepared at Keystone Normal School, 
Kutztown. Entered Freshman, 1871. Philomatha;an. Sigma Chi. First honor. 
Latin Salutatory. Attended Jeflerson Medical College. Graduated M. D., 1878. 
After practicing at Reading, Pa., located at Pikesville, Pa. Married, October 28, 

1880, to Lottie Stettler, Reading, Pa. 

De Witt Clinton Hili.egass. Born May 8th, 1854, in Gilbertsville, Pa. Pa- 
rents, J. William and Susan. Prepared at Kallynean Academy, Boyerstown, Pa. 
Entered Sophomore January 1873. Philomathtean. Sigma Chi. Second honor. 
Since 1876, engaged in wholesale tobacco business, Reading, Pa. Married Novem- 
ber 9, 1880, to Minnie C. Sallach, Reading, Pa. 

Albert Homrighaus. Born May i, 1848, in Berleburg, Westphalia, Prussia. 
Parents, John G. and Katharine. Clerk and cigarmaker. Entered Preparatory, 
1871. Residence, Hanover, Pa. Philomathaean. German oration. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1878. Pastor, Schenectady, N. Y., Frostburg, Md., 

1881. Married August 10, 18S0, to Minnie Holler, Frostburg, Md. 

Ch.\rles Cyrus Kerlinger. Born April 28, 185 1, in Logansville, York county, 
Pa. Teacher. Entered Preparatory, 1870. Philomathfean ; orator, anniversary, 
1875. Phi Kappa Psi. Principal, Andersonburg, Perry county. Pa., Soldiers' 
Orphans' School. Student at Princeton and Western Theological Seminaries. 
Present residence, Stewartsville, York county, Pa. Bachelor. 

James Sylvester Leavars. Born October 26, 1850, in Montoursville, Lycoming 
county. Pa. Parents, William and Mary. Entered Preparatory, 1869. After ad- 
mission to Freshman, was absent part of 1 870-1, re-entered Primarian on return. 
JPhrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1874. Phi Gamma Delta. Principal Lycom- 
ing county Normal School, 1S75-6. Read law and admitted to the bar at Williams- 
port, 1878, where has continued to practice. Bachelor. 

James McConaughy. Bom ^Nlarch 30, 1S57, in Gettysburg. Parents, Hon. 
David and Leana. Entered Preparatory, 1871. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary. 
1874. Freshman Prize. Hassler Latin Medal. Graeff Prize. Third Honor. Yale- 
dictory. General Secretary Y. M. C. A. of Harrisburg, 1875-9. Assistant Secre- 
tary of International Committee of Y. M. C. A., 1874-5. Assistant Secretary of 
Harlem Branch of New York City Y. M. C. A., and student in Union Theological 
Seminary, 1880. Bachelor. 

Publications. — Edited Year Book of Y. M. C. A., 1S76-7, and Annual Reports. 
Contributions to the Y. M. C. A. periodicals. 



CLASS OF 1876. 309 

Jkremiah Milton Snyder. Born May 15, 1848, near New Franklin, Franklin 
county, Pa. Parents, Jacob C. and Martha. Farmer. ?3ntered Preparatory, 1870. 
Philomathxan. Theological course, Gettysburg, Pa. Ordained 1878. Spent nearly t 
all vacations in laboring for Bible and Tract Societies. Pastor, Elk Lick, Somerset 
county, Pa., 1878-9; Meyersdale, Somerset county, Pa., .since 1879. Married March 
6, 1879, to Mary E. Shull, near Chambersburg, Pa. 

Ei.iAS Daniel Wkiole. Born January 19, 1848, in Butler township, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Christian and FllizaVjeth. Farmer. Prepared at Missionary 
Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Junior, 1873. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anni- 
versary, 1874. Fourth honor. Professor of Mathematics, Missionary Institute, 
1875-6. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1878. Pastor, Littlestown, Pa., 
since 1878. Secretary of West Pennsylvania Synod. Married October 16, 1879, to 
Hannah Bream, near Middletown, Adams county, Pa. 

Martin Luther Young. Bom May 14, 1854, near Middletown, Md. Parents, 
Daniel and Susan C. Entered Preparatory, 1870. Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. 
Phi Gamma Delta. Editor "Our Olio," 1874. Proctor Alma Mater, 1876-8. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1878. Financial agent of Alma Mater, 
since 1878. Bachelor. 

CLASS OF 1876. 

John Sylvanus Ali.eman. Born May 22, 1855, in Harrisburg, Pa. Parents, 
Samuel and Ann ElizaVjeth. Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. 
Entered Freshman, 1872. Residence, Selinsgrove. Philomathaan. Sigma Chi. 
Law student under Horace Alleman (class of '69) and University of Pennsylvania. 
Graduated LL. K., 1879. Practicing law in Harrisburg. Bachelor. 

Lfjuis Henry Clement. Born January 19, 1854, in Mocksville, N. C. Parents, 
Hon. J. Marshall (class of '46) and Mary J. Prepared at Finley (N. C.) High 
School. Entered Freshman, 1872. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1875. 
Sigma Chi. Read law under Judge Pearson, Richmond Hill, N. C. Admitted to the 
bar, 1877. Practicing at Salisl>ury, N. C, since 1877. Solicitor of the Criminal 
Court of Davie county, X. C, 1877-9. Married November 27, 1878, to Mary C. 
Buehler, Gettysburg. 

Philip Columbus Croll. Born October 2, 1852, near Kutztown, Berks county. 
Pa. Parents, John and Catharine. Teacher. Prepared at Keystone State Normal 
School, Kutztown, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1873. Residence, Schnecksville, 
Lehigh county. Pa. Philonfatha.an ; orator, anniversary, 1875. Phi Gamma Delta. 
Divided fourth honor. Theological course, Getty.sburg. Ordained 1879. Pastor, 
Womelsdorf, Pa., 1879. Married March 11, 1880, to Sallie A. Greiss, Alburtis, 
Lehigh county. Pa. 

George Rudolph Freeman. Born September 20, 1850, at Hunterstown, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Samuel and Maria. Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1869. 
Philomathsean; orator, anniversary, 1875. Sigma Chi. Second honor. Valedictory. 
Graduate student, Yale College, 1876-7. Tutor, Alma Mater, 1877-8. Principal of 
Female Seminary, Gettysburg, 1879-81. Teaching in Academy, Bethlehem, Pa., 
1 88 1. Bachelor. 



3IO Al.l'IMNl KKCllKO. 

(."iiAKi.i'.s llKNKV lluAi'i'-, \nnn Novcmlicr lo, 1S54, al Huflalo Mills. I'a. 
raronts, PcU'r ami Susan. I'aiU'ivd ricpaialnry. 1S7C. rhilomalh;\.\iii. Thi 
Kappa Tsi. Medical sUulont, l'ni\oisity of lVMins\l\ania. Crniluatod M. D., 1S79. 
vS])cnt son\o linio in l<'uropi.-an Ihiivcrsitios, pursuing; nu'ilical stiulios. I'radioing at 
IHihith, Minn. Haohclor. 

(.ii'.ORUis 1\>NR,\P Uknrv. Iniin I'Vlnuary J2, iS5t>, in Tino droNc. Sclunlkill 
(.■oiinlv. Pa. Parents, Rev. Klias S. (^elass of '41)') and Sarah Ann ^ConnuU. Tve- 
paicd al home sehools. Kntereil Soiihonuno, iS73. I'hiloniatluvau ; orator, anni- 
versary, 1S75. ^''"iie'tV Prize Essay. Theological course, Cictlysburg. (Ordained. 
1S79. Tiistor. Miller.sburo-. Pa., 1879. Married July 27, 1880, to Nettie lUrich, 
Reading-, Pa. 

I'uhlished. — llraelT I'ri/e l-'ssay on SeotCs Marniion, iS7t\ 

*nA\ii> Aknoi,1) IKiRNKR. P.orn July ;o, 185S. l\nvnts, Or. t'harles ^class of 
'4_0 and (.'aroline 1'. (.VrnoKU. l''.ntored i'reparatory. 1S71. riiiloinalluvan. .Signia 
Chi, Vriueipal TuMic School. CK-ttyshurg. 1877-0. Read law under Hon. D. Wills 
^ class of "50. .\dniitlcil to- llic har 1S70. .Appointed clerk in the Pension tlHice. 
l")eparlment of the Interior, Washington. M. (.'.. .\pril 0,1880; while lilling Ihe 
posilion. died .\ugust 20, 1880. tVoni eousuniption. iUiried in l-"vcrgrcen cemetery, 
(.iettyshurg. 

Jam1''.s (.'ai.vin JA(.'i)i!Y. Kom Novemher J_^. 1830. in Ross township. Clinton 
count\-. Ind. Parents. Moses and (.'hristiana. l''armer. Prepared al W'ahash Col- 
lege. Ind. iMilered junior. 1875. Residence. Mulberry, Ind. Phrenakosmian. 
Phi nelta'Phela. i'heologieal course, (."iCttyshurg. Ordained, 1870. Pastor, /anes- 
vitte. Wells county. Ind., 1S79. Married August 19, 1875. to Martha M. Seybold, 
Pellmore, Ind. 

loiiN 1''k.\nki,in KiMK. Porn January 18. 185^. al .Vrndlsxillc. .\dams county, 
Pa. Parents. Peter an*l Mary M. Teacher. Knlered Preparatory 1871. Philoma- 
th;fan. l.aw sludenl of Iowa I'niversily. Iowa C\{\. Graduated 1.1,. P>.. 1877. 
Taught High School. .Vrn,lts\ ille. 1877 8. Pracliciug law at lincoln l.\-nlre. Kan- 
sas, since 1878. 1-Mitor of /./;/:•('/// A'(;vvV/<'r, 1879. Paehelor. 

t^i i\ I R (.'. Mi'iciiiR. Horn December 2?. 1848. in Pucks county. Pa. Parents. 
Tobias and Susanna. Peaehcr. Prepared al lafayctle College, l-'ntered Junior 
I'Vbruary. 1875. Residence, Kiutnersx ille. Pa. Phrenakosmian. l.inna'.ui. Phi 
Oelta Theta. Pheological course, Cettyslnug. tMdained 1879. Pa.stor, Kintners- 
tille charge; residence, tiallows. Pucks county. Pa. Married Cictober 14. i88o. to 
]\hiry K. Monforl. (.".eltysburg. 

1 I I'ui'R Roi I! PR(ii;sr. Horn October 15, 1857, in Huuimelstown. Pa. Parents. 
l\c\ , J, J. and .\nn R. Pnlered Preparatory, 1S60. Phrenakosmian. Theological 
course, Cettysburg. Ordained. 1870. Pastor. Wenlworih St. church. C'harleston. 
S. C'. Married .\iiril j8. i88t.to Kmma 0. Wood. Paltimore. Md. 

N\ 11 MAM 1-~r,\/i-:nu's Rkn IV. Porn Seplemher 22. 1851. at Montgomery Station. 
Lycoming counl\ . P,\. Parents. Peter .S. and Pydia. 'Teacher. Prepared at Dick- 
inson Seminary. \\ illiamsiHMl. Pa. Piitered Junior 1874. Philon\atluvan. Phi 
Ivapiw Psi. Theological course, (.iettysl)urg. Ordained 1880. Pastor, New Chester, 
Adams county. Pa. Married September 30, 1880, to Susan Suavely, Lebanon, Pa. 



CLASS f)F 1877. 3 I I 

Wli.i.iAM Ai.KKKi) Smi'MAN. I'.om Septciiiljcr 9, 1852, at Spriii;;,'(owii, N. J. 
rare-Ills, Dr. William and Annie I*'. iMitcrcd I'reparatory 1870. I'lircnakosmian ; 
orator, anniversary, 1876. Sigmi ('hi. 'Iheoloj^ical course, Cietlysburfj, Ordained 
1880. I'aslor, (irafton, VV. Va., 1880. Married May 20, 1880, to Annie I.., dau(,di 
ter of Rev. K. Ureidenimuj^h (class of '42), fJcttysl)urg. 

SAMiiij. K/nvAKi) S.MITM. Hom January 17, 1853, at J.oveltsville, I.oudon ccninty, 
Va. I'arents, William and Caroline M. (Wennerj. Farmer. f're|)ared at Lovetts- 
ville (-"lassical Inslitule. ICntcred I'Veshman 1872. i'lircnakosmian; (jralor, anni- 
versary, 1876. I,iniui;an. I'lii Delta 'I'lieta, Third honor, 'i'lieolo^^ical course, 
fk-ttysl)urj(. Ordained 1S79. I'.istr^r, Maioirjl;, III., iSSo. M:irried .May 5, 1X81, 
to Kannie Musselman, (iettyshurf;. 

SamI'M. ScMMUCKKK Wll.l.AKU. Horn l>CAA:iu\,ir H, 1851, ;il Danville, I'a. 
I'arents, Rev. I'hilij) (class of 'yj) and Marj^aret. Teacher. I'rcpared at .Missionary 
Institute, Selinsj^rove, I'a. Kntered Freshman, 1872. Residence, I.oysville, I'a. 
I'hilomalliaan. Sij;nia rhj. Divided fourth honor. Heen enj^aged in tcachiiifj, 
])rinci))ally at Orphans' Home, I.oysville, I'a. Bachelor. 

Jacoii j. \'[;i/.y. Horn .May 24, 1847, at Salisbury, Somerset coujity, I'a. 
I'arents, Jacoh and .Mary. I'armer. I'repand at Roanoke (Jollej^e. Ivntered 
Freshman, 1872. Residence, Oakland, Md. I'hrenakrjsmian. I'lii Oamma Delta. 
Freshman pri/c. Ilassler Latiti Medal. Mrst honor. Latin Salutatory. 'Vhcolog- 
ical course, (]ettysl>ur(j. Ordained, 1879. I'astor, IJoalshury charj^e, residence, 
Lernonte, ('entre county, I'a., 1879-82; Selinsgrove, I'a., 1882. Married October 6, 
1880, to Mary J. I., daughter of Rev. K. Ureidenhaugh (class of '42), Oettyshurg. 

CLASS OF 1877. 

Wii.i.iA.vi Mii.i.KK Hai;m,jk. I'.om June 30, 185S, at Winchester, Va. I'arents, 
Rev. Dr. William M. (class of '46), and Maria L. (Orollj. Prepared at York 
County Academy. Entered Freshman, 1873. Residence, V'ork, I'a. I'hiloma- 
thiean. Linnajan. Fourth honor. Latin Salutatory. Theological course, Octty»- 
burg. Orrlained, 1880. I'astor, I'ho-nixville, I'a., 1880. 

IIakky Mokkis Ci,A»Ai;i;ir. I'.orn July 16, 1856, at (Jumberland, Md. RarentH, 
George W. and Flllen. I'reparerl at L(jyola College, P.altimore, .Md. I'lntercd 
Freshman, 1873. Residence, Antrim, Taneytown, Md. I'hilomatha.-an ; orator, 
anniversary, 1877. Linn;ean. I'hi Kapjja I'si. Law student. University of Mary- 
land. (Graduated LL. I}., 1878. i'racticing law, Haltimore, Md., 1878-80; Taney- 
town, Md., 1880. Also farming, .Married July 16, 1878, tf> Katie A., daughter of 
Dr. J. A. .Swopc, (,)eltysburg. 

William Ki/KTZ Coi'KNiiAVKK. I'.orn September 24, 1857, in Jefferson county, 
Md. I'arents, Rev. Amos (Class of '54J and Augusta C. (Ilerbstj. Prepared at 
Missionary Institute, Sclin.sgrove. Kntered Freshman, 1873. Residence, McAllis- 
terville, I'a. I'hrenakosmian. Law student. University of Pennsylvania, firadu- 
ated LL. 15., 1880. Located 1880-2, at Abilene, Kansas. Present residence, Mc- 
Allisterville, Pa. 

jACfjii IIalnks CklST. H<jrn April 3, 1856, in Perry county, Pa. Teacher. 
Prejiared at HloomfieM Academy. luitertd Soj^homore, 1874. Philomatha;an ; 



312 ALUMNI RECORD. 

orator, anniversarjf, 187". riii Kappa Psi. Editorial connection with the Bi-weekly 
Review. 1878-9. Admitted to the bar, iSSo. in Philadelphia, where engaged in 
practice. Married November iS, 1878, to Isabella V. Dits. 

Gkorgk "W.-vshington Gross. Born January 17, 1856, in Jackson township, 
York county. Pa. Parents, Israel F. and Malinda. Prepared at York County 
Academy. Entered Freshman, 1S73. Residence, York, Pa. Philomathcean. Lin- 
ntean. Phi Kappa Psi. Graeff prize. First honor. Greek oration. Read law 
under H. L. Fisher, esq., and admitted to the bar, York, 1S79. Engaged in practice 
at York. 1879-S0. Principal of York County Academy, York, iSSo. 

John Pkter Hecht. Born August i, 1S57, in Easton, Pa. Parents, C. E. and 
M. E. IVcpared at Easton High School. Entered Sophomore, 1S74. Philo- 
mathivan. Phi Kappa Psi. Student Jeffei-son Medicil College, Philadelphia. 
Graduated M. D., 1880. Practicing medicine, Raritan, N. J., 1S80. 

AVu.i.i.VM RouKRT Hock. Born December 9, 1856, in Pinegrove, Schuylkill 
county. Pa. Parents, John and Kate. Piepared at Mercei-sbui-g College. Entered 
Freshman, 1S73. Phrenakosmian. Linnjean. Sigma Chi. Medical student. Uni- 
vei-sitv of Pennsylvania. Graduated M. D., iSSo. Pursued professional studies in 
Gottingen and Vienna, iSSo-j. Engaged in practice in Philadelphia. 

BKNj.\>nN F. Kavtz. Born June 8. 1851. in Baden, Germany. Parents, Henry 
and Magiialena. Cabinetmaker. Entered Preparatory, 1872. Residence. Acker- 
manville. Northampton county. Pa. Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Getiys- 
bui-g. Ordained 1880. Pastor. McConnellsburg, Fulton county, Pa., 1S80. Married 
August :m\ 1S80. to Minerva Hilliard, Ackermanville, Pa. 

John Kline. Born May 10, 1849, in Millhein, Centre county. Pa. Entered 
Freshman, 1873. Residence, Pleasant Gap, Centre county. Pa. PhilomathLvan. 
Einnawn. Phi Kappa Psi. Beeir engaged in teaching and reading law. Residence 
principally in Centre county, at present Pleasant Gap. 

"^NViuiAM 0. KOLUER. Born August 14. 185::. in Springfield township, York 
county. Pa. Parents, Henry and Anna Marv". Teacher. Entered Pre^xiratory. 
1872. Residence, Gleri Rock. York county. Pa. Philomath^^an ; orator, anniver- 
sary, 1877. Linna^an. Phi Kappa Psi. Honorable mention for Graetf prize. \Vas 
pursuing theological studies, Gettysburg, when drowned in the Springs Hotel Lake. 
May 8, 1878. 

■* Fr.vNCIS Albert Kiriv:. Born Octolier 5. 1854,10 BaUimoi-e, Md. Parents, T. 
Newton and Jvdia G. Entered Preparatorv, 1S6S; absent, 1871-2. Philomatkvan. 
linmvan. Phi Kappa Psi. Read law in Baltimore: admitted to the bar. 1879. 
Has been engaged in the lxx>k and stationery trade since 1879. Married, April 11. 
iSS2,'to Abbie Gambrill, Baltimore, Md. 

Fr.\nkun Piekce M,-vnhart. "Born August 30. 1852, in Catawissa, Columbia 
county. Pa. Parents, George and Elizabeth (^ Bates). Teacher. Entered Preparator>-. 
1S72. Philomathi-ean. Editor tW/c3r<'-l/o//M/»-, 1S77. Linn^an. Princijial of schools, 
Bloomsburg, Pa., 1877-S0. Studied theolog}- privately. Ordained, 1S81. Pastor, 
Bloomsburg, Pa., iSSi. Edited for sometime Church News Department of Blooms- 
bui^ y^^urMtil. 



CLASS OF 1877. 313 

Benjamin Kurtz MiLLKR, Jr. Born June 6,1857, in IVJiKvnukce, Wisconsin. 
Prepared at Selleck's Academy, Norwalk, Conn. Entered l-'resliman, 1873. I'liilo- 
niatlnvan. Linnx-an. Phi Kappa l*si. Read law and a<liiiitlcd to ])raclice at Mil- 
waukee, 1880. Engaged in practice at Milwaukee. 

Gkorcuc Pkckham MllJ.i'.R. Horn October 12, 1S58, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
I'repared at Selleck's Academy, Norwalk, Conn. Entered Fre.sliman, 1873. Pliilo- 
niatliiean. Linna'an. Plii Kappa Psi. Law student at the University of Ciittingen 
and Hreslau, Cermany. CJraduated J. U. D., at (iottin^cn, iSSo. Aihnilled lo the 
liar and jiracticmg at Milwaukee, 1 881. 

ClIAKl.KS AuciUSTUS Sai I'l.KK . I'xirn in Halliniorc, Md. Entered Prejiaratory 
1S72. I'liilomathiean. (Iraduated I.E. 15., Harvard University. Is engaged in 
practice of law in Norfolk, Neb. 

JoHKi'll Bk)N ScoTi'. P.orn August 29, 1859, at (Gettysburg, I'a. Parents, John 
anfl Martha ]. (McAliisler). Entered Preparatory 1872. I'hrenakosmian. Phi 
(laninia Dflta. I)e Peysler |)ri/,e. Medical student University of Penn.sylvania. 
(iradu.ated M. J)., 1881. Instructor in Chambersbiirg Academy. Engaged in United 
States Mail Service, and correspondent New York Associated F'ress. Practicing 
medicine at Eli/.abelhville, 1881-2; (letty.slnirg. Pa., 1882. 

Wll.i.lAM Ekvin SkahrooK. Born November 15, 1856, in hrederick City, Md. 
Parents, Wni. T,. W. and Harriet 1'. Prepared at Western Maryland College, and 
St. John's College, Md. I'"iitered Sophomore, A]iril, 1875. Residence, Westminster, 
Md. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1876. Linna'an. I'hi (lannna Delta. 
Law student, University of Maryland, tiraduated . LL. B., 1879. Practicing at 
Westminster, Md., 1879. Married Noveinlier 9, 1881, to Myra, daughter of D. A. 
Buehler, es(|. (class of '43), Cettysburg. 

IIknry Siiaui'. Born Sejitember 13, 1850, in Cromford, England. Parents, 
Robert and Mary A. Tailor. I'repared at ITartwick Seminary. Entered Sopho- 
more, 1874. Residence, Utica, N. Y. Philomatha'an. Theological course, (iCttys- 
burg. Licensed 1879. Supjily, Chatham, N. Y., 1879-80. Pa.stor, Morristown, N. 
Y., 1880-1 ; Myer's Valley, Pottawatomie county, Kan., since 1881. 

*Ai.tkr Younc. Shindki,. Born May 16, 1858, in Sunbury, Pa. I'arents, Rev. 
M. Luther and C'atharine L. ]'rej)ared at Missionary In.stitute, Selinsgrove. En- 
tered Sophomore, 18;^. Residence, Danville, Pa. Philomatha-an ; orator, anni- 
versary, 1877. Linna'an. Phi Gamma Delta, llassler Latin Medal. Second 
honor. Was pursuing theological studies, Gettysburg, when drowned in the Springs 
Hotel Lake, May 8, 1878. 

Mll.TON Hknry Stink. Born SejHember 4, 1853, in York county, I'a. Parents, 
Adam and Barbara. Teacher, public schools, 1869-72; York County Academy, 
1873-4. Prepared at York County Academy. l'"ntcred Eresliman, 1873. Resi- 
dence, York. Philomnthamn. I>inna'an. Theological course, Gettysburg, (h- 
dained 18S0. I'astor Maytown, Lanca.ster county, Pa., 1880. Married June 24, 
1880, to Mary J. Altland, Mechanicsburg, I'a. 

CliARi.KS Samuki, Trump. Born March 6, 1856, at Manchester, Carroll county, 
Md. Parents, George and Elizabeth (Krartz). Prepared at Western Maryland 



314 ALUMNI RECORD. 

College. Entered Freshman, 1873. Phrenakosmian. Linnrean. Phi Delta Theta. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1880. Pastor Harper's Ferry, W. Va., 
1880. 

Jonathan Albert West. Born October 8, 1851, near McAllistersville, Juniata 
county, Pa. Parents J. A. and Sarah. Teacher. Prepared at Missionary Institute' 
Selinsgrove. Entered Junior, 1875. PhilomathEean. Linntean. Theological 
course, Gettysburg, and Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove. Ordained 1879. Pastor, 
Caloma, Marion county, Iowa, 1879. Married July, 1877, to Miss K. E. Baker, 
Selinsgrove, Pa. 

Henry Barr Wile. Born March 6, 1855, at Pine Grove, Schuylkill county. Pa. 
Parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Barr). Prepared in schools at home, Philadelphia. 
Entered Freshman, 1873. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1876. Linnsean. 
Phi Gamma Delta. Third honor. Valedictory. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Ordained 1880. Pastor College Hill Church, Easton, Pa., 1880. Married, Novem- 
ber 10, 1880, to Carrie Louise, daughter of Dr. E. G. Fahnestock, (Class of '47) 
Gettysburg, Pa. 

John Jacob Young. Born September 13, 1846, in Langenkandel, Rhenish 
Bavaria, Germany. Parents, John and Catharine. Baker. Served, September, 
1862 — June 8, 1865, as teamster in the Pennsylvania Reserve Artillery, and subse- 
quently in New York Engineer Corps. Entered Preparatory, 187 1. Residence, 
Baltimore, Md. Discontinued his studies in college, 1874. Special graduation. 
Philomathsean. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1877. Pastor, Accident, 
Garrett county, Md., since 1877. Married, June 6, 1878, to Louisa E. Messersmith, 
Baltimore, Md. 

CLASS OF 1878. 
John Ulrich Asper. Born November 21, 1849, ""^ Huntington township, Adams 
county, Pa. Parents, Absalom and Sarah (Plank). Farmer. Prepared at Mission- 
ary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Freshman, 1874. Phrenakosmian. 
LinnjEan. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1881. Pastor, Mt. Joy 
charge, Pa.; residence, Gettysburg, 1881. 

Albert Bell. Born September 28, 1855, near Leiterstown, Md. Parents, Jonas 
and Catharine. Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1872. Residence, Williamsport, 
Md. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Phi Delta Theta. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Ordained 1881. Pastor, Reisterstown, Md., 1881. Married, February 8, 
1882, to Lizzie Cashman, Gettysburg. 

George Jacob Benner. Born April 13, 1859, in Gettysburg. Parents, Jacob 
and Catharine. Entered Preparatory, 1872. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 
1878. Editor Monthly, 1877-8. Linnsean. Phi Gamma Delta. Freshman Prize. 
Hassler Latin Medal. Graeff Prize Essay, 1878. Fourth honor. Latin Salutatory. 
Teaching at Catasauqua 1879-82. Read law and admitted to the bar, Gettysburg, 
1 88 1, where practicing. 

George Maurice. Culp. Born December, 1857, in Gettysburg. Parents, Jere- 
miah and Rebecca. Entered Preparatory, 1872. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. 



CLASS OF 1878. 315 

Divided second honor. Teaching, Hunterstown, Pa., 1878-9; Buckeystown, Md., 
1879-80; Eminence, Ky., 1880-I ; Carmi, 111., 1881 ; Enfield, 111., 1882. 

Holmes Dysinger. Born March 26, 1853, in Mifflintown, Pa. Parents, Joseph 
and Mary Amelia. Farmer. Prepared at Airy View Academy, Port Royal, Pa., 
and privately, entered Sophomore, 1875. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 1878. 
Linncean. Phi Delta Theta. Divided Second honor. Valedictory. Tutor in 
Alma Mater since 187^. Theological course, Gettysburg, Pa. Ordained 1881. Pro- 
fessor (elect) of Languages in North Carolina College. 

Alfred Raup Glaze. Born May 22, 1853, near Turbotville, Northumberland 
county, Pa. Parents, Stephen and Rachel. Teacher. Entered Preparatory, 1873. 
Philomathsean ; orator, anniversary, 1877. Linnsean. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Ordained 1880. Pastor, New Berlin, Union county. Pa., 1880; Fayette, N. 
v., 1882. Married June 22, 1880, to Emma J. Seidel, Turbotville, Pa. 

James Alkert Hartman. Born September 27, 1845, in Mt. Joy township, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Moses and Elizabeth. Entered Preparatory, 1872. Phrena 
kosmian. Orator, anniversary, 1878. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained 
1881. Pastor, Salem charge, residence, Lamartine P. O., Clarion county. Pa., 1882 

HuALPHA Maximus Lentz. Bom April 20, 1851, near Statesville, N. C 
Parents, Jacob and Catharine. Prepared at Catawba High School, Newton, N. C 
Entered P'reshman, 1874. Residence, Stony Point, Alexander county, N. C. Phren 
akosmian. Editor Monthly, 1877. Linnsean. Phi Delta Theta. Third honor 
Proctor, Alma Mater, 1878-80. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained, 1 88 1 
Pastor, Mt. Morris, Ogle county. 111., 1881. 

John Franklin Mackley. Born March 17, 1S55, near Gettysburg, Pa. 
Parents, Peter and Margaret. Entered Preparatory, 1872. Phrenakosmian. Lin- 
naean. Teaching in Adams county. Pa., 1878-9 ; Littlestown, Pa., 1879-80. Medi- 
cal student. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md. Graduated M. 
D., 1882. Located in Baltimore, Md. 

Chambers Luther McConnell. Born May 4, 1854, at Port Royal, Juniata 
county, Pa. Parents, Daniel and Anna Jane. Stone mason. Entered Preparatory, 
1872. Phrenakosmian. Linnajan. Theological course^ Gettysburg. Ordained, 
1 88 1. Pastor Logan charge, Yaegertown, Mifflin county. Pa., 1881. Married 
March 29, 1882, to Harriet Hasslett, of Beale, Pa. 

Verus Hope Metzger. Born March 25, 1859, in Williamsport, Pa. Parents, 
John J. (Esq.) and Hannah M. Prepared at Williamsport High School. Entered 
Sophomore, 1875. Philomathgean. Linnsean. Phi Kappa Fsi. Read law under 
his father. Admitted to the bar, 1881. Practicing law at Williamsport, Pa. 

Oliver Cornelius Roth. Born January 27, 1855, in Orefield, Lehigh county. 
Pa. Parents, Cornelius and Caroline. Prepared at Keystone State Normal School, 
Kutztown, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1875. Philomathajan. Linnaean. Theolog- 
ical course, Gettysburg. Ordained 1881. Pastor, Silver Run, Carroll county, Md., 
1881. Married December 14, 1881, to Grace C. Harper, Gettysburg, Pa. 

John C. Francis Rupp. Born June 23, 1856, at Echo, Armstrong county. Pa. 
Teacher. Prepared at Glade Run Academy, Dayton, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 



3l6 ALUMNI RECORD. 

1S75. Fhrenakosmian. Linna\in. Phi Delta Thcta. Ilasslcr Latin Medal. I'irst 
honor. Greek oration. Spent 1S7S-S0 recruiting from a serious accident. Student 
of tlieology at Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia, iSSo-i ; Gettvsbui-g. iSSi. 

Aix-VM Stump. Born July 7, 1S54, in York township, York county. Pa. Parents, 
Adam and Mary. Teacher. Prepared at York County Academy, Entered Fresh- 
nwn, 1S74. Residence, Emigsville, York county, Pa. Phrenakosmian ; orator, 
anniversary, 1S78. Lmna^an. Theological course, Gettysburg. Ordained I'SSi. 
Pastor, Rossville, York county. Pa. ^L^rried October 13, 1S81, to Emma O. Yount 
Herndon, Ya. 

CLASS OF 1S79. 
Georoe Schmvckkr DiNKN. Born February 10. 1S60, at Duncannou, Pa. 
Parents, Rev, \Yilliam H. and T. A. l\epared by his father. Entered Freshman. 

1575. Residence, Salona. , Philomathiean ; orator, annivereary, 1S79. Graet^" pri/.e. 
Fourth honor. Theological student, Gettysburg. 1S70. Licensed iSSi. Pastor 
^^elect't Boalsburg charge. Pa., iSSj. 

Joiix Fahnestock. Born May 22, 1S60, at Gettysburg. Parents, Henry J. (class 
of '44) and Mary L. (Lord). Entered Preparatory 1S72. Philomatha^an. Limicean. 
Sigma ChL Read law 1879-S0. Clerk in Transportation Department, P. R. R.. 
iSSa-i. In employ of Peter Wright & Co., Shipping Agents, Philadelphia, iSSi. 

EvHR.\tM PULTON. Born August 24, 1S57, at Everett, Pa. Farmer. Prepared 
privately. Entered Freshman 1S75. Philotnatha^an ; orator, annivci-sary, 1S77. 
Editor J/wM/i', 1S7S-9. Theological student, Gettysburg, 1S70. Licensed iSSi. 
Pastor (elect) West Fairview, Pa. 

Martin D-\NIEL G AVER. Bom iS49,in Burkettsville, Md. Teacher, l^epared 
at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove. Pa. Entered Sophomore 1S76. Philoniathaan. 
Linmvan. Phi Kappa Psi. Theological student, Gettysburg. 1S79. Licensed iSSi. 

John Francis Graff. Born August 12, 1857, at Buttalo Mills. Pa. Parents, 
Peter and Susan. Entered IVeparatorj-, 1872. Philomathaan : orator, anniversary, 
1S79. I*^ii Kapjxi Psi. Wholesale grocery business. Graft'. Shields & Co., 1S79-S0. 
IVoprietor Crescent Flouring Mills, Grand Rapids, Mich., 18S0. Married December 
27, iSSi, to Carrie Louise, daughter of J- A. Brown. D. D. (class of '42'), Lancaster, 
Pa. 

Ufton Aug. Luth. E. H.\nkey. Born November 4, 1S56, in Two Taverns. 
^Vdams county. Pa. Parents. John A. and Margaret C. Farmer. Entered Prepara- 
ton,-. 1S73. Phrenakosmian ; orator, annivers.iry, 1S78. Linmvan. Theological 
student, Gettysbiirg, and teaching partly, I S79. Licensed, iSSi. 

William Kuhns Hill. Born December ii, 1S57, near Leechbui-g, Pa. Parents, 
Salem and Hettie C. (KuhnsV Prepared at Leechburg (Pa.) Academy. Entered 
Freshman. 1875. Residence. Schenley. Phrenakosmian. Linnaan. Phi Delta 
Theta. First honor. Teaching. 1879-S0. Theological student, Gettysburg. 1S80. 

Lutuer Kuhi.max. Born November 8, 1851, in New Centreville, Somerset 
county. Pa. Parents, Rev. T. F. and Louisa (Smith). Farmer and teacher. Pre- 
pared at Nebraska State University, Lincoln, Neb. Entered Freshman, January, 

1576. Philoraatha;au. Editor J/tv/M/r, 1 87 7-S. Orator, anniversary, 1879. Second 



CLASS OF 1880. 317 

honor. Valedictory. Tutor Preparatory, Alma Mater, 1879-80. Theological .student, 
Gettysburg, 1879. Licensed, 1881. Pastor (elect) Jennervillc, Pa. 

Harry Christian Picking. Born October 22, 1859, in Hampton, Adams county. 
Pa. Parents, Henry A. and Charlotte (Walter;. Entered Preparatory, 1873. 
Phrenakosmian. Linna-an. Phi Gamma Delta. Freshman Prize; Hassler Latin 
medal. Third honor. Latin Salutatory. Medical .student University of I'ennsylva- 
nia, i88a-i. Teaching, Bethlehem, Pa., 1881 ; Stewartsville, N. J., 1882. 

Alk.xanuer Couldron Wentz. Born July 14, 1855, in Manheim town.ship, York 
county. Pa. Parents, Edward R. and Margaret. Entered Preparatory, 1873. Philo- 
mathaean. Linnx-an. Phi Kappa P.si. Medical student. University of Penn.sylvania. 
Graduated M. D., 1882. 

J. WiT.MER Wolf. Born September 2, 1858, in Centre Hall, Centre county. Pa. 
Parents, William and Anna M. Entered Preparatory, 1874. Phrenakosmian. 
Engaged in mercantile and Vjanking business at Centre Hall. 

CLASS OF 1880. 

George Spener Bowers. Bom August 3, 1858, in Jefferson, Frederick county, 
Md. Parents, Rev. H. G. and Matilda A. Prepared at Smithsburg (Md.j High 
School. Entered Freshman, 1877. Philomathaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Theological 
student, Gettysburg, 1880. 

Clarence Albert Eyler. Born January 29, 1858, in Wayne.sboro, Pa. Pa- 
rents, Rev. Daniel J. (Class of '47; and C. C. (Kurtzj. Prepared in Waynesboro 
schools. Entered Sophomore, 1877. Philomathaean. Linna-an. Phi Kappa P.si. 
Theological student, Gettysburg, 1880. 

August Herman Frank Fisher. Bom Noveml>er 2, 1854, in Berlin, Somerset, 
county. Pa. Parents John H. and Annie Elizabeth. Teacher. Entered Prepara- 
tory, 1875, Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 1880. Linnaean. Divided Third 
honor. Theological student, Gettysburg, 1880. 

LiNDLEY Neff Fleck. Born Novemuer 14, 1850, in Sinking Valley, Blair 
county, Pa. Parents, Gabriel and Rebecca. Farmer. Prepared at Missionary In- 
stitute, Selinsgrove, Pa. Entered Sophomore, 1877. Philomatha:an. Editor 
Monthly, 1879-80. Linnaean. Divided Second Honor. Theological student, Get- 
ty.sburg, 1880. Instructor in Missionary Institute, 1881-2. 

Daniel Fleisher. Born .September 22, 1852, in Newport, Pa. Parents, Jacob 
and Mary. Teacher. Prepared at New Bloomfield (Pa.j Academy. Entered 
Freshman, 1876. Philomathaean. Linnaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Freshman prize. 
Divided Third honor. Organizer and Principal of the Newport (Pa.) Academy, 
1880. Married May 10, 1881, to Mrs. Annie R. Fleisher, Newport. 

Junius Host Fox. Bom January 17, i860, in Lincolnton, N. C. Parents, Rev. 
Dr. A. J. and Lydia. Prepared at North Carolina College. Entered Senior, 1880. 
Phi Delta Theta. Professor of Mathematics in King's Mountain, N. C, High 
School, and preaching since February, 1881. Married February 23, 1882, to Annie 
C. Diercks, Columbia, .S. C. 

Charles Washington Heisler. Born May 16, 1857, in Minersville, Schuyl- 



3l8 ALUMNI RECORD. 

kill county, Pa. Parents, Rev. William L. and S. H. Teacher. Prepared privately. 
Entered Freshman, January, 1877. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary. 1880. 
Editor College Mo7ithly, 1879-80. Orator, anniversary, 1880. Linnaean. Phi 
Gamma Delta. Hassler Latin Medal. First honor. Valedictory. Tutor, Alma 
Mater, and theological student; Gettysburg, 1880. 

Martin Peter Hocker. Born October i, 1S53, in Union Deposit, Pa. Parents, 
George and Barbara. Teacher. Prepared at Palatinate College. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1876. Thilomathcean ; orator, anniversary, 1879. Linnsean. Phi Gamma 
Delta. Theological student, Gettysburg, 1S80. 

Jacob Evan Maurer. Born October 27, 1854, in Jenner township, Somerset 
county. Pa. Parents, Jeremiah and Susannah. Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1875. 
Philomath?ean ; orator, anniversary, 1879. Linnsean. Theological student, Gettys- 
burg, since 1880. 

John Albert Metzger. Born April 5, 1855, at Manchester, York county. Pa. 
Parents, Zacharias and INL^ria. Farmer and teacher. Prepared at York County , 
Academy. Entered Freshman, 1876. Phrenakosmian. Linnasan. Theological 
student, Gettysburg, 1880. 

David M'Conaughy, jr. Born December 21, i860, at Gettysburg. Parents, 
Hon. David and Leana (Matthews). Entered Preparatory, 1874. Phrenakosmian. 
Linnpean. Phi Gamma Delta. General Secretary Y. M. C. A., Harrisburg, Pa., 
1880. 

George Washington McSherry. Born December 10, 1854, at East Berlin, 
Adams county, Pa. Parents, Michael and Susan. Teacher. Entered Preparatory, 
1875. Phrenakosmian. Linntean. Phi Delta Theta. Theological student, Get- 
tysburg, 1880. 

William Dosh Earnshaw Scott. Born February 6, 1856, near Gettysburg. 
Parents, Hugh G. and Elizabeth. Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1874. Residence, 
Gettysburg. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Phi Delta Theta. Theological student, 
Gettysburg, 1880. 

William Elias Stahler. Born July 3, 1858, at Norristown, Pa. Parents, 
William and Savilla. Entered Preparatory, 1874. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. 
Phi Gamma Delta. Divided Third honor. Latin Salutatory. Attended Pierce's 
Business College, Philadelphia, 1 880-1. Book-keeper, West Chester, Pa., 18S1. 
Tifeological student, Gettysburg, 1881. 

Millard Francis Troxell. Born October 25, 1857, in Allegheny county, 
Md. Parents, John and Christiana Sponseller. Dry goods salesman. Prepared 
privately. Entered Freshman, 1876. Residence, Cumberland, Md. Phrenakos- 
mian. Editor College Monthly, 1878-9. Orator, anniversary, 1880. Linnasan. 
hi Delta Theta. Graeff Prize Essay, 1880. Proctor Alma Mates, and Theologi- 
cal student, Gettysuurg, since 1880. State Secretary of Young Men's Christian 
Association of Maryland; summer 1877. General Secretary of Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association, Cumberland, Md., summer 1878. 

Publications.^ — Prize Essay on Goldsmith's Deserted Village, 1880. 

Sterling Galt Valentine. Born November 5, 1862, at Reading, Pa. Par- 



CLASS OF 1881. 319 

ents, President M. (Class of '50) and Margaret (Gait). Entered Preparatory, 1873. 
Residence, Gettysburg. Phrenakosmian. Linnoean. Phi Gamma Delta. Fourth 
honor. Special student of Chemistry, Alma Mater, 1880. 

Luther Benaiah Wolff. Born November 29, 1857, at Abbottstown, Adams 
county, Pa. Parents, J. George and Eleanor C. fBittinger). Farmer. Entered 
Preparatory, 1875. Residence, Gettysburg. Philomathaean ; orator, anniversary, 
1879. Linnasan. Theological student, Gettysburg, 1880. 

CLASS OF 1881. 

Charles Washington Burrell. Born January 18, 1855, in Clinton county, Pa. 
Parents, Samuel and Lydia. Farmer. Entered Preparatory, 1876. Residence, Rote, 
Clinton county. Pa. Phrenakosmian. Linnaean. Phi Gamma Delta. Residing at 
home, recruiting health. 

Jacob William Byers. Born March 27, 1855, in Kingsdale, Adams county. Pa. 
Parents, John G. and E. Ann. Farmer and teacher. Entered Preparatory, 187-. 
Philomathffian. Linntean. Phi Kappa Psi. Theological student, Getty.sburg, since 
1881. 

George Lochman Croll. Born August 13, 1861, in Middletown, Pa. Parents, 
George S. and Sarah E. Entered Preparatory, 1876. Philomathttan. Divided 
second honor. Engaged in business, Philadelphia, 1881-2; Middletown, Pa., 1882. 

Charles Michael Eyster. Born December 21, 1857, in Jackson township, 
York county. Pa. Parents, John and Susan. Teacher. Entered Preparatory, 1876. 
Philomathsean, Linnsean. Phi Delta Theta. Divided Freshman prize. Hassler 
Latin medal. Third honor. German oration. Theological student, Gettysburg, 188 1. 

Benjamin Van Doren Fisher. Born July 12, 1858, at New Germantown.N. J. 
Parents, Jacob R. and D. H. Entered Preparatory, 1876. Philomathaean ; orator, 
anniversary, 1 88 1. Law student, Jersey City, N. J. 

Raymond Franklin Forrest. Born February 26, 1859, at Littlcstown, Pa. 
Parents, Upton and Sarah E. Entered Preparatory, 1875. Residence, WTiite Hall, 
Adams county, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Law student, under R. G. McCleary, esq., 
Gettysburg, since 1881. 

Frank Roland Kahler. Born October 16, 1857, at Millersburg, Dauphin 
county. Pa. Parents, Elias and Susannah. Farmer. Entered Preparatorj'. Philo- 
math?ean; orator, anniversary, 188 1. Linnaean. Phi Kappa Psi. Divided second 
honor. Teaching at Mifflinburg, Pa., 1881. 

Thomas Calvin Linn. Born January 26, i860, at Salisbur)', N. C. Parents. 
Robert J. and Joicy C. Entered Freshman, 1877. Phrenakosmian. Editor College 
Monthly, 1880-1. Orator, anniversar)', 1880. Sigma Chi. Law student at Mo^- 
rose, \io. ^ 

Emory Lloyd Loudon. Born August i, 1857, at Altoona, Pa. Parents, Abra- 
ham and Margaret. Entered Preparatory. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversar)', 1880. 
Linnaean. Sigma Chi. Law student under A. J. Riley, esq. (class of '66), Altoona, 
Pa. 



320 ALUMNI RECORD. 

William Franklin IVJusser. Born in 1856. Entered Freshman 1877. Resi- 
dence, Aaronsburg. Pliilomathsean. Teacliing and reading law at Aaronsbiirg. 

Robert Major Scott. Born November 27, i860, at Gettysburg. Parents, J. 
Harvey and Maggie J. Entered Preparatory 1874. Phrenakosmian. Student in 
Dental Department University (?f Pennsylvania, since 1 88 1. 

William Paley Swartz. Born December 24, 1858, at Circleville, O. Parents, 
Rev. Dr. Joel and Adelia (Rosecrans). Printer. Prepared privately. Entered 
Freshman 1877. Residence, Harrisburg, Pa. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anniversary, 
1880. Linneean. Phi Gamma Delta. Divided Freshman Prize. First Honor. 
Latin Salutatory. Principal of High School, Hazleton, Pa., 1881. 

Samuel Japheth Taylor. Born February 9, 1855, at Newberg, Huntingdon 
county. Pa. Parents, Ephraim and Mary E. Telegraph operator. Entered Pre- 
paratory, 1876. Residence, Altoona, Pa. Philomathsean ; editor' College Monthly, 
1880-1; orator, anniversary, 1 88 1. Linn^ean. Graeff Prize Essay, 1 881. Divided 
Second honor. Valedictory. Theological student, Gettysburg. 

Ephraim Franklin Tracy. Born August 4, 1857, in Melrose, Carroll county, 
Md. Parents, Ephraim and Margaret. Entered Preparatory, 1875. Philomathasan. 
Linnsean. Law student under Hon. Charles B. Roberts, Westminster, Md. 

Harry Davis Withers. Born May 6, i860, at Cumberland, Md. Parents, G. 
W. and F. C. Prepared at Allegheny Academy, Cumberland, Md. Entered Soph- 
omore 1878. Phrenakosmian. Linnsean. Phi Delta Theta. Medical Student in 
University of Maryland. 

Madison Fussleman Zimmerman. Born March 7, 1854, at Andersonburg, Pa. 
Parents, William and Rebecca. Prepared at Carthage (111.) College. Entered 
Freshman, 1877. Pliilomathsean; orator, anniversary, 1881. Linnsean. Fourth 
honor. Teaching at Newville, Cumberland county, Pa., 1881. 




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SENIOR CLASS. 

Charles Wilson Bingham. Born September i6, 1857, in Cavetown, Washing- 
ton county, Md. Parents, Albert and Anna M. (Eyler). Prepared at home. Smiths- 
burg, Md., Academy. Entered Freshman, third term, 1879. Phrenakosmian. 
Monthly editor, 1881-2. Orator, anniversary, 1882. 

Martin Howard Buehler. Born January 29, 1861, in Harrisburg. Parents, 
Jacob and Ann C. (Locker.) Prepared at Harrisburg Academy. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1878. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Franklin Elwood Colvin. Born February 13, 1862, in Schellslnirg, Bedford 
county. Pa. Parents, Charles W. and Elizabeth H. (Bowzer.) Prepared at home 
Academy. Entered Sophomore, 1879. Phrenakosmian. 

Charles Lee Thornton Fisher. Born April 4, 1857, in Rowan county, N. C. 
Son of P. A. and Camilla E. (Brown.) Teacher. Prepared in North Carolina Col- 
lege. Entered Junior. Residence, Salisbury, N. C. Phrenakosmian. 

Charles Schmucker Duncak. Born April 2, 1864, in Gettysburg. Parents," 
Wm. A. and Catharine A. (Schmucker.) Entered Preparatory, 1876. Philoma- 
thsean. Phi Kappa Psi. 

Henry Muhlenberc; Freas. Born July i, 1859, in Marble Hall, Montgomery 
county. Pa. Parents, Jesse W. and Ann Catharine (Streeper). Clerk in store. 
Entered Preparatory, 1877. Philomathsean. 

George Daniel Gotwald. Born September 18, 1862, in Shippensburg, Pa. 
Parents, Rev. Dr. Luther A. (class of '57) and Mary E. (King.) Prepared at York 
County Academy. Entered Freshman, 1878. Residence, York. Philomathsean. 
Phi Kappa Psi. 

John Franklin Herman. Born August 24, 1858, near Churchtown, Pa. Par- 
ents, G. S. B. and Barbara (Brindle). Prepared at York County Academy. Entered 
Freshman. Philomathsean. Phi Delta Theta. 

Horace Lincoln Jacobs. Born September 23, 1863, in York, Pa. Parents, 
Harvey H. and Maria A. (McCandless). Prepared at York County Academy. 
Entered Freshman. Philomathsean; editor Monthly, \'i%\-2; orator, anniversary, 
1 88 1. Phi Kappa Psi. 

William Archibald McClean. Born February 6, 1864. Parents, Hon. William 
and Fannie R. (Riggin). Entered Preparatory, 1876. Philomathsean. Phi Kappa 
Psi. 

John Luther Metzger. Born June 20, 1858, in Myersville, Md. Parents, 
William and Lydia (Toms). Farmer. Prepared at Smithsburg. Entered Fresh- 
man, 1878. Phrenakosmian. 

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322 ROLL OF I 88 1-3. 

Luther Plutarch Schf.rkr. Born Jammry 13, 1S56, in Newton, S. C. Parents, 
Rev. Simeon and Sarah Rosemart. School teaching. Prepared at FrankUn Acad- 
emy, N. C. Entered Freshman. Residence, Marion, Va. Phrenakosmian. 

William Clarence Sheely. Born January 29, 1863, in Adams county. Pa. 
Parents, Aaron and Lucy A. (Deardorff). Entered Preparatory, 1877. Phrenakos- 
mian ; orator, annivei'sary, 1882. Phi Gamma Delta. Freshman prize. Graeft" 
prize. 

J.-VMKS Curns Schindel. Born May 24, 1S62, in Selinsgrove, Pa. Parents, J. 
G. L. and Abigail (Hathaway). Druggist. Prepared at Missionary Institute. 
Entered Junior, 18S0. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Harry Lincoln Stahler. Born November 6, 1S60, in Norristown, Pa. Par- 
ents, William and Savilla (Eschbach). Entered Preparatory, 1S76. Absent part of 
187S-9. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Augustus Rhineahl Stkck. Born August 8, iS6i, in Lancaster, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. Dr. Daniel and Susan M. (Edwards). Entered Preparatory, 1S76. Philo- 
mathcean; orator, anniversary, 18S1. 

ISA.\C HoLCOMBE Stryker. Born January 28, 1854, in Lapatcony township, 
Warren county, N. J. Teacher. Prepared State Normal School, Trenton, N. J. 
Entered Freshman, 1S78. Residence, Phillipsburg, N. J. Phrenakosmian. 

Ch.\rles Reuben Trowbridge. Born November i, 1859, in Baltimore, Md. 
Parents, Jas. A. and Maria L. (Morris.) Prepared Baltimore City College. Entered 
Freshman, 187S. Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. 

Milton Henry Valentine. Born August 18, 1864, in Reading, Pa. Parents, 
President Milton (Class of '50) and Margaret G. (Gait.) Entered Preparatory, 1875. 
Residence, Gettysburg. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

George ISIyers Walter. Born December 4, 1S64, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Jesse M. and E. J. (Myers). Entered Preparatory, 1877. Phrenakosmian. Sigma 
Chi. 

Luther Motz We.vver. Born May 20^ 1862, in Millersbnrg, Dauphin county. 
Pa. Parents, Dr. George P. and Catharine A. (Motz.) Prepared at Wittenberg 
College. Entered Sophomore, 1879. Residence, Hanover, Pa. Philomathivan. 

WiLLl.VM W.'VRREN Weaver. Born April 24, 1864, in Annville, Lebanon county. 
Pa. Parents, Dr. Geo. P. and Catharine A. (Motz.) Prepared at Wittenberg College. 
Entered Sophomore, 1S79. Residence, Hanover, Pa. Philomathiwan. 

H.-vrry Herman Weber. Born August 4, 1S60, in Philadelphia. Parents, August 
and Minna. Book-keeper. Residing Baltimore, Md. Entered Freshman, 1878. 
Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 18S2. Phi Delta Theta. 

James EllWOOD Zerger. Born November 3, 185S, in Columbia, Pa. Parents, 
George and Margaret. Printer. Prepared at High School, Columbia. Entered 
Freshman, 1S7S. Phrenakosmian. 



JUNIOR CLASS. 323 

JUNIOR CLASS. 

Ai.KRKD Bi(,KNi:i,i, Amks. Born February 24, 1863, in Centre Abbington, Mass. 
Father, Prof. Benj. G. Prepared at home, High School, Columbia, Pa. Entered 
Freshman, 1879. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Gkoroe Wim.iam Wallace Amick. Born April 16, 1861, in St. Clairsville, 
Bedford county. Pa. Parents, Geo. B. and Mary (Park). Prepared at Missionary 
Institute, Selinsgrove. Entered .Sophomore, 1880. Phrenakosmian ; orator, anni- 
versary, 1882. Phi Gamma Delta. 

William Wisono ANSTAi/r. Born September 18, 1862, in Selinsgrove, Pa. I'a- 
rents. Rev. Peter and E. Prepared at Collegiate Institute. Residence, York. En- 
tered Junior, 188 1. Philomathx-an. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Charles Witmer JUki-.r. Born January 28, 1859, in Bakersville, .Somerset 
county, Pa. Parents, Philip and Susan (Milierj. Farming. Prepared at Mission- 
ary In.stitute, .Selinsgrove, Entered Freshman, 1879. Philomathxan. 

GKORf;E WASJriNGTO.v Bal'ghman. Born November 28, 1850, in Shady Grove, 
Franklin county. Pa. Parents, Jacob and Catharine (Unger). Teaching. I'repared 
privately. Entered .Sophomore, 1880. J'hiiomathcean. 

Luther Alhertus Brewer. Born December 17, 1858, in Welsh Run, Frank- 
lin county, Pa. Parents, Jacob and Kate. Prepared by Prof. 11. Schriver at home, 
P'unkstown, .Md. Entered Freshman, 1879. Phrenakosmian; orator, anniversary, 
1882. Phi Gamma Delta. 

HuiJER Gray Buehler. Born December 3, 1864, in Gettysburg. Parents, D. 
A. (Class of '43) and Fanny (Guyon). Entered Preparatory, 1877. Philomathaean. 
Phi Gamma Delta. 

P"rei>erick Harry Crissman. Born April 25, 1857, at Huntingdon Furnace, 
Huntingdon county. Pa. Parents, Frederick and Hannah. Entered Preparatory, 
April, 1878. Residence, Altoona. Phrenakosmian. 

Samuel Jacob Derr. Born 1856, in Middletown, Md. Parents, Samuel and 
Mary M. (Ya.ste.) Farmer. Prepared at Boonsboro, Md. Entered Freshman, 
1879. Phrenakosmian. 

WiLLiA.M Mark Duncan. J5orn July 14, 1865, in Gettysburg. Parents, Wm. 
A. and Catharine W. (.Schmucker.j Entered Preparatory, 1877. Philomathaean. 
Phi Kappa Psi. 

Clinton Dorsey Hoover. Born October 19, 1859, in Smithsburg, Md. Parents, 
David and Elizabeth (Stephey). Prepared at .Smithsburg High School. Entered 
F"reshman, third term, 1880. Phrenakosmian. Phi Kappa Psi. 

James Barclay Johnson. Entered Preparatory, 1878. Residence, Homer City, 
Pa. Phrenakosmian. Left first term. Junior, 1881. 

WiLLL-VM Henry Jordy. Born July 9, 1863, in Abbottstown, Pa. Parents, 
Wm. L. and Lizzie. Prepared at York Collegiate Institute. Entered Junior. I'hren- 
akosmian. 

Luther Melanchthon Kuhns. Born December 10, 1861, in Omaha, Neb. 



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Parents. Rev. llemv W, (^class of '56) and C. L. (Hay). Prepared at Western, Md., 
College. Entered Sophomore, iSSo. Residence, Westminster, M*^- Philomathrean. 

Peter Livingston. Born September 12, 1854, in New Oxford, Pa. Parents, 
Michael and Leah (Menges). Prepared at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa. 
Entered Freshman, 1879. Residence, New Chester, Pa. Philomatha;an. 

Reuben McDowell Linton. Born April 6, iSSi, in Johnstown, Pa. Parents, 
Tohn P. and Annie E. (King.") Entered Preparatory, 1S7S. Phrenakosmian. Phi 
Kappa Psi. 

Samuel Griffith McConaughy. Born June 26, 1863, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Hon. David and Leana. Entered Preparatory, 1876. Phrenakosmian. 

John Bruce McPherson. Born October 17, 1863, in Washington. D. C. Par- 
ents, Hon. Edward (class of '48) and Annie (Crawford.) Entered Preparatory, 1S77. 
Residence, Gettysburg. Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. 

William Lenhart McPherson. Born iVLay 23, 1865, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Hon. Edward (class of '48) and Annie (Crawford.) Entered Preparatory, 1877. 
Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. Divided Freshman prize. 

John Elmer Musselman. Born March 28, 1862, in Fairtield, Adams county, 
Pa. Parents, A. C. and Lucinda (Nunemaker.) Entered Preparatory, 1878. Phil- 
omathtean. Phi Delta Theta. 

Milton Chalmers Remsberg. Born September 29, 1S59, in Middletown, Md. 
Parents, Asa C. and Eliza (Smith.) Entered Preparatory, 1879. Phrenakosmian; 
orator, anniversary, 1882. Phi Delta Theta. 

James Woodward Shadle. Born November 20, 1856, at Oriole. Lycoming 
county. Pa. Parents. Jacob and Mary L. (Treat.) Prepared at Jersey Shore Eclectic 
Institute. Entered Sophomore, i88o. Phrenakosmian. Phi Delta Theta. 

Allen John Smith. Born December 8, 1863, in York, Pa. Parents, Gibson 
and Susan E. (Fahs). Prepared at York County Academy. Entered Freshman, 
1879. Philomathivan. Phi Kappa Psi. Divided Freshman prize. 

Calvin Reily Ungkr. Born December 24, 1859, in Smithsburg. Md. Parents, 
William F. and Elizabeth (Waltz). Prepared at Smithsburg High School. Entered 
Freshman, 1879. Philomathi^an. Sigma Chi. 

Kent Kane Wible. Born October 22, i860, at Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, Wm. 
and Rosanna. Farming. Entered Preparatory 1877. Phrenakosmian. 

Harry Lee Y.\rger. Born February 22, 1862, in Hartleton, Union county, Pa. 
Parents, John and Lucinda (Huntington). Druggist. Prepared at Jersey Shore 
Eclectic Institute. Entered Sophomore. Phrenakosmian. Phi Delta Theta. 

SOPHOMORE CLASS. 

Charles Adrian Bennoch Britt. Born December 9, 1861, in Wheeling, W. 
Ya. Parents, Charles A. and Jane (Bennoch"! . Entered Preparatorv', April, 1880. 
Pbilomathrean. Phi Delta Theta. 

Jacob Lawrence Butt. Born October 22, i860, in Cashtown, Pa. Parents, J. 
P. and S. A. Entered Preparatory 1878. Phrenakosmian. Sigma Chi. 



SOPHOMORE CLASS. 325 

^CiiARi.KS Wkiskr Cari,. Horn March 22, 1864, in York. I'arents, Jeremiah 
and Adaline A. (Weiser). Prepared at York County Academy. Entered Freshman. 
Philomathx'an. Phi Kappa Psi. Died of pneumonia, Feliruary, 1882. 

Hknry Pen Hkurrik.n Clink. Born May 11, 1862, in Woodville, Texa.s. 
Parents, Judge Henry and Josephine. I'rinter. I'repared at S. W. University, 
Texas. Entered Sophomore 1881. Residence, Houston, Texas. Philomatha-an. 

Meadk Daviu Dktwkii.kr. Porn October 15, 1864, in Middletown, Pa. 
Parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (MotterJ. Entered Preparatory 1879. Residence, 
Harrisburg. Phrenakosmian. Phi CJamma Delta. 

Prtkr Di;cE.* Born March 31, 1845, ^t Owing's Mills, Md. I'arents, Charles 
and- Margaretha. School teacher. Entered preparatory 1878. Married Cjctoljcr, 
1869. Served three months in Maryland Volunteers. 

George Alexander McKallip Dyess. Born March 13, i860, in Cilpin town 
.ship, Armstrong county. Pa. Parents, Alexander G. and Jane (McKallipj. I're- 
pared at Lcechburg Select School. Entered .Sophomore 1881. I'hrenakosmian. 
Phi Kappa Psi. 

A.NDRKW Smith Fichthok.n. Born December 24, 1858. Entered Preparatory, 
1879. Residence, Lewistown, Pa. J^hi Gamma Delta. Philomatha-an. 

Cyrus Lemuel Fleck. Born January 12, 1858, in Sinking Valley, Va. I'arents, 
Gabriel and Rebecca. Farmer. Entered Preparatory 1879. I'hilomatha-an. 

Edwin Smith Frky. Born November 25, 1862, in York, Pa. Parents, (jeorge 
S. and Annie A. (Smith.) I'repared at York County Academy. Entered Freshman. 
Philomathsean. Phi Kappa Psi. 

Robert Caldwell Gotwald. Born September 25, 1864, in LeVjanon, Pa. Par- 
ents, Rev. Dr. Luther A. (class of '57) and Mary (King). Prepared at York County 
Academy. P'ntered Freshman 1880. Residence, York. Philrimathaean. Phi 
Kappa T'si. 

Edward Newton Haag. Born April 21, 1861, in Milton, Pa. I'arents, John 
and Margaret (Leimbach). Entered Prei>aratory 1879. Phihjmathaean. 

JosEi'ii Baker Hile.man. Born January 10, 1868, in Altoona, Pa. Parents, 
Joseph B. and Anne R. (Eaverson.) Prepared at High School, Altoona. Entered 
Freshman. Phrenakosmian. . 

Edward Hill. Born April 19, 1861, in Leechburg, Pa. Parents, John and 
Mary J. (.McCauley.) Entered Preparatory, 1879. Phrenakosmian. Phi Delta 
Theta. 

Martin Luther Holloway. Born November 15, 1864, in Westminster, Md. 
Parents, Rev. H. C. (class of '61) and Salome F. (Vandersloot.j Prepared at Dick- 
inson College. Entered Freshman, 1880. Residence, Newville, Pa. Phrenakos- 
mian. Phi Delta Theta. 

John Shall Kausler. Bom July 11, 1862, in Hagerstown, Md. I'arents, John 
H. and Prudence (Chaneyj. Prepared in Washington County High School. En- 
tered Freshman, 1880. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

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Herman Frederick Kroh. Born September 22, 1857, in Baltimore, Md 
Parents, Herman F. and Mary C. (Proebster.) Clerk. Entered Preparatory, 1879 
Philomathaean. Phi Kappa Psi. 

John Nelson Lentz. Born December 23, 1861, in Springfield township, Yoy\< 
county, Pa. Parents, John M. and Julianna (Hershey). Entered Preparatory, 1879 
Residence, Glen Rock, Pa. Philomathaean. Phi Delta Theta. ■ 

Martin Grant Lilly. Born June 18, 1865, in York, Pa. Parents, Rev. A. W 
(class of '48) and M. A. (Herman). Prepared at York County Academy. Entered 
Sophomore, 1881. Philomathaean. Sigma Chi. 

John Baer McAllister. Born January 31, 1864, in Carroll county, Md. 
Parents, James and Jane A. Entered Preparatory, 1877. Residence, Gettysburg. 
Philomathaean. 

John Matthew Schwalm. Born September 16, i860, at Kelly's Station, Pa. 
Parents, John and Sarah (Small). Entered Preparatory, 1879. Residence, Leech- 
burg, Pa. Phrenakosmian. Phi Delta Theta. 

Leander M. Zimmerman. Born August 22, 1861, in Manchester, Md. Parents, 
Henry and Leah. Entered Preparatory, 1878. Philomathsean. 

FRESHMAN CLASS. 

Daniel Rauscher Becker. Born September 22, 1853, in Konigsback, Baden, 
Germany. Parents, Daniel and Regina (Rauscher). Teacher. Entered Prepara- 
tory, 1880. Residence, Nockamixon, Berks county. Pa. Phrenakosmian. 

William Francis Berger. Born July 18, i860, Phillipsburg, N. J. Entered 
Freshman. 

Edgar Irving Brenner. Born August 15, 1865, Greencastle, Pa. Parents, 
Lucian B. and Mary (Fiery). Prepared Smithsburg High School. Phrenakosmian. 
Phi Kappa Psi. 

Gideon M. Brown. Born September 4, 1862, in Foxville, Md. Parents, G. I. 
and M. C. (Bussard.) Prepared Smithsburg High School. Residence, Cavetown, 
Md. Phrenakosmian. 

William Edgar Buehler. Born April 2, 1864, in Harrisburg. Parents, Jacob 
and A. C. (Locher.) Prepared at Harrisburg High School. Phrenakosmian. Phi 
Gamma Delta. 

70HN Albertus Burrell. Born October 28, 1861, in Salona, Pa. Parents, 
Samuel P. and Lottie (Snyder). Prepared at home schools. 

David Howard Diven. Son of Rev. William H. Born December 7, 1864, 
Salona, Pa. Entered Freshman. 

"Norman Galt. Born April 30, 1863, in Washington, D. C. Prepared in 
home schools. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Lewis DeWitt Gerhardt. Born May 22, 1864, in Jonestown, Pa. Parents, 
Rev. Dr. Wilham (class of '41) and L. A. (Riley.) Prepared at Lonoak Institute. 
Phrenakosmian. 

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PREPARATORIANS. 327 

Daniel Lloyd Gosh. Born August 12, 1864, at Dewart, Northumberland 
county, Pa. Parents, Frederick W. and Mary (Armstrong). Entered Preparatory, 
1880. Philomathcean. 

Henry Jerome Hapeman. Born October i, i860, in Elizaville, Columbia 
county, N. Y. Parents, Charles and Catharine C. (Stall.) Prepared at home, Lan- 
caster High School. Philomathasan. 

Robert Murry Harding. Born May 30, 1863, in Saline county, Mo. Parents, 
John L. and H. B. Entered Preparatory, 1880. Residence, Gettysburg. Philoma- 
thaean. Phi Kappa Psi. 

Henry E. Harman. Born March 18, 1856, in Lexington county, S. C. Parents, 
Franklin J. and Jane R. (Nueltze.) Entered Preparatory, 1880. Philomathiean. 

Jacob Stewart Hartman. Born January 7, 1865, at Two Taverns, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, G. W. and Lizzie (Durboraw). Entered Preparatory, 1880. 
Phrenakosmian. 

Howard M. Heilman. Born November 18, 1855, in Paradise township, York 
coimty, Pa. Parents, Peter W. and Deliah. Teacher. Prepared privately. Resi- 
dence, Jefferson, Pa. Philomathrean. Married. 

Harry A. Hepler. Born November 23, 1863, in Reading, Pa. Parents, Henry 
A. and Mary A. (Breidenbach). Prepared by Rev. T. C. Billheinier ('65). Phre- 
nakosmian. 

Edwin Everett Hoshour. Born September 18, 1863, at Glen Rock, York 
county. Pa. Parents, Samuel K. and Rebecca (Hengst). Teacher. Preparatory, 
1880. Philomathffian. Phi Delta Theta. 

William Julian Kasten. Born March 9, 1861, in Baltimore, Md. Parents, 
Henry and Catharine (Fink). Bookbinder. Preparatory, 1880. Phrenakosmian. 

J. Marbourg Keedy. Born April 25, 1864, at Barren Hill, Pa. Parents, Rev. 
Prof. C. L. (class of '57) and Lizzie W. (Marbourg.) Preparatory, April, 1881. 
Phrenakosmian. 

Croll Keller. Born November 8, 1863, in Harrisburg, Pa. Parents, John P. 
and Emma H. (Croll). Preparatory, 1880. Philomathsean. 

Charles Michael McLaughlin. Born June 13, 1861, at State Line, Washing- 
ton county, Md. Parents, Perry B. and Cornelia (Hostetter). Preparatory, 1879. 
Philomathasan. 

John Elmer Melick. Born September 8, 1861, in New Germantown, N. J. 
Parents, John V. and Margaretta W. (Craig). Preparatory, 1880. Philomathsean. 

Edgar Grim Miller. Born July 8, 1865, in Philadelphia. Parents, Wm. J. 
and Mary A. (Grim). Prepared at Rittenhouse Academy, Philadelphia. Phrena- 
kosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Samuel Schmucker Neely. Born April 7, 1866, in Gettysburg. Parents, J. 
Cassat (class of '56) and Alice (Schmucker). Preparatory, 1878. Philomathsean. 

Frank Sherick Newcomer. Born June 8, 1863, in Boonsboro, Md. Parents, 
Victor and M. A. (Sherick.) Prepared at home, Funkstown, Md. Phrenakosmian. 
Phi Gamma Delta. 



^jS roll of 1 88 1 -2. 

Jamks K av PHUirs. Boni August 5. 1S61, in Carlisle, Pa. Parents, Rev. 
Samuel and Rebecca ^KnyV IVepared privately. Residence, Philadelphia. Philo- 
matha?an. Phi Kappa Psi. 

S.AsrUEi. L. PowKLL. Born November 20, 1S60, near Lewistown, Pa. Parents. 
I-ewis J. and Hannah E. Preparatory, 1880. Philomathiran. 

Charles Reinewai.o. Pom October 20, iSoo, in Duncansville, Blair county. 
Pa. Parents, Joseph L. and Mary C. (^Sonier.") Teacher. Preparatory, 1S79. 
riirenakosniian. Plii Delta Theta. 

AKriUR Franklin Rich.vrdson. Born February 2, 1S62, in Lovettsville, Va. 
Parents. Rev. X. J. and Mary Shank. Prepared at home, Smithsburg, JNId., High 
Scliool. Entered January 5, 1SS2. Pln-enakosmian. Phi Kappa Psi. 

WiLLi.-VM Abram RlEGEL. Born May 17, 1S64, in \Yeaverville, Northampton 
county, Pa. Parents, H. H. and E. ]. (Gish). Prepared at liome, Catasauqua, by 
E. J. Benner, esq. (187-). Philomatha-an. Phi Gamma Delta. 

Th.vpoeus Brenn Seigle. Born April 17, 1S66, in Mooresville, N. C. Parents, 
Capt. P. L. and S. S. Preparatory, 18S0. Phrenakosmian. Phi I~)elta Theta. 

l.i riiKK M. Shoemaker. Residence, New Bloomtield, Pa. Entered Fresh- 
man. 

Alfa Regal Sho\vm.\n. Born September 16, 1S63. in Washington county, Md. 
Parents, Alfred and C. E. (Fiery.) Prepared at Select School, home, Hagerstown, 
INId. Phrenakosmian. Phi Gamma Delta. 

•' Samuel Edgar Slater. Born August 10. 1S50. at Halley's Station. Bedford 
county, Tenn. Parents, Geo. F. and Mary E. Salesman. Repared privately. 
Philomathi^an. 

Rei'UEN Starr. Bom March 20. 1S57. in Emigsville. York county. Pa. Parents, 
George and Catharine ^MargenthaH. Teacher. Pi-epared York County Academy. 

PREPARATORIANS. 

Herbert Christl\n Alleman. Born May 13, 1S6S, in Bloomsburg, Pa. Par- 
ents, Rev. Benjamin F. and Charlotte L. (Benson.) Entered 1882. Residence, 
Shippensbxirg. Pa. 

D.VNIEL B. Baker. Bom April ic^. 1S50. in Mechanicsville. Adams county. Pa. 
Parents, Cornelius and Susanna (Bentz'). Entered 1SS2. Residence. Franklintown. 
Ycu'k county. Pa. Teacher. 

^YlLLIAM A. Baker. Born September 2S. iSoi. in Franklintown. York county. 
Pa. Parents, Daniel and Marg-.rret Ann ^^Lehmer). Entered 1SS2. 

Zecharl\h Charles Batporfe. Born in Tremont, Schuylkill county. Pa. En- 
tered iSSi. Phi Delta Theta. 

Abr.-ui L. Besore. Born May 15. 1S64, in Scotland, Franklin county. Pa. 
Parents, Franklin and Mary (^Yost^i. Entered 1882. 

Jonathan Elmer Bittle. Born July 30, 1S64. in Ellerton, Frederick county, Md. 
Parents, Thomas F. and Mary E (^Yaters.) Entered iSSi. Phrenakosmian. 

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PREPARATORIANS. 329 

Ira Frankmn Bramk. Born November 12, 1859, in IleidlersLurg, Adams 
county, I'a. Parents, Daniel and Mary. Kntered 1881. Teach(,-r. 

Jkkkv I'.enuer Brknneman. Born April 21, 1861, in I)illslnirfr, York county, J'a. 
Parents, Joseph and P^lizaVieth (Benderj. Entered 1881. 'I'eacher. 

IIakrv Fahnkstock Bukiiijcr. Born October 12, 1866, in GettysJjurg, I'a. 
Parents, Col. C. II. and Annie F. (Fahne.stoci<.) lOntered, 1877. 

Gkok(;k W. Cami'Hkll. Entered, 1881. Residence, Manassas Junction, Va. 

Fka.nkm.n Luthkr Casuma.n. Born April 17, i860, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, 
Christian and Mary. Entered, 1880. 

Frank C. Casski,. Born August 13, 1861, in Ilorner.stow n, J^aujjjiin county, J'a. 
Parents, Uriah and Barbara (Hocl<er^. lOntered, Ajiril, 1882. 

Raoul Rf.nk Daniki, Clink. Born September 14, 1864, at Woodville, Texas. 
I'arent.s, Henry and Jo.sephine. Entered, 1881. Residence, Houston, Texas. 

Jamks S.myth Croi.i,. Born June 9, 1867, at CJettysburg, I'a. Parents, Prof. 
Luther H. (class of '55) and Jennie (Smyth). Entered, 1879. 

Edwin Jkrkmiaii UiKiir.. Born January 24, 1863, in New r^xfonl, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Jeremiah \V. and Isabella f AllJjriglitj. Entered, 1879 (absent 
1880-1). Residence, (Gettysburg, Pa. 

Wli.i.iA.M Kmnki-KI.TKR Ijjkii;.. Born November 26, 1864, at Shrewsbury, York 
county, Pa. Parents, I.saac and Ro.sa (Klinefelterj. Entered, 1881. 

John Stkinukrgkr Dlncan. Born July 7, 1867, in Getty.sburg, Pa. Parents, 
William A. and Catharine VV. (.Schmuckerj. Entered, 1880. 

John Paul Earnkst. Born April 6, 1862, at Manorville, Armstrong county. Pa. 
Parents, Rev. John A. (class of '57) and Ju)ia G. (.McCreary.) Entered, 1881. Res- 
idence, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 

Richard V. Fox. Entered, i88r. Phi Gamma Delta. Resiflence, Harrisburg, 
Pa. 

William Siiaklr Gavkr. Born April 3, 1863, at Burkettsville, Md. Parents, 
David and Margaret C. (Shafer.) Entered, 1881. 

William Lincoln Gladkeltkr. Born April 27, 1865, in .Spring Forge, York 
county, Pa. Parents, P. H. and Amanda E. Entered, 1877 (absent 1879-81). 
Sigma Chi. 

Cl'ktis G. Hak'IMAN. Born Nashville, York county, Pa. Entered, 1882. Res- 
idence, Shrewsbury, York county. Pa. 

McClkllan Teirhette Hknch. Born October 20, 1863, at I'ort Royal, Juniata 
county, Pa. Parents, George E. and Mary A. Entered, 1881. 

Martln Li'TMER Hf>RlNE. Born in lUirkittsville, Md. I'arents, Ezra and Mary 
(Kain). Entered, 1881. 

Robert Hf)RNER. Born March 8, 1867, in Gettysburg, I'a. Parents, \)r. Charles 
A. (cla.ss of '43) and Caroline E. Entered, 1879. 

George A. HovERTER. Born November 20, 1867. Entered, 1881. Residence, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 



330 ROLL OF I 65 1-2. 

Samuel M. Hoverter. Entered, i88i. Residence, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Thomas Starr King. Born May 14, 1865, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, William 
T. and S. B. Entered 1880. 

J. W. Melick. Entered 1881. Residence, Mendhaw, MoitIs county, N. J. 

Luther Emanuel Melhorn. Born June 17, 1862, in New Chester, Adams 
county, Pa. Parents, Dr. E. and H. H. Entered 1879. Philomathsean. 

Charles Allen Miller. Born April 24, 1863, in Watsontown, Northumberland 
county. Pa. Entered 1881. 

Dewitt Clinton Rench Miller. Born December 26, 1866, in Mason and 
Dixon, Franklin county, Pa. Parents, Dr. Victor D. and Alice J. Entered 1881. 

John Allen McDermad. Born March 7, 1 861, in Straban township, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, Francis Allison and Mary Susanna. Entered 1882. Resi- 
dence, Two Taverns, Adams county, Pa. 

Lewis M. McGavick. Entered 1881. Lovettsville, Va. 

George Calvin Monfort. Born August 19, 1867, in New Chester, Adams 
county. Pa. Parents, George B. and Mary J. (Krise.) Entered 1880. Residence, 
Gettysburg, Pa. 

* Charles S. Myers. Born in New Chester, Adams county. Pa. Parents, Henry 
J. and Belinda (Slagle). Entered September 8, 1881. Died September 29, 1881. 

James L. Neely. Born May 13, 1868, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, J. Casset 
(class of 56) and Alice (Schmucker). Entered 1880. 

Milton T. Orwig. Entered 1881. Residence, Abbottstown, Adams county, Pa. 

Abraham S. Renold. Born December 2, 1859, Spring Grove, York county, 
Pa. Parents, Adam and Elizabeth (Stambach). Entered 1882. Residence, 
Abbottstown, Adams county. Pa. 

Gilmore Grant Roth. Born August 15, 1863, at Trostle Mills, Adams county, 
Pa. Parents, Henry and Sarah (Shank). Entered 1881. Residence, Fayetteville 
Franklin county. Pa. 

Harvey Horton Rouzer. Born November 15, 1864, in Mechanicstown, Md. 
Parents, John and Emma K. (Parrish.) Entered 1881. Phrenakosmian. Phi 
Delta Theta. 

Morris Lincoln Rouzer. Born December 4, 1866, in Mechanicstown, Md. 
Barents, John and Emma K. (Parrish). Entered 1881. Phi Delta Theta. 

John L. Schick. Born in Gettysburg. Parents, John L. and wife nee Welty. 
Entered 1880. 

Jabob Lincoln Schoch. Born December 30, 1862, at Adamsburg, Snyder 
county. Pa. Parents, G. J. and Ellen (Smith), Entered April, 1882. Residence, 
Selinsgrove, Pa. 

Alten Schmell. Born January 20, 1866, at Williamsburg, Northampton county, 
Pa. Parents, William and Catharine (Oyer). Entered 1882. Residence, Mt. 
Bethel, Pa. 

Edward Clayton Shafer. Born March 3, 1863, at Burkettsville, Md. Par- 
ents, Martin- P. and Mary C. (Rice). Entered January, 1882. 



PREPARATORIANS. 33 1 

David Emory Sheads. Born December 25, 1865, in Gettysburg, Pa. Par- 
ents, Jacob and Agnes F. Entered 1880. 

Harry G. Snyder. Born September 21, 1863, at Upper Strasburg, Franklin 
county, Pa. Parents, Rev. Michael and Mary A. (Enos.) Entered 1882. Resi- 
dence, Arndtsville, Pa. 

Frank Spahr. Born September 27, 1865, in York, Pa. Parents, M. B. and 
Lizzie K. Spahr. Entered 1881. 

Samuel C. Stremmel. Born July 23, 1863, in Jefferson, York county. Pa. Par- 
ents, George and Mary (Brodbeck). Entered January, 1882. Residence, Gettys- 
burg, Pa. 

Charles Ezra Stahle. Born April 21, 1867, in Gettysburg, Pa. Parents, H. J. 
and Louisa B. (Doll.) Entered 1881. 

Orange Swan. Born March 6, 1865, in Houston, Texas. Parents, Orange and 
Josephine (Campbell). Entered 1881. 

James Ramsey Vancleve. Born December 24, 1865, at Waynesburg, Green 
county. Pa. Parents, Rev. W. S. and Annie M. (McCormick.) Entered 1880. 
Residence, Clarksburg, W. Va. 

WiLLL\M Campbell Vancleve. Born October 8, 1867, at Frankfort, Beaver 
county, Pa. Parents, Rev. W. S. and Annie M. (McCormick,) Entered 1881. 
Residence, Gettysburg. 

William Clinton Wambaugh. Born February 6, 1862, in Glen Rock, York 
county. Pa. Parents, George and Maria (Austine). Entered 1882. Printer. 

Cornelius Jacob Weaver. Born November 10, 1862, in Gettysburg. Parents, 
Heniy B. and Maggie E. (Cashman.) Entered 1881. 

Charles Edward Whipp. Born January 3, 1864, in Burkettsville, Md. Parents, 
D. M. and N. E. (Gaver.) Entered January, 1882. 

Frank Key White. Born November 24, 1866, Mechanicstown, Md. Parents, 
Dr. Wm. and E. J. (Cover.) Entered 1881. Phi Delta Theta. 

AiDTKEN G. Wolf. Born May 14, 1861, at New Salem, York county. Pa. 
Parents, Dr. Henry and Agnes (Spangler). Entered April, 1881. Residence, Ab- 
bottstown, York county, Pa. 



STUDENTS OF THE GYMNASIUM, 1831-2. 



Benjamin Arey. Born May 3, 1810, in Rowan county, N. C. Continued to 
end of Sophomore, 1833. A founder of Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Get- 
tysburg. Licensed 1836. Since 1855 engaged in farming near Elmwood, Iredell 
county, N. C. Married April 19, 1836, to Maria P. Raynor, Philadelphia. 

Augustus Babb. From Reading, Pa. A founder of Phrenakosmian. Theolog- 
ical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1833. Pastorates: Blairsville, Mechanicsburg, 
Somerset, Dickinson, Turbotville, New Kingston, Blairsville, Pa. Residing at Me- 
chanicsburg, Pa. D. D. 1876, Pennsylvania College. Spent some years as financial 
agent for Pennsylvania College, specially in connection with effort for sale of scholar- 
ships. 

J. Bansemer. Maryland. Phrenakosmian. 

H. Bansemer. Maryland. Phrenakosmian. 

David J. Barry. Entered 1831. Philomathasan. 

David Boyers. Penna. A founder of Phrenakosmian. 

William Brisbane. Penna. Philomathsean. 

John B. Davis. From Rockingham county, Va., 1829-1831. A founder of 
Phrenakosmian. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1834. Pastorates — 
Stephen's City, 1843-50; Staunton, Va., 1850-62. Prof, of Natural Science, Ro- 
anoke College, 1862-72. President of North Carolina College, 1872-4. Since then 
pastor, Mt. Pleasant, N. C. 

Lewis G. Eggers. A founder of Phrenakosmian. Residence, Hagerstown, Md. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1835. Pastorates: Nittany Valley; 
Palmyra; Stouchsburg; Nittany Hall ; Sunbury. Palmyra, present residence. 

William H. Fulweiler. Pennsylvania. A founder of Phrenakosmian. 

Allen Hamilton. Pennsylvania. Phrenakosmian. 

*JoHN Gaver. Maryland. A founder of Phrenakosmian. 

James R. Gilland. Pennsylvania. Philomathgean. 

Levi Grosh. Pennsylvania. A founder of Phrenakosmian. 

Simeon W. Harkey. A founder of Phrenakosmian. Residence, Statesville, 
Iredell county, N. C. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1833. Pastor, 
Frederick, Md. Professor in Illinois State University, 1853-1866; President the 
last several years. Pastor, St. Louis, Mo.; Wa.shington, 111.; Knoxville, 111. D. D., 
1852. 

Publications. — -True Greatness, Address before Phrenakosmian Society, 1837. 
Lutheran Sunday-school Question Book, 1838. Church's Best State, pp. 258, 1843. 

»A complete list of those who had been in attendance in the Gymnasium has been attempted, but 
no records have been found, beyond such as furnish the names here given. 

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STUDENTS OF THE GYMNASIUM, I 83 1-2. 333 

Mission of the Lutheran Church in America. Inauguration Address, as Professor of 
Theology, 1853. Mission of the General Synod, Sermon at XlXth Convention, 
1859. Holman Lecture on Article XII., Augsburg Confession, Evangelical Review, 
VII., 485. Numerous sermons and review articles. 

John Harper. Penna. A founder of Phrenakosmian. 

Frederick Harris. Alabama. A founder of Phrenakosmian. 

Andrew M. Hershey. Maryland. A founder of Phrenakosmian. 

Charles H. Heyer. Pennsylvania. Philomathasan. 

* Jesse Hoover. York county. Pa. A founder of Phrenakosmian. Theological 
course, Gettysburg. Licensed, 1832. Pastor, Indiana, Pa., at time of death, at an 
early age. 

John C. Hope. Newberry District, S. C. Theological course, Gettysburg. 
Licensed 1830. Pastorate, Pomaria, S. C. 

W. S. Hughes. Pennsylvania. Phrenakosmian. 

* Daniel Jenkins. Tennessee. A founder of Phrenakosmian. Clergyman. 
Pastorates, Huntingdon, Tenn. ; Murfrysboro, 111.; Jonesboro. 

Henry Leiter. Pennsylvania. Phrenakosmian. 

O. O. McClean. Born November 28, 1816, in Gettysburg. Continued till 
Junior, 1836. A. B. of Washington College, 1837. Licensed in 1843 as Presby- 
terian minister. Pastor at Lewistown, Pa., since 1862. D. D., Pennsylvania College, 
1869. Married September 8, 1840, to Anna S. Bigham, Frederick, Md. 

Has published many poems and Address before Phrenakosmian Society, and 
sermons. 

William W. McClellan. Maryland. Philomathrean. 

David D. Mahon. Pennsylvania. Phrenakosmian. 

William G. Mennig. Friedensville, Pa. A founder of Philomatha:an. Theo- 
logical course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1836. Pastorates, Pottsville, Pa., and for over 
twenty years at Allentown, Pa. At present retired from active work. 

* William Metzger. Born July 17, 1809, near Manchester, York county. Pa. 
A founder of Philomathgean Society. Taught school at Beallsville and Myersville, 
Md. Land Surveyor and Farmer. P. M., Myersville, about 25 years. Commis- 
sioner of Frederick county, Md. School Inspector number of years. Died Decem- 
ber 2, 1868. Married to Lydia Toms, April 28, 1844, Myersville, Md. 

* Daniel Miller. Martinsburg, Va. A fonnder of Philomathcean Society. The- 
ological course, Gettysburg. Pastor, Still Valley, N. J. Died in Philadelphia about 
1850. 

* William H. Miller. Gettysburg. Philomathrean. Lawyer, Carlisle, Pa. 

L. G. Olmstead. Born July 5, 1808, in Malta, N. Y. A. B. of Union College. 
Presbyterian clergyman. Occupied principally in teaching and traveling. LL. D., 
Hanover College, 1864. Died March 18, 1880. 

C. H. Ohr. Born October 19, 1811, in Funkstown, Md. 1829-33. M. D., Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1834. Practiced in Hancock, Md. ; Cumberland, 1847. 
Has published various papers on Cholera (epidemic of '53), Preventive Medicine, etc. 



334 STUDENTS OF THE GYMNASIUM, 1 83 1-2. 

Member of Ameriean Medical Association, President of Medical and Chirurgical 
Faculty of Maryland, 1872. Mayor of Cumberland, 1S59-66. Member of Maryland 
Senate, 1864-7. Married February 17, 1835, to Mary Blackwell, of Prince Williams 
county, Va. 

*JoHN Oswald. Maryland. A founder of Philomatha:an Society. Died prior 
to 1S60. 

■* Solomon Osw.vld. A founder of Philomathcean Society. Residence, Mary- 
land. Theological course, Gettysburg. For many years pastor in York and York 
county. Died in 1876. 

*S.\MUEL Oswald. Maryland. A founder of Pliilomatha\in Society. Theol. 
course, Gettysburg. Pastor, New Market, Ya. Died prior to 1S50. 

Fr.\nkl1N Oves. Pennsylvania. PhilomatliKan. 

Enj.\H Pe.\l. Pennsylvania. Pliilomath;^an. 

Jacok Pitzkr. Penna. Phrenakosmian. Merchant, Eendersville, Pa. 

T. T. RiGNEY. Pennsylvania. Phrenakosmian. 

* Solomon Ritz. Bedford county, Pa. A founder of Philomathcean Society. 
Theological course. Gettysburg. Pastovates : Smithville, Xenia, Ashland, O.; Tipton, 
Bradford, Iowa; Columbia City, Ind. ; Sharon Centre, O. ; Died at Osnaburg, O., 
January 7, 1874, aged nearly 65 years. 

S.-VMUEL Russel. Pennsylvania. A founder of Philomathtean. 

* Peter Sahm. Lancaster county, Pa. A founder of Philomatlia?an Society. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1832. Pastor at Greencastle, Johnstown, 
Indiana, Banford's Store, Somerset county, Andesville, Perry county, Aaronsburg, 
New Berlin, Pa. Died IMajrch 14, 1876, aged 67 years. Had been Director in 
Seminary, Gettysburg. D. D. from Pennsylvania College, 1870. 

Published Pi-oper Methods of Treating the Awakened Sinner, pp. 141, 1S72. 

* Samuel Sayford. Harrisburg, Pa. Philomathcean. Theological course, Get- 
tysburg. Pastorates: Jacksonville, Va., Middletown, Ind. Died November 8, 1865. 

John Schelly. Pennsylvania. Phrenakosmian. 

George Schmucker. Woodstock, Va. A founder of Philomathi^wn Society. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Pastor. Upper Tract, Pendleton county, Va. 

Augustus Seltzer. Pennsylvania. Philomathi^an. 
^D. K. Shaeffer. Maryland. Philomathtean. 

Melchi Snivelv. Pennsylvania. Philomatkvan. 

Walter J. Sloan. Maryland. A founder of Philomathcean. Entered Luth- 
eraii ministry. Residence : Ashland, Greenford, Upper Sandusky, and for a num- 
ber of years Wooster, Ohio. 

Francis Springer. A founder of Philomathxan. Theological course, Gettys- 
burg. Licensed 1832. Pastor at Springfield, 111., Irving, 111., Hillsbovo, 111., Litch- 
field, 111., at present Springfield, 111. D. D., 1873. Was President of Illinois .'^tate 
University, and also active in the founding of Carthage College. 

Publications. — Lutheranism in the L^nited States. Evangelical Review, XI. 96. 
The Lutheran Church in Illinois. Quarterly Review, III. 252. 



STUDENTS OF THE GYMNASIUM, 1 83 1-2. 335 

Christoi'Hkr a. Turner Maryland. A founder of Philoniatbivan. 

*JoHN Ui.RiCK. Born July 29, 1808, near Annville, Lebanon county, Pa. Gym- 
nasium, 1827-31. Theological course, Gettysburg. Licensed 1833. Pastor, Wood- 
stock, Va., 1833-4; Carlisle, Pa., 1834-42; York Springs, Pa., 1842-55; Shippens- 
burg, 1855-9; Sulphur Springs charge. Residence, Carlisle, 1859 till his death. 
May 16, 1862. Trustee Pennsylvania College. Director of Seminary, and I'resident 
of same. Married in 1838 to Susan C. Grove. 

Published several sermons. 

Reuhen Weiser From Pennsylvania. Theological course, Gettysburg. Li- 
censed 1832. Pastorates: Bedford, Pa.; Chambersburg; Andesville. President 
Central College of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Pastor, Canton, Ills.; Foreston; 
Manchester, Md. ; Mahanoy City, Pa. For a number of years residing in Colorado, 
engaged in mining enterprises. At present in Denver, Colorado. D. D., Pennsyl- 
vania College, 1876. 

Publications. — Life of Luther, pp. 443, 1853. Regina, the German Captive, pp. 
252, 1856. Numerous review articles and scientific papers. 

Jacob Ziegler. Editor at Butler, Pa. 



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NON-GRADUATE FORMER STUDENTS. 



In this portion of the Record of Former Students we have been compelled, in 
order to secure space, to use the following abbreviations : 

The years during which each student has been in attendance on the institution are 
given immediately after the name of the place of birth, or of residence at the time 
of entrance. The first date is that of the beginning of the collegiate year during 
which the individual entered the institution ; the second date is that of the close of 
the collegiate year during which he left. The letter or letters following indicate 
the class or department in which he. was reciting at the time of leaving. Thus " 39— 
43 Soph." written fully would appear " Entered during the collegiate year 1S39-1840, 
and left during the collegiate year 1S42-1843, while a member of the Sophomore 
class." The exact time or term of entrance or withdrawal is known in very few 
cases ; the lai-ger number, particularly of those in attendance on the college classes, 
entered at the beginning of and withdrew at the close of a collegiate year. In the 
special list of those who were only in connection with the Preparatory Department, 
no class designation has been given. The class or department entered by the 
student on his first connection with the institution is easily determined from the data 
given. Two sets of dates given signify an absence during the period covered by the 
dates omitted: thus, 38-40, 41-3, show an absence during the year 1S40-1841. The 
last locality mentioned, unless otherwise designated, is in most cases the present 
residence, in the other cases the last known residence. 

A. B.. M. D , LL. B., placed before the name of another institution, signifies grad- 
uation with such degree in the institution mentioned and at the date given. 
Adm. signifies admitted. 

B. or b. " born, generally with date of birth. 
p. or d. " death, or died at the date given. 
Delta " member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. 
Ent. '■ entered. 

F. " member of the Freshman Class, 

f. - " from. 

Irr. or irr. " irregular or partial course in College classes. 
T. " member of the Junior Class. 

Lie. or lie." licensed. 

Lin. " member of the Linnsan Society. 

M.ormar." mamed. 
Ord. " ■ ordination. 

Par. " parents. 

Philo. " member of the Philomathsean Society. 
Phrena. " member of the Phrenakosmian Society. 
P. or Prep, signifies member of the Preparatory Department. 

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Photographed by Tipton, 



FORMER PROFESSORS OF SCIENCE. 



Gettysburg, Pa. 



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MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSFS. 33/ 

Prac. or prac. signifies engaged in the practice of his profession in the locality 

mentioned. 
Fres. or pres. signifies present'. 

Psi " member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. 

Publ. " publications. 

Rep. or rep. " reported. 

Res. or res. " residence. 

Sen. " member of the Senior Class. 

Sigma " member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. 

Soph. " member of the Sophomore Class. 

Theol. or theol. " theological. 

Theta " member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. 

Zeta " member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. 



MEMBERS OE COLLEGE CLASSES. 

1832—37." 

James Addison Adair; f. Gettysburg; ent. 33; Philo. Editor of paper in 
McConnellsville, Ohio. 

John Allen ; f. Virginia ; ent. 34 ; Phrena. 

Conrad Baker; b. February 12, 17, in Franklin county, Pa. Par., Conrad and 
Mary. 35-7, Irr. Phrena. Lawyer. Adm. to the bar, 39. Practised, Gettys- 
burg, 39-41, Evansville, Ind., 41-67. Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 52. 
Member Legislature, 45-6. Lieutenant Governor, 65. Governor, 69-73. Prac- 
ticing law in Indianapolis, Ind. Colonel 1st Regiment, Ind. Cavalry, August, 61 — 
August, 64. A. M., Pennsylvania College, 51. LL. D. from Wabash College, 
and Indiana .State and Butler Universities. Married twice : in 38 to Matilda Som- 
mers, Gettysburg; in 58 to Charlotte F. Chute, Evansville. 

William Bamitz; f. Pennsylvania; ent., 33; Phrena. 

* C. J. Barnitz ; f. York, Pa. ; ent., 35 ; d. February, 81, in York. 
James W. Baugher; f. Maryland; ent. 32. Philo. 

Jacob T. Bechtel ; f. Pennsylvania; ent. 36. Philo. 
George Benson; f. Pennsylvania; ent. 34. Phrena. 
Samuel Beecher. 
D. Berger. 

Jeremiah S. Besore; f. Pennsylvania; ent. 33. Philo. Merchant and farmer, 
near Clearspring, Md. 

* Henry Bishop; b. April 29, 15, in Martinsburg, Va. ; 36 P.; 38 F. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 40. Pastorates : St. Louisville, O. ; Williamsport, 

•The records for this period are very imperfect. I therefore group all names together, including 
members of Preparatory department — as it is impossible to determine, in many cases, the class mem- 
bership. 

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338 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Md.; Emmittsburg ; Baltimore; Fi-ostburg, Md. ; Paducah, Ky. ; Hannibal, Mo. 
D. August 17, 77, at Columbus Junction, Iowa. Married December 15, 41, to 
Miss Humrikhouse, Shepherdstown, Md. 

* Lewis Bixler ; f. Maryland ; ent. 33. Phrena. 

William Tell Bixler; f. Maryland; entered 35. Phrena. Res., Baltimore, Md. 
*Chas. L. Blake; f. Maryland; ent. 33. Philo. 

* William Bott; f. York, Pa.; 34-6; Philo. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Dead 
for many years. 

C. W. Boehm; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 36-7. Irr. 
William Bossert; f. Md. ; ent. 34. Phrena. 
E. Braden ; f. Pa. ; ent. 34. Phrena. 

* James E. Buchanan; f. Oak Dale, Pa. 36-7, Irr. Phrena. Practicmg law in 
York, Pa., where he died. 

Frankhn Burwell ; f. Smithfield, Va. ; P. 1836-7. 

David Burgoon; f. Frederick county, Md. ; P. 1836-8. Phrena. 

G. H. Burket; f. Rabersburg, Centre county. Pa.; P. 1836-8. Philo. 

George F. Castle; f. Frederick, Md. ; 36-7 P. 

Henry Chritzman ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 35-7 ; Irr. Phrena. Carpenter. Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

James Chritzman ; f. Pa. ; ent. 34. Philo. 

Jacob Cornell. 

*John Colder; b. Nov. 25, 17; d. Jan. 5, 52, Harrisburg. 

William Church ; f. Md. ; ent. 34. Phrena. 

Jacob Dager ; f. Pa. ; ent. 34. Philo. 

J. T. Devilbiss ; f. Md. ; ent. 34. Philo. Pres. clergyman, Texas. 

U. C. Dickey ; f. Pa. ; ent. 32. Philo. Youngstown, O. 

John F. Dill; b. June 14, 19, in Frederick, Md. ; P. 35. Philo. Farmer, Mor- 
gan county, W. Va. 

James Madison Downey; b. Dec. 12, 1809, near Waynesboro, Pa. F. 32-3. 
Farming, near Loudon Mills, Loudoun county, Va., since 58. Speaker of Va. 
House of Delegates, 61-4. Married Oct. 16, 33, to Annie E. Funk, Waynesboro, 
Pa. 

E. S. Eberman; f. Pa.; ent. TiT,. Philo. 

Edward S. Ege ; f. Pa. ; ent. 33. Philo. 

* Eri Eichelberger ; f. Md. ; ent. 34. Phrena. 

*George Frederick Ehrenfeld ; b. Jan. 20, 1810, in Philadelphia. Parents, Dr. A. 
C. and Charlotte C. (Stetzer) ; ent. 1835— left ^^3^> J- Philo. Theol. course, Get- 
tysburg. Licensed 1840. Pastor, Shippenville, Pa., 1840-5; Kittanning, Pa., 
1845-9; "The Forks," near Kittanning, 1849-55. Continued in same residence till 
death, July 26, 1876. First President of (Gen. Synod) Pittsburgh Synod. Married 
April 24, 1842, to Esther Hill, Leechburg. 



1832-7. 339 

* John George Ellinger; f. Newtown, Pa. ; 36. Theol. course, Gettysburg. D. 
Ottawa, Kansas, Feb. 24, 75, aged 64 years. 

Samuel Engler; f. Md. ; ent. ^;i. Philo. Sand Creek, Md. 
*John F. Ernst; f. Lebanon, Pa.; left in Junior, 38. Philo. 

J. Alison Eyster; f. Chambersburg, Pa. P. 36-7. . Phrena. Merchant and man- 
ufacturer, Chambersburg, Pa. 

* Michael Eyster. B. May 16, 14, in York county, Pa.; parents, Adam and 
Elizabeth ; ent. 35. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 38. Pastor, Williamsburg, 
Pa., 38-46; Greencastle, 46-9; Greensburg, 50 till d. August 11, 53. Mar. January 
39, to Julia E. Eichelberger, of York. 

James F. Fahnestock ; b. Oct. 17, 25, York Springs, Pa. Parents, Samuel 
and Susan E. (Baugher) ; 34-41 ; Soph. Philo. Merchant, Gettysburg, 41-65 ; 
Philadelphia since 65. Mar. in 49 to Susan G. Lord, of Canaan, N. Y. 

Conrad J. Frey. 

Thomas E. Fox; f. Hummelstown, Pa.; ent. ^j;^. Philo. 

*John E. Fox; f. Pa.; ent. ^^. Philo. Banker and broker, Philadelphia. 

James Fox ; f. Pa.; ent. 34. Philo. 

J. M. Funk; f. Pa. Philo. 

John Gaver. 

Alexander Gebhart ; b. Jan. 31, 22. in Ligonier; f. Somerset, Pa.; 36-38. Soph. 
Phrena. Formerly mercantile ; lumber business since 52; res. Dayton, O. Direc- 
tor Wittenberg College. Treasurer General Synod. 

J. B. Gibson ; f. Pa.; ent, 34. Philo. 

Geo. R. Gilbert; f. Pa.; ent. 35. Phrena. 

William Gillespie ; f. Gettysburg; ent. 34. Phrena. Engraver, Baltimore, Md. 

* Joseph Gillespie ; f. Gettysburg ; ent. 34. Phrena. Printer, and for some years 
in mercantile business in Gettysburg. D. 81. 

Joseph S. Gitt ; b. Sept. 9, 15, in Adams county. Pa. 35-36; F. Philo. Civil 
engineer on railroads in various parts of U. S. Res. New Oxford, Adams county, 
Pa. Editor Hanover (Pa.) Herald, 41-6; Carlisle (Pa.) Statesman, 48-52. Mar. 
March 31,41, to Anna M. Bachman, Hanover, Pa. 

*John J. Greever ; f. Burke's Garden. Va. Irr. 35-7. Theol. course, Gettysburg; 
Pastor, Burke's Garden, Va., till his death, 79. 

Smith Grier; f. Pa.; ent. 34. Philo. 

Jesse Griffith ; f. Mo.; ent. 34. Phrena. 

J. Grove; f. Mechanicsburg, Pa., 36-7; P. 

* Henry H. Grove; f. Pa.; ent. 35. Phrena. Photographer. D. at Carlisle, Pa. 
Charles B. Haller; f. Washington, D. C; ent. 2>Z- Phrena. Major U. S. A. 
Carleton Harbaugh ; f. Middletown, Md. ; P. 36-7. Philo. 

William C. Harry; f. Maryland; ent. t^t^. Phrena. 
Abraham Harter. 



340 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Isaac Hartman; f. Pa.; ent. 32. Philo. 

Andrew Hartman ; f. Greencastle, Pa. ; 35-7 P. ; Philo. ; Baltimore, Md. 
Moses B. Hebbard ; f. Md. ; ent. 32. Philo. 
Charles Heinitsh ; f. Lancaster county, Pa. ; 36-7 P. Phrena. 
Henry H. Heitz ; f. Pa.; ent. 33. Philo. 

John A. Hemping ; f. Pa. ; ent. 34. Philo. Colo, Strong county, Iowa. 
William M. Hersh; f. Adams county, Pa.; official of P. R. R. Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 
F. G. Hoffman; f. Pa.; ent. 35. Philo. 
W. W. Hollman; f. Clearspring, Md. ; P. 36-8. Phrena. 

David Hoover; f. York cc. Pa. ; completed nearly whole course. Philo. Civil 
engineer and lawyer. Grad. M. D. at Louisville, Ky., 41. Res., Gilroy, Cal. 
Jesse V. Hoshour; f. Pa.; ent. 32'. Phrena.- Glen Rock, Pa. 
David E. Houch ; f. Gettysburg ; ent. 32. Philo. Gettysburg. 

* Hiram Hutz ; f. Pa.; ent. 35; Phrena.; merchant, Chambersburg, Pa. 
James Irvine; f. Pa.; ent. 33. Philo. Omaha, Neb. 

William Kahler; f. Pa.; ent. 23- Philo. 
David Keefer ; f. Pa.; ent. 2^. Phrena. 
Henry Keerl ; f. Pa. ; ent. 34. Phrena. 
John Kennedy; f. Adams co.. Pa.; P. 36-37. 

* Daniel K. Kuhns; f. Venango co.. Pa.; P. 36-8; d. early. 

*John C. Kunkel; f. Middletown, Pa. ; ent. 34. Phrena. Studied law and prac- 
ticed in Harrisburg. Member of Congress. 

Michael D. Kurtz ; f. Pa. ; ent. 32. Philo. 

Samuel Lahm ; f. Pa. ; ent. 32. Phrena. 

William G. Laitzle; f. Lebanon, Pa. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 41. Pastor, 
Halifax, Pa., South Bend, la.. Palmyra, Pa., Elizabethtown, Pottstown, Catawissa, 
Lehighton. 

* Peter P. Lane ; f. Somerset, Pa. ; 36-9. Irr. Phrena. Theol. course, Gettys- 
burg. Pastor, Plymouth, O., Luthersburg, Pa., Port Royal; Centre Hall; Berrys- 
burg; Danville; New Bloomfield ; Grantsville, Md., Littlestown, Pa., Hampstead, 
Md., Manchester. D. June 24, 79, in the 64th year of his age." 

J. B. Langston. 

W. H. Lease ; f. Mechanicsburg, Pa. ; 36-7, P. 

James A. Leech ; f. Pa. ; ent. 32. Philo. New Lebanon, Pa. Member of Leg- 
islature. 

John Lefevre ; f. Md. , ent. 33. Philo. 

Christian Lepley ; b. Dec. 5, 11, in Petersburg, O. ; 32-7, J. Philo.; orator, 36. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 39. Pastor, Lewistown, Pa., Frostbui-g, Md., 
Cumberland, Williamsport, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. ; Baltimore, Hampstead, Beckley- 
ville, Reisterstown, Md. At present Sec. of Mut. Assurance Asso. of Reisterstown. 



1832-7- 341 

Sec. and Pres. of Maryland Synod. Mar. twice: Jan. I, 40, to M. R. Rupley, 
Greencastle, Pa.; lately to Mrs. Eliza Mong, Smithsburg, Md. 

*J. H. Lindemuth; f. Pa.; 35-7, F. Philo. Reported killed some years ago in 
California. 

Joseph M. Longwell ; f. Pa. ; ent. ^;^. Phrena. Printer. 

David D. Malion ; f. Pa. ; ent. 32. Phrena. P. 

Thomas D. Mahon ; f. Pittsburg. 36-7, P. 

* J. Marmaduke ; f. Virginia ; 34. Drowned in Potomac 35 or 36. 

* Thomas Martin; f. Pa.; ent. 32. Philo, Printer. D. about 57, Washington, D. C. 
David Martin; f. Md. ; ent. 35. Philo. 

Samuel A. McCosh; f. York Springs; ent. 32. Philo. 

David McConaughy ; b. July 13,23, in Gettysburg; 34-8, Soph. Phrena. A 
B., Washington College, 40. Taught in Howard county, Md., 41-2. Adm. to bar, 
45, and since practiced in Gettysburg. Member State Senate, 65-8. Mar. April. 
48, to Catharine Arnold, Gettysburg; June, 56, to Leana Matthews, Howard 
county, Md. 

Alexander McLean; f. Pa. ; ent. 35. Phrena. 

*J. Bayard McPherson; b. Feb. 21, 25, in Gettysburg, son of J. B. McPherson. 
35-41 ; irr. Phrena. D. Feb. 3, 45. 

* Charles McPherson; b. Feb. 27, 27, in Gettysburg, .son of J. B. McPherson. 
37-41. Phrena. D. Aug. 3, 58. 

* Jacob Medtart ; b. Jan. 30, 1799, in Greensburg, Pa.; ent. ^^. Phrena. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Missionary among the Indians. Pastor, Indiana, Pa.; 
Bluebell ; Media. D. June 24, 59. 

Jacob F. Mensch ; f. Salem county, N. J.; 36-8. P. 

* Samuel A. Miller; f. Va.; ent. 35. Phrena. D. Parkersburg, W. Va. 
John Miller; f. Pa.; ent. 35. Philo. Res. Sharpsburg, Md. 

* Daniel Miller; f. Martinsburg, Va. 32-3. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Pastor, 
Still Valley, N. J. D. about 51 in Philadelphia. 

E. E. Mineshall. Philo. 

William Motter ; f. Md.; ent. 33. Phrena. On the bench, Washington county, 
Md. 

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. Seepage 169. 

* H. E. Muhlenberg; f. Lancaster; ent. 32. Phrena. Physician, practicing in 
Lancaster. D. in 77. 

*J. A. Myers; b. May 8, 15, New Chester, Adams county. Pa. 33-4. Philo. 
Manufacturer of woolen goods, Mass. 59 coal operator, Bethlehem, Pa. D. 
Sept. 3, 65. Mar. October 6, 40, to Sarah A. Deardorff, Latimore township, 
Adams county, Pa. 

Anthony K. Myers; b. Sept. 7, 17, in Adams county. Pa. Farmer. School 
Director. Insurance agent. Res. York Springs, Pa. Mar. Margaret Wolford. 



342 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Jacob Neff; f. Pa.; ent. 37. Phrena. 

Joseph Nill ; f. Md.; ent. 34. Philo. 

Samuel Nixdorf; f. Md.; ent. 32. Phrena. Cashier Farmers' and Mechanics' 
National Bank, Frederick, Md. 

Edward B. Olmsted; b. Nov. 29, 13, in Philadelphia; ent. 33-6. Philo. 
Essayist, contest, 35. Lutheran ministry, 38-47. Since in Presbyterian, serving 
charges in S. Illinois , res. now Olmsted, 111. Hospital Chaplain, Mound City, 111., 
64-5. Mar. to Mary Riddle, of Caledonia, 111. 

Godlove Stoner Orth ; b. Apr. 22, 17, near Lebanon, Pa. 34-7 irr. Phrena.; 
orator, 36, disputant, 37. Lawyer. Adm. to the bar, 39, at Gettysburg. Practic- 
ing at Lafayette, Ind. Indiana Senate, 43-9. Member of 38th, 41st, 43d, 46th 
and 47th Congresses. Member of Peace Congress, 62. Minister to Vienna, 
75-6. Capt. Co. G, 76th R., Ind V. A. M. Penna. College, 50; LL. D. same, 74. 
Mar. Oct. 40, to Sarah E. Miller, Gettysburg; Aug., 50, to Mary A. Ayers, Lafayette. 

Phihp Oswald; f, Md. ; ent. Ti^. Philo. Civil Engineer, Justice, etc., Smiths- 
burg, Md. 

William W. Osman; f. Pa.; ent. 37. Philo. 

James Pauley. 

Nathaniel Pearce ; f. Pa. ; ent. 34. Phrena. 

J. Scott Pedon; f. Pa.; ent. 37. Phrena. 

F. B. Pilkington; f. Pa.; ent. 33. Philo. 

Jacob Pitzer; f. Adams county; ent. 32. Phrena. Merchant, Bendersville, Pa. 

G. H. Potter; f. Pa.; ent. 33. Philo. Farmer, Franklin county. Pa. 
John Potts; f. Jeffersontown, Ky. 36-7, P. Philo. 

* James Randolph; f. Adams Co.; d. in Carthage, 111., 76. Merchant. 

Geo. F. Reeser; f. Clarion, Pa., 35-7. Philo. Methodist clergyman. Gardener 
at present near Springfield, O. 

*John B. Reck; f. Md. ; ent. 34. Phrena. 

John Regel ; f. Mechanicsburg, Pa. 36-7 P. 

John Reindollar ; f. Md. ; ent. 33. Philo. Taneytown, Md. 

^George W Reynolds; f. Shippensburg, Pa., 37; Phrena.; d. Clearfield, Pa., 
Oct., 81. R. R. Ticket Agent 

Adam Ritter ; f. Va. ; ent. 33. Phrena. 

Lewis Rouzahn ; f. Md. ; ent. 31. Philo. Middletown, Md. 

D. H. Royer; f. Pa.; ent. t,;^. Philo. Government clerk, Washington, D. C. 

* Tobias Rudisell; f. Md, ; ent. 33. Philo. Taneytown, Md. 
Henry Ruthrauff"; 38. Farmer, Canton, O. 

P. G. Schlosser; f, Middletown, Md., present residence. Farmer. 

* Samuel Mosheim Smucker; b. in 23, at New Market, Va. Son of Dr. S. S. 
Schmucker. 31-8, Soph. A. B., Washington College, 40. Theol. course. Get- 



1832-7. 343 

tysburg. Lie. 42. Pastor, Lewistown, Pa., 42-5 ; Germantown, 45-9. Admitted 
to the bar, Philadelphia, 50; d. 63. Published about twenty historical and bio- 
graphical volumes — among them: Lives of Catharine IL ; Nicolas!.; Alexander 
Hamilton ; Thomas Jefferson ; Napoleon IIL ; Four Georges, etc. 

B. F. Schwartz. 

Augustus M. Seltzer; f. Pa.; ent. 32. Philo. 

J. C. Seltzer; f. Pa.; ent. 32. Philo. ^L D., Jonestown, Pa. 

D. K. Shaeffer; f. Md., 32. Philo. 

Luther M. Shaeffer; f. Pa., 34. Philo. 

J. H. Sheaffer; f. Wiconisco, Pa., 36-7; irr. Phrena. 

* Adam Sheffer; f. Venango county. Pa. ;'36-7 P. D. April 15, 80. 

* H. Showman; 35. 

Henr)' Sill; f. Bedford county, 36-7. P. St. Clairsville, Pa. 

Jacob L. Slentz ; f. Pa., 23- Philo. 

David Smith; f. Perry county. Pa.; ent. 35. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Pas- 
torates, Shippensburg, Pa. ; Louisville, Ky. ; Penn, Ind. ; Wooster, O. ; Noblesville, 
Ind. ; Martinsville, Ind. Subsequently resided in Carthage, 111., and Harrisburg, Pa. 

J. Few Smith; 36-7; irr. A. B., Vale, 40. Lie. Luth. ministry, 42. Pastor, 
Valatie, N. V., 42-3; Winchester, Va., 43-8; Prof, in Auburn Theol. Seminary, 
48-51. Pastor, 2d Presbyterian church, Newark, N. J., since 51. Trustee Penna. 
College, 45-8. D. D., Columbia College. 

* Samuel Sohl; f. Berks CO., Pa.; 36-9, Soph. Phrena. Lawyer, Reading, Pa. 
Samuel Spreeher; b. Dec. 28, 10, in Washington co., Md. . Clerk. 30-4, J. 

Philo.; essayist, 33; disputant, 34; orator, 34. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 
36. Pastor, Harrisburg, Pa., 36-40. Principal Emmaus Institute, Middletown, 
40-1 ; pastor, Martinsburg, Va., 43-9; Chambersburg, 49; President of Witten- 
berg College, 49-74; Prof, of Mental and Moral Science and Theology, 74-80; 
Prof, of Systematic Theology since 80. A. M., Penna. College; D. D., Washing- 
ton, 49; LL. D., Penna., 74. President of General Synod. Mar. Oct. 13, 36, to 
Catharine, daughter of J. G. Schmucker, D. D., York, Pa. 

Publications. — Sermon before Tract Society, 36. Inaugural Address, 49. Prov- 
idential Position of Evangelical Churches at This Time, 64. The Apostolic Method 
of Realizing the True Ideal of the Church : Sermon, 66. Imperishableness of Chris- 
tianity, Ev. Rev., XIII. 515. Holman Lecture on Art. II. Augsburg Confession, lb., 
XVIII. 577. Principles of the Lutheran Reformation. Lutheran Quarterly, II. 321. 
The Application of the Principle of the Lutheran Reformation, lb., 572. Ground- 
work of a System of Evan. Luth. Theologj-, 74. 

* Christian Startzman ; b. Dee. I, 1809, near Hagerstown, Md., 35-7; J. Philo. 
Theological course, Gettysburg. Lie. 38. Pastor, Williamsport, Md., 38-49; 
Lovettsville, Va., 49-53; Myersville, Md., 53-9 and 61-6; Sharpsburg, 59-61 ; 
Clearspring, 66-74; res., Hagerstown, 74 to d., March 3, 80. Mar. Jan. 12,46, 
to Eliza A. Ankeney, near Clearspring, Md. 

John M. Stevenson; f. Gettysburg; ent. 34. Phrena. Engaged in business pur- 
suits; pres. res., Easton, Pa. 



344 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

'^ Cyrus G. Stoever; f. Pa.; ent. 35. Philo. 
John L. Ston; f. Pa.; ent. 34. Phrena. 
Oliver Stonebraker; f. Fimkstown, Md., 36-7 ; P. 

Matthew Swan ; f. Pa.; ent. 34. Phrena. Merchant, Baltimore ; Philadelphia, 
now Lincoln, Neb. 

* Thaddeus Stevens Thompson ; f. Gettysburg, 33-9. Soph. Phrena. Drowned 
in the Ohio near Pittsburg, 39. 

Henry Tritle ; f. Jackson Hall, pres. res. 36-7, P. 
Erasmus Uhler; f. Md.; ent. 34. Phrena. 

* Daniel A. Ulrich; b. April 10, 19, in Stouchsburg, Lebanon county. Pa. 36-9, 
Soph. Philo. M. D., Jefferson Medical College. Practised in Pinegrove, and 
then Reading. D. January 6, 79. Mar. to Henrietta Nesbit, Gettysburg. 

Joseph Ulrick; f. Md.; ent. 33. Philo. 

* Augustus Henry Van Hoff; b. March 15, 13, at Jonestown, Pa.; par. Rev. 
John M. and Cath. 31. Philo. M. D., Jefferson Medical College, 36. Practiced 
in Mechanicsburg till death, April 4, 49. Member State Legislature, 46. Mar. to 
Jane Martin, of Cumberland county, Pa. 

A. Von Harten ; f. Md.; ent. 34. Philo. 

Samuel Wagner; f. Schellsburg, Pa. 35-7. Irr. Phrena. Theol. course, Get- 
tysburg. Lie. 39. Pastor in Augusta county, Va., 39-47 ; Washingtonville, O., 
present res., 47-57. Mar. November 23, 41, to Cathai-ine M. Keiser, of Augusta 
county, Va. 

William F. Walter; f. Gettysburg. 36-7, irr. 

* Jacob F. Walter; f. Tuscarawas county, O.; ent. 35. Theol. course, Gettys- 
burg. D. early. 

JohnWeikert; b. April 24, 17, in Adams county. 37-8; P. Merchant in and 
now farming near Indianapolis, Ind. Mar. to Sarah P. Myers, of Green Mount, 
Pa. 

Samuel White ; f. Baltimore. 36-7, P. 

* Jesse Winecoff; b. August 30, 15, in Cabarrus county, N. C. 36-8, P. 
Teaching and studying theology. Lie. 40. Pastor, Cumberland, Md., 41-4; 
Berlin, Pa., 44-6; Williamsburg, 46-7 ; Bedford, 47-8, and 64-72; Selinsgrove, 
48-52; Lewisburg, 52-5; Frostburg, Md., 55-9; Oakland, 59-64; Lavansville, 
72-3. D. July 6, 73. First wife. Miss Ann S. Houser, of Va., and second wife, 
Mrs. Almira Reynolds, of Pittsburg, Pa. 

John Witherow ; f. Pa.; ent. 33. Phrena. Res., Terre Haute, Ind. 

James Willard; b. Apr. 21, 20, in Berlin, Md. ; 37-9, J. Res., Hagerstown, Md. 
Phrena. M. D., Univ. of Md. Practicing, Jefferson, Md., 43-65; Springfield, III., 
65-7; Lovettsville, Va., since 67. Asst. Surgeon, ist. R. Md. Vol. (U. S. A.), 
Feb. 62 — Feb. 65. Mar. Nov. 15, 47, to Anna Willard, Jefferson, Md. 

Christian Wolf; f. Cumberland Co., Pa. 36-7, P. 

George R. Wolf; f. Pa.; ent. 35. Phrena. 



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* Edward C. Young; f. Md.; ent. 2^. PhiloT 

George Ziegier. 

Augustus L. Zollinger ; f. Savillasville, Md. 37-8, P. 

1837-8. 
Samuel Alleman; b. May 2, 18, Maytown, Pa. 37-8, Irr. Phrena. Adm. to 
bar, 45. Practicing, Harrisburg, 45-57; Middleburg, Pa., 57-65; Selinsgrove, 
65. D. Feb. 28, 81. Chief Clerk State Department, 1846. Superintendent 
Schools, Snyder Co., i860. Member State Legislature, 65. Mar. 46, to Ann E. 
Holman, Harrisburg. 

George Barnitz ; f. Harrisburg, 36-7. 39-41, F. Phrena. Furniture dealer, 
Harrisburg. 

Henry Baumgardner; b. Feb. 9, 21, in York, Pa. 37-9, Soph. Philo. Mer- 
chant, 39-52. Coal business, since 52. Res., Lancaster. Mar. in 44 to Anna L. 
Kurtz, Lancaster; 78 to Mrs. M. S. Cadwell. 

Andrew Berg; b. Nov. 30, 10, in Palatinate, Europe. Weaver. 37-40, J. 
Philo. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 42. Pastor, Liverpool, Pa., 42-3 ; Shrews- 
bury, 43-73; Chambersburg, 73-4; Sunbury, 74-7 ; Leacock, since 77. Mar. in 42 
to Eliza Williams, York Co., Pa. 

Charles Henry Buehler; b. Feb. 9, 25, in Gettysburg; son of S. H. Buehler. 
37-42, Sojih. Philo. Printing trade, 42-5. Editor and publisher Gettysburg 
S^ar, 45-57. Coal and lumber trade, since 58. Res., Gettysburg. Capt. Co. E, 
2d R., P. v., Apr. 20 to July 26, 61. Major 87th R., P. V., Sept. 14, 61 — Dec. 
25,62; promoted Colonel, 165th R., P. V. ; discharged with Regiment, July 28, 
63. Mar. in 60 to Anna Fahnestock, in York. 

* Christopher C. Culler; b. October, 16, at Jefferson, Md. Farmer. 37-40, J. 
Philo. Teaching, and studying theology. Lie. 43. Financial Sec. Hagerstown 
Fern. Sem., 43-45. Pastor, Milton, 45, till d. July 18, i860. Mar. to Maria 
Datesman. 

Jacob M. Ey.ster; f. Harrisburg; b. August 2, 15, in Gettysburg; 36-8, irr. J. Philo. 
Teacher Military School, Harrisburg, 40-52. Deputy Sheriff, Dauphin county, 52- 
9, 67-70, and since 73. Sheriff, 58-61. Captain Co. E, ist Reg., P. V. April 18, 
61, promoted to Capt. in i8th Lif., U. S. A. Discharged July 4, 65. Wounded at 
Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. 

W. T. Fitzhugh ; f. Hagerstown, Md. ; 37-40, ¥. Phrena. 

* William Forry; b. Feb. 18, 25, East Berlin; 37-41, F. Phrena. West Point 
Acad, for some time. Merchant, New York, and subsequently in Carlifornia. D. 
70. Adjutant Gen. of Cal. during the war, and subsequently charge of light-house 
on coast. 

George Schindler Fouke ; b. Oct. 11, 17, in Shepherdstown, Va. ; 37-42, Sen. 
Teaching, 42-8. Engaged in practice of denti.stry in Westminster since 48. Regent 
of Maryland Dental Coll., 73-9. Visitor to Baltimore City Dental Coll. since 79. 
Has published many important professional papers. Mar. twice : first wife was 
Josephine Wolf, of Waynesboro, Pa.; second, Mary J. Dorsey, of Williamsport, Md. 



346 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Peter Grabill ; b. June 10, 20, near Emmittsburg, Md. ; 37-8, irr. Miller and 
farmer. Residence, Frizzellburg, Md. Member Md. Legislature, 46-8. Mar. Oct. 
25, 41, to Sallie Rudisill, Taneytown, Md. 

Henry Kraemer Hennigh ; b. Nov. 20, 18, in Aaronsburg, Pa.; 37-42, J. 
Phrena. Lie. 42. Pastor, Lutheran churches Cincinnati and Mansfield, O., 42-5; 
pastor Presbyterian churches, Lexington, O. ; Coshocton; Fulton; Logansport, Ind., 
Linn Grove, Iowa, at present Bardolph, 111. A. M., Ohio University, 57. Mar. 
Jan. 17, 45, to Rebecca Surfan, Springborough, O. Has written considerable on 
Baptism. 

* Benjamin Laubach ; f. Easton, Pa. ; 37-42 Sen. Philo. Theol. course under 
Rev. Weiser ; lie. 32. Pastor, Martinsburg, Pa. ; d. Sept. 43. M. to Miss Wunder- 
lich, Shippensburg, in 42. 

James M. Mcllvaine; f. Littlestown, Pa.; 37-8 P. 
A. G. Miller; f. Milwaukee, Wis.; 37-40 F. 

* Horace Rathvon; Maytown, Pa. ; 37-8, irr. Phrena. Banker, Lancaster. 
Stephen Rhudy ; b. Oct. 23, 14, at Burke's Garden, Va. ; 37-9, irr. Phrena. 

Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 1841. Engaged in teaching and preaching and res. 
mostly Thompson's Valley, Va. Mar. April 11, 1844, to Cynthia Mahood, Burke's 
Garden. 

* George B. Schmidt; f. York, Pa.; 37-40 J. 

G. W. Schaeffer ; f. Guernsey county, O. ; 37-40 F. Luth. clergyman. Pastor at 
present at Henderson, Iowa. 

Edward G. Smyser; f. York, Pa.; 37-8, irr. Proprietor of Variety Iron Works, 
York, Pa. Member of General Synod Boards of Home Missions and Church Ex- 
tention; treasurer of latter. Director Theol. Sem., Gettysburg, for a number of 
years. Trustee Penna. Col., 60-78. 

1838-9. 

Elias Baker; b. 11, in Bakersville, Md. ; p., Elias and Ann. 38-40,10-. Philo. 
Farming, and subsequently had iron furnace in Virginia. Merchant in Shepherds- 
town, Va., 50 — d., April, 66. M., Mary Billmyer, f. Jefferson county, Va. 

James Gather ; f. Senecaville, O. ; 38-42 F. Phrena. 

X^harles H. Garber; f. Germantown, Pa.; 38-41, irr. Philo. Lawyer, Norris- 
town. Pa. 

Published "The Seeker, and Other Poems," 45. 

* Addison. Irwin; f. Adams county, Pa.; 38-41 Soph. Philo. Lawyer, res., 
Chicago, 111. D. some years ago. 

* Edward Key; f. St. Mary's county, Md. ; 38-9 F. Phrena. D. in College 
building in 39. 

Jeremiah Livengood; f. Elizabethtown, Pa. ; 38-41 Soph. Phrena. Lutheran 
clergyman. Pastor Lower Sandusky, 0. ; Findley, Hillsboro, 111., and farming, 
Butler, 111. 



1839-40. 347 

* Gustavus M. Melsheimer; f. York county; 38-41 F. Phrena. Perished in 
storm while crossing South Mts. during Christinas holidays. 

J. G. U. More ; f. Loudon county, Va. ; 38-42 J. Phrena. Treasury Dept., 
Washington, D. C. 

John W. C. O'Neal; b. April 21, 21 , in Fairfax county, Va. ; 39-44, irr. Phrena. 
M. D. University of Maryland, 44. Practising in Hanover, Pa., 44-9 ; Baltimore 
(also in drug business), 49-63 ; Gettysburg since 63. School Commissioner, 50-2. 
Physician to jail, 63-78 ; to almshouse since 63. Mar. in 47 to Ellen Wirt, Hanover. 

Published various professional papers and reports. 

* Thomas J. Palmer; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 38-41, irr. Phrena. D. in Baltimore. 
Lycurgus N. Phillips; f. Woodsboro, Md., pres. res.; farmer. Member of Con- 
stitutional Convention, also of Legislature. 

Thomas S. RadcHffe ; f. Philadelphia; 38-41 F. 

*John M. Radebaugh; f. Chambersburg ; 38-41 F. Philo. Lawyer. D. in 
Chiambersburg. Mar. to Mary Middlecoff. 

Samuel Sandt ; f. Easton, Pa. ; 38-9 F. Philo. Physician, Easton. 

Chas. B. Shaw ; f. Northampton county, Pa. ; 38-9 F. 

Robert Sheads; f. Gettysburg; 38-9 irr. Formerly engaged in coal and lumber 
business; then Route Agent, Adams Express; at present vineyardist, Gettysburg. 

John J. Stoneburner ; f. Loudon county, Va. ; 38-9 irr. Mercantile and stock 
business, near Edinburg, Va. 

John Jacob Suman ; b. March 22, 1818, in Frederick, Md. ; shoemaker; 37-41 
Soph. Phrena. Theol. studies under Dr. S. W. Harkey. Pastorates : Harrison- 
ville, Va. ; Blairsville, Pa. ; Chaplain 8th Regt. Maryland Volunteers, September, 62 
— July, 64. Clerk in Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. 

Jacob Summers ; f. Augusta county, Va. ; 38-42 J. Phrena. Theol. course, 
Gettysburg. Pastorates: Moore's Store, Va. ; Gravel Spring; Paddy Mills, 55-70; 
Hayfield, Va. ; Mechanicstown, Md.; Brandonville, W. Va. 

Reuben S. Wagner; b. May 11, 17, in Lehigh county. Pa.; teacher; 38-43 F. 
Theol. course, privately. Lie. 46. Pastorates; Reading, Pa.; Conyngham ; Phila- 
delphia; Hinkletown; Lykens; Elizabeth ville. Mar. to Lydia E, Apelgate, Philadel- 
phia. 

Elias K. Wasser; f. Union county. Pa.; 38-41 Soph. Philo. 

William Yearick ; f. Centre county. Pa.; 38-40 F. Phrena. Reformed (Ger.) 
clergyman ; retired ; res. Walker, Centre county, Pa. 

1839-40. 

* Orlando Jackson Bailey; f. Harrisburg. 39-42, irr. 

* Wilham E. Barret; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 39-44, Soph. 45-6, irr. Physician, 
Clearfield, Pa. 

Jacob Bear; b. November 13, 16, in Augusta county, Va. 39-42, F. Phrena. 
Teaching and farming. Res., Arbor Hill, Augusta co., Va. Member 60th R., 
Va. troops, 64-5. Civil Magistrate, 67-9. Mar. to Kate Sussinger, Woodstock, Va. 



348 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

* William Potter Bell; b. Feb. 24, 22, in Gettysburg. 39-42, irr. M. D., Phila- 
deiphia, 44. Res., Eaton, O. ; Gettysburg, Pa ; Fishkill on the Hudson, N. Y. 

* Samuel Berluchy; Y. Gettysburg; 39-42 P. 45-6, irr. Physician, Pottsville. 
*John M. Broadhead; f. Philadelphia. 39-42, J. Phrena. Lawyer, Philadel- 
phia. 

Sylvander Curtis ; f. Cumberland, Md. 39-44, irr. Philo. Theol. course, Get- 
tysburg. Pastorates, Schagticoke, N. Y. ; Cobleskill ; Palatine Bridge; Clermont; 
Clear Spring, Md.; Daretown, N. J.; Mechanicstown, Md.; Catawissa, Pa. ; Athens, 
N.J. 

Henry T. Deaver ; f. Petersville, Md. 39-41, F. Philo. Farmer near Knoxville, 
Md. 

Constantine J. Deininger; f. Berlin, Adams county. Pa. 39-43, irr. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 46. Pastorates, Indiana, Pa.; since 52 in York 
county ; res. York. 

William Donaldson ; f. Adams county. Pa. ; 39-40, irr. 

* C. Fowler Frary; f. Washington county, Md. 39-40, irr. Phrena. 

Samuel Garver; b. March, 1821, in Washington county, Md. 39-42 Soph. 
Res. Scotland, Pa., where he since has been engaged in farming. M. Sept., 42, to 
Miss S. Goldsmith, Scotland. 

* Benjamin F. Harry ; f. Chambersburg, Pa. 39-41, F. Philo. Physician, Bed- 
ford, Pa. D. 76. 

Robert Horner; b. October 25, 25, in Gettysburg, son of Dr. David. . 39-45 J- 
Grad. M. D., University of Penna, 49. Practicing in Gettysburg. Special Surgeon 
U. S. A. after battle July, 63. Pension Examining Surgeon since 73. A. M., 
Penna. College, 187-. M. October, 53, to Mrs. Maiy Radebaugh, Shippensburg. 

* William H. Hunderdosse; b. in Germany; f. St. Charles, Mo. 39-41, irr. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Pastorates, Beardstown, 111. ; Vandalia ; Claremont ; 
Newbern, Iowa; Caloma. D. about i860. 

* Rufus King Irwin ; f. Hagerstown, Md. 39-43, irr. Phrena. 
Samuel Lawson ; f. Gettysburg. 39-41, irr. 

Benjamin Rush Ridgely; f. Baltimore, Md.; 39-44 Sen. Phrena. Cockeys- 
ville, Md. 

"Joseph Augustus Seiss; b. April, 23, at Gracham, Md. 39-43, F- Phrena. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 42. Pastorates, Shepherdstown, Va. ; Cumberland, 
Md. ; Baltimore ; Philadelphia. Editor of Lutheran and Missionary, also of Pro- 
phetic Times. Author of a long list of review articles, pamphlets, addresses, and 
numerous volumes, sojne of which have been reprinted in Great Britain and trans- 
lated into German and Russian. D. D., Penna. College, 5- 

John C. Smith; f. Berks co.. Pa.; 39-43 P. Phrena. 

J. B. F. Snyder; f. Chambersburg; 39-41 F. Philo. 

* Charles G. Spare; f. Montgomery county; 39-40, irr. Res., some time in Ind., 
then in Berks county, subsequently agent P. R. R., Phoenix ville. Pa. 



1840-41. 349 

John Wills; f. Mummasburg, 39-40, 41-2, irr. Philo. 

Joseph Wolf; f. Berlin, Adams co., Pa. ; 39-42 F. Philo. A. A. Surgeon U. 
S. A. 

1840-41. 
Jacob B. Albright ; f. Berks county ; 40-42 Soph. Philo. 

* Jacob Albert; b. July 10, 24, in Baltimore; 40-46 P. ; 46-7, irr. ; d. Feb. 8, 67, 
at Dillsburg, Pa. 

* Abraham H. Aughe; f. Clinton, Co., 111. ; 40-5 irr.; clergyman. Pastorates, 
Canal Dover, O. ; Williamsburg, Pa. ; Frostburg, Md. ; Birmingham, Pa. ; Newport, 
Pa.; Boiling Springs, Pa. D. Sept. 28, 78, aged 57 years, 6 months. M. to Miss 
Chritzman. 

O. Jackson Bailey; f. Harrisburg, Pa., pres. res.; 40-2 irr. Philo. 

* John P. Blane ; f. Ireland ; 40-1 irr. Taught school in Gettysburg, then in Ur- 
bana, Md. D. about 1845. 

Jacob N. Burket; b. Oct. 19, 23, at .Sinking Valley, Pa. ; 40-43 F. ; 43-4, irr. 
Phrena. Theol. course, Springfield, O. ; lie. 46. Pastor, Huntingdon, Pa., 47-8 ; 
Dixon, 111., 48-50; Saltzburg, Pa., 50-3. Health failing, merchandise, Altoona, 
53-5; farming, Gettysburg, 55-7. Pastor in Kishacoquillas Valley, Pa., 57-61. 
Asst. P. M. House of Rep., Harrisburg, 62. Since 63 res. Washington, D. C. Clerk 
in Commissary Dep't, 63-5 ; in Treasurj' Dep't, since 65. M. May 27, 45, to Mar)' 
Chritzman, Carlisle. 

* David Cooper; b. July 2, 21, near Emmittsburg, Md., 40-2; irr. Philo. A. B., 
Washington College. Lawyer ; practiced in Lewistown, Pa. ; St. Paul, Minn. ; Aus- 
tin, Nev. ; Salt Lake City, Utah, 70 till d. June 17, 77. Territorial Judge, Minne- 
sota, 49. 

Nicholas Du Bois ; f. Great Bend, Pa. ; 40-2, irr. Philo. 

* Henry Ferdinand Ealy; b. March 29, 24, in Shippensburg, Pa.; 40-7 Soph. 
Phrena. Colpoiteur some years. Theol. course, Gettysburg ; lie. 54. Missionary 
work, res. Iowa City, 55 till d., April 16, 62. Bachelor. 

Henry Lewis Gitt ; f. New Oxford, Pa., 40-42, 43-44 Soph. Phrena. Res. New 
Oxford. 

* Washington C. Hauer ; b. July 10, 18, in Clearspring, Md. ; 40-4 irr. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. D. Springfield, O., July 11, 81. 

* William B. Hineard ; b. Aug. 1819, in Adams county, Pa. Carpenter. 40-5 J. 
4.6-7 Sen. Phrena. D. Feb. 19, 1847. 

George B. Holmes ; f. Gettysburg 40-2 irr. Philo. Res. Pittsburg. 
William F. Krebs; f. Gettysburg; 40-3, 44-5 irr. Meth. clergyman. 
William Leiser; f. Milton, Pa.; 40-3 F. Phrena. Physician, Lewisburg, Pa. 
John G. Miller ; f. Winchester, Va. — present res. ; 40-2 F. 
*=- Edward McD. Reynolds; f. Brooklyn, N. Y, ; 40-5 irr. Philo. 
John George Reynolds; f. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 40-5 irr. Philo. U. S. Marine 
Corps. 



350 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Michael Schaeffer; b. Nov. 9, 21, in Centre county, Pa.; 40-I, 42-5 Sen. 
Phrena. ; essayist, 45. Mercantile business for some years in Centre county. Pa. 
Admitted to the bar and practicing since 57 in Salem, 111. Chief Justice of Utah, 
76-9. M. April 27, 52, to Henrietta Hill, Lycoming county. Pa. 

Matthias Sheeleigh; born Dec. 29, 21, in Chester county. Pa. Teacher, 40-2. 
Philo. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Pastor Valatie, N. Y., 53-7 ; Minersville, Pa., 
57-9; Philadelphia, 59-64; Stewartsville, N. J., 64-9; Whitemarsh, Pa., since 69. 
Director Gettysburg Seminary. Secretary General Synod, 66, 68, 71. Member of 
Board of Publication since 59; also Secretary. A. M., Penna. Coll., 61. Mar. May 
3, 59, to Sabina M. Diller, Lebanon, Pa. 

Publications. — Words from the Heart; Sermon, 57. Hymns for Sunday-Schools; 
60. Hymns for Infant Sunday-Schools; compiled, pp. 169, 60. Outlines of Old 
Testament History ; edited, 69. Do. of New Test., 70. Olaf Thorlaksen : An Ice- 
land Narrative; Transl., 211 pp., 70. Herald Picture Books; I2 vols., compiled, 
73. Hymns for the Seventh Jubilee of the Reformation, 67. An Ecclesiad : A 
Jubilee Poem, General Synod; 24 pp., 71. A Gettysburgiad : A Jubilee Poem, 
Seminary at Gettysburg ; 32 pp., 76. The Lutheran Home yottrnal, co-editdr, 59-60. 
The Lutheran Sunday-School Herald, editor, since 60. The Lutheran Almanac and 
Year-Book, since 71. Hymns from the German, Evan. Rev., XIII. 307. The Re- 
lation of the Sunday-School to the Church, Luth. Quar., I. 97. The Conservation 
of the Church's History; Address, 75 ; Luth. Quar., V. 429. Worth and Defects of 
the Sunday-School System ; Essay before the Second Lutheran Free Diet in Amer- 
ica, 78. Besides, many hundreds of articles, in prose and poetry, in church papers, 
magazines, and other publications. 

Christian Uhl; f. Holmes county, O. 40-45 Soph. Philo. D. in College. 
Buried in Evergi-een Cemetery. 

William Walter ; f. Huntingdon county. Pa. 40-4, irr. Farmer near Hunting- 
don, Pa. 

Joseph Welker; b. in Germany; f. Franklin county, Pa. 40-6 Sen. Philo. 
Luth. clergyman. Pastorates, Williamsport, Pa. ; Aaronsburg; Brookville; Lamar- 
tine. 

1841-2. 

* George Albert; f. Hampton, Pa.; 41-7 Sen. Phrena. D. Jan. 16, 47, aged 
25 yrs., 3 m., 6 d. 

^Daniel S. Akman; b. Dec. 20, 18, near Blairsvllle, Pa.; 41-3, irr. Phrena. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg, Pa. Lie. 45. Pastorates, Covington, Ky. ; Richmond, 
Ind. ; Knoxville, Ills.; Tipton, la.; Ottawa, Kansas. Chaplain ist Ills. Cavalry, 
March to July; 151st Ills. Infantry, Mar. 65 to Feb. 66. Director of Wittenberg 
College. M. March 22, 48, to Jane M. Cover, Adams co., Pa. 

William Barbour; f. Columbia, Pa.; 41-2. 

Elias Barnet; f. Montgomery co., Pa.; 41-2 F. 

George E. Cooper ; f. Philadelphia ; 41-2 Soph. Philo. Surgeon U. S. A. ; rank 
1st lieutenant, August 28, 47 ; captain, August, 52 ; major. May, 61 ; brevet colonel, 
March, 65 ; lieutenant colonel, December, 76. 



.1841-2. 351 

* Frederick George Ealy; b. Dec. 26, 26, at Shippensburg ; 41-5, irr. Phrena. 
Dentist; res., Iowa City, 55. Hospital steward 22d Regt. Iowa Inf., Aug. 22, 62, 
till d., Sept. 64, at Winchester, Va. M. Dec. 28, 47, to Julian McCush, Quincy, Pa. 

Jacob H. Ealy; b. Apr. 17, 28, Shippensburg; 41-6 Soph. Phrena.; Linnsean. 
M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 50; Iowa City, 55-70; Palmyra, Pa., 70. Sur- 
geon 17th Regt. Iowa Vols., Nov., 62, to May, 65. M. Oct. 14, 58, to Maria, 
daughter of Rev. Jas. Buchanan. 

Augustus Clemens Ehrenfeld ; b. Jan. 26, 21, Mifflinburg, Pa. Teacher. 41-2, 
43-4, irr. Philo. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 46. Pastor, Smicksburg, Pa., 
47-9 ; Worthington, Pa., 49-59 ; Tarenton, 59-62 ; Johnstown, 62-5 ; Indiana, since 
65. Mar. Apr. 15, 47, to Maria E. Rupley, Greencastle, Pa. 

Alfred E. Eyster ; b. Aug. 1828, Harrisburg; 41-6 J. Phrena. Druggist for 
several years; teacher; agent for publishers of school books. A. M., Pennsylvania 
College, 59. Res., Harrisburg. 

Henry Forney; f. Gettysburg. 41-2, irr. Res., Taneytown, Md. 

* George Haines; f. Adams county, Pa. 41-2, 45-7, irr. Philo. 

Theophilus L. Heyer; f. Somerset, Pa. 41-5, irr. Philo. Book-keeper, Balti- 
more, Md. 

Frederick T. Jackson; f. Georgia. 41-2, irr. 

* Charles McClure Klink; b. June 6, 22, Newville, Pa. 41-3 Soph. Theol. 
course. Lane Sem. Lie. 43. Pastorates, Tarlton, O.; Centreville, Pa. ; Lewistown; 
Middletown, Md.; near Sandusky, O. D. May 5, 63. 

Robei-t G. McCreary; f. Gettysburg. 41-2, attending Chem. Lectures. Lawyer, 
Gettysburg. U. S. Commissioner. 

Robert B. McKay; f. Northumberland Co., Pa. 41-2, attending Chem. Lectures. 
Aquila T. Ridgely; f. Baltimore. 41-4 Soph. Phrena. Cockeysville, Md. 

* William B. Riehle; b. Feb. 27, 26, in Philadelphia. 41-6 J. Phrena. M. D., 
Penna. Univ. D. 53. 

* William P. Ruthrauff; b. 26 ; f. Franklin county, Pa. 41-7 J. Philo. A. B., 
Jefferson Coll. Tutor in same. Luth. clergyman. Pastorates, Schellsburg, Pa.; 
Canton, O.; Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Easton, Pa.; Akron, O. ; Zanesville, O. D.May 
25, 76. 

* Charles M. Snyder; f. York, Pa. 41-2. 

* William C. Smith; f. Mansfield, O. 41-4 F. Phrena., Shippensburg, Pa. 
Simon Snyder; f. near Newville, Pa. 41-2, 43-4, F. Phrena. A. B., 

Washington Coll., 46. Book-keeper, Louisville, Ky. Commission business, New- 
ville. 

Elias Wasser; f. Union co.. Pa. 41-2 F. 

* John Waters; f. Baltimore Co., Md. 41-2 F. Phrena. Physician. 
Jacob Wynant ; f. Waynesboro, Pa. 41-2 F. 



352 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

1842-3. 

John J. Culler; b. November 28, 22, near Jefferson, Md. ; farmer; 42-Mar. 45 
Soph. Phrena. M. D. University of Maryland, 48. Practicing in Jefferson, Md., 
50. M. September 23, 52, Sarah A. Routzahn, Jefferson, Md. 

Samuel L. Glasgow ; f. Williamsburg, Pa. ; 42-8 F. Philo. Lawyer, Hunting- 
don, Pa. 

Levi Cook Groseclose ; b. June 6, 20, in Wythe county, Va. ; farmer and miller ; 
42-6, irr. Phrena. Teacher. Clergyman ; lie. 49. Pastorates in North Carolina 
till 73 ; Illinois to 77 ; since in Kansas. Res. Eureka, Kan. Disabled by disease. 
A founder and trustee of North Carolina College. M. September 10, 51, to Leah E. 
Honeycutt, Cabarrus county, N. C. 

James Logie; b. May 1,23, in Prince Williams county, Va. ; 42-4, irr.; res. Fred- 
erick county, Md. M. D. Philadelphia, 47; practicing in Kernesville, W. Wa. M. 
April, 1850, to Mary Miller, Jefferson county, W. Va. 

John Seawright; f. Mt. Sidney, Va., pres. res. 42-4, irr; farmer. 

James Wilson Paxton; f. Gettysburg; 43-6 Soph. A. B! Jefferson College, 48. 
Lawyer, RecUvood, Minn. 

Lewis L. Walker; b. 25, in Pottsville, Pa.; 42-4 F. Phrena. M. D. University 
of Pennsylvania. Res. Philadelphia. 

Charles EHas Welty; b. March 2, 25, in Gettysburg; 42-6, irr. Philo. Lin. 
Teacher 48-51 in Wisconsin. Farmer at McConnel's Grove, 111., 53. Sergeant 
Company B, 7th Illinois Cavalry, September, 61 — October, 64. M. October, 48, to 
Amanda A. Steck, Greensburg, Pa. ; January 2, 72, to Margaret Dively, McConnel's 
Grove. 

1843-4. 

Victor C. Barringer; f. Concord, N. C, pres. res. ; 43-4 Soph. Philo. 

Frederick Benedict ; f. Waynesboro, Pa. ; 43-6, irr. Philo. Active in Linnsean 
Soc. and in campus improvements. Theol. course, Gettysburg ; lie. 48 ; res. since 
almost continuously at Bedford, Pa. ; not for a number of years in active ministry. 
Trustee of Penna. College, 56-62. 

Alexander Bosserman; b. April 22, 18, near Gettysburg; 43-4, irr. Philo. Lin. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Pastor, Johnstown, Pa.; Blairsville; Janesville, O. 
Director of Seminary, Gettysburg, and Wittenberg College. Since 55, Universalist 
clergyman ; pres. res. Bethel, Maine. 

William R. Campbell ; f. Carlisle, Pa. ; 43-6, irr. Phrena. • 

Charles H. Dale; b. in 27, Lancaster, Pa. ; 43-7 Soph. Phrena. Lin. Merchant 
in St. Louis, and pres. res. Franklin, Pa. Teacher. Superintendent Pub. Schools, 
Venango county, 60-72. M. in 64, Louisa F. Reeder, Edinboro, Pa. 

* Christian Diehl ; b. in 24, in Marion, Franklin county, Pa. ; 43-7, irr. Colporteur 
and private theol. study in Pittsburg and Johnstown, Pa. Lie. 51. Pastor, Smicks- 
burg. Pa., till d. in 59. M. in 56 to Miss Good, of Smicksburg. 

Gilliard Dock ; f. Harrisburg, Pa., pres. res. ; 43-5 F. Philo. Merchant. 



1844-5- 



353 



Isaiah Gougler; f. Chester county, Pa.; 43-8 J. Philo. Episcopal clergyman, 
Sunbury, Pa. 

John L. Hill ; f. Wayne county, O. ; 43-4, irr. 

Isaac Lefevre ; f. Gettysburg; 43-4 irr. Physician and editor in Perry county. Pa. 

John Alexander Lynch; b. Oct. 3, 25, near Jefferson, Md. ; 43-7 J. Phrena. 
Lin. Res. Alabama, 47-9. Lawyer; adm. to the bar, 51 ; prac. Frederick, Md. 
State's Attorney, 55-64; Associate Judge VI. Circuit of Md., 67. Editor Frederick 
Herald, 53-5. A. M., Penna. College, 58. Mar. Nov. 17, 56, to Isabella C. Beck- 
enbaugh, Frederick. 

George W. Martin ; f. Sunbury. 43-6, irr. Phrena. Government clerk, Balti- 
more. 

William McClean ; b. March 13, 33, in Gettysburg. Parents, Hon. Moses and 
Hannah M. (McConaughy) ; 43-7 Soph. Philo. ; orator, anniversary. Law 
student. Harvard University. Admitted to the bar, 54; practicing Gettysburg. 
President Judge, XLIIth Dist., Pa., 75. Member constitutional convention, 73. A. 
M., Washington College, 54. M. June 11, 55, to Fannie R. Riggins; Sept. 22, 67, 
to Tillie Gates, Kittanning, Pa. 

Abraham O. Scott ; b. Feb. 21, 25, in Adams county. Pa. 43-7 Soph. Philo. 
Lin. A. B., Jefferson College. M. D., Univ. of Pa., 53; practicing in Fairfield, 
Pa. Member Co. E. 2d R., P. V., April-August, 61. Mar. in 53 to Jane Wilson, 
Baltimore. 

* William Tryday; f. Barren Hill, Pa. 43-7 F. Philo. Luth. clergyman. 
Pastorates, Ottawa, 111. ; Funkstown, Md.; Tivoli, 111. ; Walton, Ind. ; Addison, 
Pa.; New Millport, Pa. D. June 24, 76, aged 54 y., 10 m., 24 d. 

Jacob Weaver; f. Gettysburg. 43-4, irr. 

*John Ritter Weaver; f. Gettysburg. 43-6 F. Phrena. Printer, Pottstown, 
Pa., former res. 



1844-5. 

Israel S. Boyer; f. Berks county. Pa.; 44-7 J. Phrena. Farmer, Brumfield- 
ville, Berks county. Pa. 

Samuel O. Cockey ; f. Cockeysville, Pa. 44-8, irr. 

Henry Cline; b. Sept. 19, 28, in Tyrone twp., Adams county. Pa.; 44-9 J. 
Philo. Lin. Prin. Myerstown Pa., Academy, 49-51 ; school in New Orleans, 51-4; 
V. Pres. and Prof, of Math., College of New Orleans, 54-5 ; Pres. of same, 55-7. 
Graduated LL. B., Univ. of Louisiana, 53. Practicing in Houston, Texas, 65-. 
Supervisor of Schools, 70-3. Member of constitutional convention, 75, etc. Fel- 
low New Orleans Acad, of Science. M. June 4, 59, to Josephine F. R. Bougeard. 

Charles Harvey Gillespie ; b. Sept. 1 1 , 30, in Gettysburg ; 44-8 F. Philo. En- 
graver, Baltimore, Md., 49-53; Pittsbui-g, 53. More recently in lithograph busi- 
ness. Mar. Sept. 30, 58, to Charlotte Vandergrift, Pittsburg. 

Sidney L. Harkey; b. April 3, 27, in Iredell county, N. C. Par., John and 
Sarah. Farmer. Prep. Hillsboro (111.) Academy; 44-7 J. Phrena.; orator, anni- 

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354 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

versary, 47. Lin. Theol. studies under S. W. Harkey, D. D. Lie. 48. Pastor- 
ates, Newville, Pa. ; Peoria, IlL; Mendon. Gettysburg, Pa.; Shelbyville, 111.; Van- 
dalia; Paxton ; Tower Hill; Chicago; Indianapolis, Ind. ; Mt. Pleasant, Pa., for 
some years; Prof, at one time in Augustana College. Chaplain 54th R., 111. V., Feb- 
ruary-August, 62. A. M., 111. State Univ., 60. Mar. in 48 to Mary J. Jenkins, 
Gettysburg ; in 73 to Susie Truman, Cincinnati. 

Publications.— Only Son, pp. 250, 69 ; Songs of Beulah, 76 ; The Signs of the 
Times, pamphlet; Close Communion, Evan. Rev., XXI. 3, etc. 

Jacob Herbst ; f. Adams county. Pa. ; 43-50 irr. Philo. WiUiamsburg, Pa. 

Charles Wilson Hill ; f. Baltimore, Md. — pres. res. 44-7 Soph. Phrena. 

Conrad Kuhl; b. Oct. 12, 21, in Germany. Druggist. June 45-6, irr. ; res., 
Beardstown, 111. Theol. course, Gettysburg ; lie. 48. Pastorates, Quincy, 111. ; 
Springfield; Mt. Carniel. Agent for 111. State Univ., 55-7. Pres. res., Carthage, 111., 
serving congregations in neighborhood. Director of Carthage College. Pres. and 
Sec. of Synods. Mar. to Emma M. Sell, of Gettysburg. 

Solomon McHenry; f. Chambersburg, Pa.; 44-7, irr. Philo. Theol. course, 
Gettysburg. Res., W. Fairview, Cumberland county. Pa. 

Matthew Amos Miller; f. Cumberland county, Pa.; 44-50, irr. Philo. 

John Frederick Probst; b. Aug. 13, 24, in Germany; 44-7, 48-9, irr.; f. Freder- 
ick, Md. Phrena.; anniversary, orator, 49. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Pastorates, 
Smithsburg, Md.; Hummelstown, Pa. ; West Wheeling, 111. ; Shelbyville; Hamil- 
ton, O. Teacher in Collegiate Inst., Warren, 111., 60-2. Prof, of German in New- 
berry Coll., 76-7. Pres. res., Orangeburg, S. C. Mar. Nov. 26, 51, to Miss A. R. 
Kolb, Frederick, Md. 

Francis M. Schreiner; f. Gettysburg, 44-8 F. Phrena. Washington, D. C. 

George Llenry Snyder; f. Somerset, Pa.; 44-8, irr. Phrena. 

George W. Waesche; f. Frederick county, Md. ; 44-7 Soph. Philo. Farmer, 
Greensboro, N. C. 

* Elijah S. Welsh ; f. Middletown, Md. ; 46-7 irr. ■ Phrena. Frederick county, 
Md. 

* Daniel A. Willeman ; f. HoUidaysburg ; 44-7, F. Philo. D. during F. 
Aaron Yetter; b. in 27, Butler, Pa.; 44-8, F. Phrena. Lin. Theol. course, 

Capitol University. Lie. 52. Pastorates in Westmoreland county. Pa., 52-66; Knox- 
ville, Iowa, 66-72. Supt. of Schools, Marion county, la., 72. M. Nov. 2, 52, to 
E. W. Seller, Columbus, O. 

* Thomas A. Zeigle ; b. Sept. 8, 24, in York, Pa., 44-6 F. Phrena. Lawyer. 
Adm. to bar, 50; practiced in York, 50-61. Col. i6th Regt. Pa. Vols., April 20 to 
Jnly 30, 61, of 107th Regt. Pa. Vols., Mar. 8 to July 14, 62. when d. from congestion 
of the brain. 

Moses R. Zimmerman ; f. East Hanover, Pa. ; 44-8 Soph. Philo. 



1845-6. 355 

1845-6. 

* Simon Christian Benner ; b. July 7, 28, Adams county, Pa. Farmer. 45-50; d. 
during Sen. Phrena. 

Alexander Negus Breckinridge; b. in 31, Staunton, Va., 45-8 F. Philo. Served 
in connection with several western exploration parties. IJeut. in Staunton Art'y 
from June 10, 61, to close of war; lost right arm at Sailor's Creek, Va. Steward of 
Virginia Deaf, Dumb and Blind Inst., Staunton, Va. 

Fiancis F. Butt; f. Norfolk, V^a. ; 45-7 Soph. Phrena. 

* Chas. W. Collier ; f. Georgetown, D. C. ; 45-7 F. Phrena. 

Nelson J. Ditto ; b. Nov. 23, 26, in Washington county, Md. ; 45-6, irr. Phrena. 
Farming in Washington county, 46-72. Since merchant, in Martinsburg, W. Va. 
Mar. May 17, 53, to Martha E. Keller, Washington county, Md. 

Anderson Ellis; f. Salisbury, N. C. ; 45-7 F. Philo. Cotton planter, res. 
Arkansas. Major during war. 

Lewis P. Fiery; b. April 11,25, near Clearspring, Md. ; 45-8 Soph. Phrena. 
anniv., 48. Ein. Farming. Member Md. Constitutional Convention, 50; Md. 
House of Delegates, 56-61 ; Senate, 62-4. Res. Topeka, Kan., 78. Bachelor. 

* David H. Focht; b. April 12, 21, near Williamsburg, Pa.; 45-8, J. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 50. Pastorates, Grindstone Hill charge, Franklin 
county, Pa.; New Bloomfield ; d. May, 64. A. M., Penna. Coll. M. Oct., 50, to 
Susan Brown, Lewisburg, Pa. 

Publ. — Church between the Mountains, 62 ; Addresses on Geology, Education, 
etc., and Review Articles. 

Alexander C. Graff; f. Pittsburgh; 45-7 F. St. Petersburg, Pa. 

Henry Clay Greenawalt ; f. Fayetteville, Pa. ; 45-7, 49-52 Soph. Member of 
Legislature. State Dept., Harrisburg, Pa. 

John S. Heilig ; b. Jan. 8, 20, in Rowan county, N. C. ; 45-8, irr. Theol. course, 
Lexington, S. C. ; lie. 50. Pastor, Mine Hill, N. C, 50-64; Martinsburg, W. Va., 
64-6; Jeffersontown, Ky., 66-9; Markleburg, Pa., 69-72; Concord, N. C, 72 — . 
Supt. of Schools, Martinsburg, 68-9. M. to Ellen M. Lauman, York, Pa. 

Samuel Henry; b. May 3, 28, in Abbottstown, Pa.; druggist; 45-8, irr. Phrena. 
Lin. Theol. course, Gettysburg ; lie. 50. Pastor, Dillsburg, Pa., 50-2; Westmin- 
ster, Md., 52-8; Littlestown, Pa., 58-68; Phillipsburg, N. J., 68-81 ; Mifflinburg, 
Pa., 81 — . M. Nov. 3, 50, to Elizabeth S. Weaver, near Gettysburg. 

Samuel R. Jones; f. Baltimore; 45-6, irr. 

Arthur T. Kennedy; f. Norfolk, Va. ; 45-7, irr. Philo. 

Wm. John Leib ; f. Pottsville, Pa.; 45-8 F. Philo. Lawyer. Res., Frederick, 
Md. ; Legislature, 79-80. Clerkship, Washington, D. C, 81. 

Luther R. Long; f. Hertford, N. C. ; 45-7 Soph. Philo. 

Wm. Anderson McGinley; f. Adams county. Pa. ; 45-7, 49-51, irr. Phrena. 
Theol. course, Andover. Pastor Cong, church, Portsmouth, N. H. 

James W. Robinson ; f. Fairfield, Pa. ; 45-8 J. Philo. 



356 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Samuel John Rouse ; f. York, Pa. ; 45-8 Soph. Philo. Physician, York. 

Fred'k A. Schmucker; f. York, Pa.; 45-7 Soph. Philo. 

Geo. F. Schnable ; f. Lewisburg, Pa. ; 45-6, irr. 

Daniel Sell; b. April 18, 19, in Cumberland county. Pa.; 45-9 J. Philo. Lin. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 51. Pastor, Rossville, Pa., 51-3 ; Berrysburg, 53-60; 
Lock Haven, 60-2 ; Aaronsburg, 62-5 ; Pine Grove Mills, 65-9 ; Loysville, 69-72 ; 
Dillsburg, 72-3; New Kingston, 73-5; New Chester, 75-9; East Berlin, 79. 
Synodical offices. Mar. before student life to Frances M. Rice ; Dec. 23, 74, to 
Mrs. Carrie Williams. 

John Welfley ; f. Somerset, Pa. ; 45-50 J. Phrena. Luth. clergyman. Bower- 
town, O. 

*JohnA. Wolf; f. Shippensburg, Pa. ; 45-6 F. Philo. M. D. Jefferson Med. 
Coll. D. at Mohican, O. 

1846-7. 

*Wm. Beard; b. 182 1, in Augusta county, Va. 46 J. Philo. D. about Christ- 
mas, 46 ; buried in cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. 

John George Butler; b. Jan. 28, 26, in Cumberland, Md. 46-7, irr. Phrena. 
Theol course, Gettysburg; lie. 49. Washington, D. C, pastor St. Paul's, 49-73; 
Memorial church, 73. Chaplain H. of Rep., 69-75. Regimental and Hospital Chap- 
lain, 61-5. Prof, of Church History and Homiletics in Howard Univ. A. M., 
56, D. D., 68, Penna. College. 

Publications. — Various sermons. Washington correspondent for many years of 
Ltitheran Observer. 

John F. Buffington; f. Taneytown, Md. 47-9 Soph. Philo. New Windsor, Md. 

Joseph Fichtner; b. Dec. 29, 20, in Somerset county, Pa. 46-8, irr. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 51. Pastor, Martinsburg, 51-3; res. Newry, Pa., 
53. Conveyancing, etc., agent, 66. Asst. Assessor, XVIIth Dist., 66-8. Associate 
Judge, Blair county, 81. M. Nov. 14, 43, to Elizabeth Frank, Somerset county. 

Levi Keller; b. June 13, 20, in Shenandoah county, Va. 46-7 Philo. Lin. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 49. Pastor, Strasburg, Va., 49-60; Madison C. H., 
60-7; Woodstock, 67-71 ; Funkstown, Md., 71. M. April 10, 51, to Mary C. 
Hurn, Strasburg, Va. 

Lycurgus Mathews ; f. Mathews, Md. 46-8 Soph. Phrena. Prin. Boys' Academy, 
Glenwood, Md. 

John S. Robinson; f. Fairfield, Pa. 46-8. Philo. Lawyer. 

Percival J. Trion ; f. Berks county. Pa. 46-8 F. Philo. Physician, Reading, Pa. 

Fredk. William Vandersloot ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 46-51 Soph. Philo. Physician, 
Flemington, Pa. 

William Henry Wagner; f. Boonsboro, Md., pres. res. 46-51, irr. Phrena. 

* Charles D. Walter ; f. Gettysburg. 46-50 F. Philo. D. during Freshman. 



1847-8— 1848-9. 357 

1847-8. 

*Chas. Augustus Boyer ; b. April 28,35, i" Gettysburg; par., Wm. and Leah 
(Aughinbaugh). 47-54 F. Phrena. Merchant, Gettysburg. D. October 26, 76. 
Mar. Ellen Mary Suesserott, Chambersburg, Pa. 

Albert Cowgill ; f. Dover, Del. ; 47-8, irr. 

Thomas Deford ; b. October 23, 23> in Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 47-52, irr. 
Philo. Leather business. Director National Mechanics' Bank. President of Shoe 
and Leather B. of Trade. Mar. to Sallie W. Bell, Baltimore. 

Rudolph Ickes Heim ; f. Perry county. Pa. 47-50 F. Philo. P. R. R. Office, 
Philadelphia. 

Peter S. Leisinring ; b. May 22, 29, in Sunbury, Pa. 47-50, irr. Philo. Lin. 
M. D., Philadelphia, 52. Prac. in Lehigh county. Pa., Philadelphia, Selinsgrove, 
Annville, Altoona, and in Omaha, Neb. City physician in Omaha, 78. Secretary 
of Board of Health, 78. Prof, of Obstetrics, etc., in Omaha Med. Coll., 80. Mar. 
January 31, 56, to Emma E. Sigmund. 

Jacob Schwartz; f. St. Louis, Mo. 47-8 F. 

Elias Shaneberger ; f. Funkstown, Md. 47-51 Soph. Phrena. Indianapolis, Ind. 

George Wm. Smith ; f. Frederick, Md. 47-9 F. Phrena. Farmer, Frederick, 
Md. 

James W. Wallace; f. York county. Pa. 47-8, irr. 

Charles W. T. Weldon ; f. Bath county, Va. 47-8 F. Phrena. Ladonia, Texas. 

John E. Wiley; b. 36, near Bainbridge, Pa., pres. res. 47-52, irr. Phrena. Lin. 
Manufacturer. Member of Legislature, 70-I. Bachelor. 

1848-9. 

Wm. Bradshaw Bachtell ; b. June 10, 29, in Smithsburg, Md.; 48-51 F. Phrena. 
Congregational clergyman. Res., Beaver City, Neb. 

Aaron Finfrock; b. Aug. I, 29, in Frederick county, Md. ; 48-54 J., 55-6, irr. 
Phrena. Theol. course, Gettysburg ; lie. 59. Pastorates, Dillsburg, and Womels- 
dorf, Pa. Bachelor. 

Jacob H. Fink; f. Middletown, Md. ; 48-51 F. Phrena. Farmer, New Hamp- 
shire, O. 

Wm. Simon Holman ; b. June 14, 34, Harrisburg, Pa.; 48-54 J. Philo. Drug- 
gist, Harrisburg, for some years. Teacher of music, 70, Springfield, 111. Surgeon's 
steward on U. S. S. Monitor; served 61-63. 

Robert Clay Hamersley ; b. Jan. 19, 34, in Dillsburg, Pa.; 49-54, irr.; f. Gettys- 
burg. Phrena. Lin. Teaching, 54-9. Lawyer; adm. to bar, 59. Res., Cata- 
sauqua. Mar. to Anna M. L. Welty. 

George Christian Probst; b. Oct. i, 29, in Germany; 48-53 J.; res., Frederick, 
Md. Phrena. Lin. Theol. course, Gettysburg ; lie. 57. Pastor, Bloody Run, 57. 
M. Dec. 15, 57, to Camilla E. McDaniel, Frederick, Md. 

George S. Reese ; f. Westminster, Md. ; 48-50 F. Philo. Baltimore, Md. 



358 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

*John Sharps; b. May 13, 33, in Greenwich, N. J.; 48-51 J. Phrena. M. D., 
Med. Dept. Penna. Coll. Prac. in Phillipsburg, N. J. Lumber business, 57. D. 
Dec. 30, 58. M. May 22, 55, to Marj' "M. Shinier, Warren county, N. J. 

Charles F. Smith; f. Westminster, Md. ; 48-52 Sen. Philo. Baltimore, Md. 

David Sprecher ; f. Clearspring, Md. ; 48-52 J. Philo. Luth. clergjman. Pas- 
torates, Shelby, O., Iowa City, la., Hillsboro, I. ; Richmond, 111. 

Louis Rudolph Staudenmayer ; f. Stuttgart, Germany ; returned thence. 48—9, irr. 

*John G. Werner; b. Dec. 6, 27, in Albany county, X. Y. Farmer. 48-51 J. 
Phrena. D. while student, Sept. 10, 51. 

Nicholas Wirt; b. Aug. 21, 26, in Johnstown, N. Y. ; May — Sept., 49, irr. Philo. 
Theol. course, Hartwick; lie. 53. Pastor, Saddle River, N. J., 53-6; Ancram, N. 
Y., 56-62; Sharon, 62-5 ; Stone Arabia, 65-77 ; pres. res., Melrose, N. Y. A. ^L, 
Penna. Coll., 70. M. 54, to Mary P. Campbell. 

1849-50. 

* Jos. Jordan Bachtell ; f. Smith.sburg, Md.; 49-51 F. Phrena. Clerg)-man; d. 
in 57, Buckstown, Somerset county. Pa. 

Charles H. Boggs; f. Greencastle, Pa.; 49-50, irr. Philo. Meth. Epis. clergy- 
man in Ya. 

William J. Boyd ; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res. ; 49-51, iiT. Phrena. Printer. 

George D. Carl; f. Greencastle, Pa., pres. res.; 49-51, in". Philo. Physician. 
Bachelor. 

Christian Aug. Tetzer ; b. Sept. 24, 26, in Germany ; 49-52, 53-4 F. Mechanics- 
burg, Pa. Philo. Luth. clergj-man, lie. 56. Pastor ; Indiana county. Pa., 56-8 ; 
Kurhouse, 58-60; Annville, 60-4; Berrysburg, 64-6; Tyrone, 66-8; Shannondale, 
68-75 ; Ephrata, 75-80 ; Greenville, 80 — . Mar. March, 56, to Annie W. Harris, 
Brookville, Pa. 

William B. Henderson; f. Hummelstown, Pa., pres. res.; 49-51, in-. Philo. Phy- 
sician. 

■^Frederick A. Huber; b. Feb. 12, 42, in Philadelphia; f. Gettj^sburg, son of Dr. 
H. S., 49-59 F. Phrena. Sergt. Co. F., 23d R. P. V., Aug. 2, 61, till killed at bat- 
tle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 62, just before commissioned as Lieut. 

* Robert Mills ; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 49-50, irr. Phrena. D. some years since in 
California. 

John Andrew Monroe; f. Gettysburg. 49-52 F. 

* Wm. Lee Xorris ; f. Woodsboro, Md. 49-50, irr. 

Samuel Patterson; f. Middletown, Pa. 49-50 Soph. Philo. Harrisburg. 

Lycurgus L. Payne; f. Baltimore, Md. 49-50, irr. 

Levi K. Secrist; b. Feb. 6, 29, in York county, Pa. Farmer. 49-53 Soph. 
Phrena. Lin. Theol. under Rev. D. Sell. Lie. 56. Pastorates, Fisherville, Pa. ; 
Salona; Boalsburg; Blain; Hellam. Mar. Sept. 4, 56, to Catharine Hobaugh, of 
Rossville, Pa. ; May 27, 62, to Mary J. Howard, Adams county, Pa. 



1850-1. 359 

* Jeremiah H. Snyder; f. Franklin county. 49-52 J. Philo. D. during Col- 
lege course. 

* Daniel Webster Thrush; b. Aug. 12, 50, near Shippensburg, Pa. 49-50, 54-5 
Soph. Philo. Lawyer. Adm. 58. Shippensburg, Pa., Collector of Int. Revenue. 
Editor of Shippensburg News. D. Aug. 9, 75. 

Victor G. Tressler; b. Mar. 2, t^t,, in Loysville, Pa. 49-51, 53-4 Soph. Philo. 
Lin. FaiTner, Wilton, Iowa. Mar. Dec. 25, 62, to Lucetta Smith, of Perry co.. Pa. 

Edward Simeon Walker; b. 24, in Adams county, Pa.; 49-52, irr. Teaching 
a few years. Nurseryman, Camp Hill, Pa. 

1850-1. 

Luther W. Anspach; f. Mifflinburg, Pa., pres. res.; 50-1 Soph. Phrena. Teacher. 

George Henry Beckley; f. St. Clairsville, Pa.; 50-4, irr. Philo. Theol. course, 
Gettysburg; lie. 56. Pastorates, Woodsboro, Md., a number of years ; Shippens- 
burg, Pa. ; Boonsboro, Md., since about 70. 

John Francis Bickel ; b. Orwigsburg, Pa. ; 50-3 F. Philo. Stock raising, Texas, 
61. Coal and iron industries, Philadelphia, 61-79; Morton, Pa., 79. ' 

* Daniel L. Bollinger; f. Middletown, Pa., 50-1. Phrena. D. in College. 
John Albert Brobst; f. Rehrersburg, Pa., pres. res.; 50-4, irr. Philo. Merchant. 
Isaiah Clippinger; f. Greencastle, Pa.; 50-1 irr. Plainfield, 111. 

Wm. Henry Cone; f. Lewisburg, Pa.; 50-5 Soph. Phrena. Clergyman. Pas- 
torates, Hanover, Pa. ; Lantz's Mills, Va. ; Gold Hill, N. C. ; China Grove, pres. res. 

John Forthman; f. Hagerstown, Md. ; 50-3, irr. Philo. Clergyman, at Griezeman's 
Store, Va. ; Cassville, Pa. ; Elk Lick ; Shade Gap ; Gilpin, Pa. ; res. Carlisle, Pa. 

Victorius G. Haag ; f. Berneville, Pa. ; 50-6 F. Phrena. Formerly clergyman 
in Ohio. 

Joseph H. Landis ; f. Hummelstown, Pa. ; 50-3 F. Philo. Middletown, Pa. 

William Mathews; f. Mathews, Md. 50-1, irr. Farmer. Associate Judge, 
Glenwood, Md. 

Wm. Owen ; f. Mercersburg, Pa. 50-5 Soph. Philo. Clergyman U. B. church. 
Robert A. Payne ; f. Georgetown, D. C. 50-2 Soph. Philo. 
Michael B. Rambler; f. Dauphin county. Pa. 51-3 F. Philo. Tailor, Middle- 
town, Pa. 

William G. Rinehart; b. November 7, 35, near Uniontown, Md. 51-4, irr. 
Phrena. Farmer, Westminster, Md. 

C. R. Adelbert Riiter; f. Westphalia, Prussia. 50-1, irr. 

Henry Seifert; b. Aug. 21, 22, in York county. Pa. Weaver. 50-4 Philo. Lin. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 55. Pastor, Martinsburg, Pa., 55-60; Bossardsville, 
60-9; Rossville, 69-71 ; Rehrersburg, 71-3; Jennersville, 73-6; Franklintown, 
York county, 76- Mar. Dec. 25, 43, to Harriet Meisenhelder, York. 

Joseph Wesley Steele; b. March 6, 31, Freedom, Md., present res. 50-1, irr. 



360 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Philo. ^L D., Univ. of Md., 56. School Commissioner, 67—71. Mar. Feb. 22, 
59, to Margaret Q. Smith, Baltimore. 

John Tomlinson; b. Jan. 4, 31, in Bedford, Pa. Blacksmith. 50-4 F. Philo. 
Clergyman; lie. 56. Pastor, New Centreville, Pa., 57-61 ; Friedensburg, 61-74; 
Aaronsburg, 74-. Director of Seminaiy, Gettysburg. Pres. of Synods. Mar. first 
to Sarah A. McFarland, Pa. ; second time, June 3, 56, to Caroline Klepper, both of 
Mifflin county. 

Dermis Walker ; f. Somerset, where d. 50—3 J. Philo. Physician. 

1851-2. 

Andrew Byers ; f. Chambersburg, Pa. 5 1-4 F. Philo. 

*G. Frank Gouley; f. Philadelphia. 51-3 F. Phrena. Editor of Masonic 
paper. Res. St. Louis, Mo. Burned to death in destruction of Southern Hotel, 76. 

John McCurdy Huber ; b. ]^Iarch 24, 44, in southern Illinois ; son of Dr. H. S. 
Huber, Gettysburg, Pa. 51, and intermittent attendance till, 64 F. Druggist, Phila- 
delphia, 64-6S ; Gettysburg, 68. Mar. to Margaret Swope Scott, Taneytown, Pa. 

Benjamin H. Hunt; b. in 35, in Baltimore county, Md. 51-7 J- Phrena. Lin. 
Theol. course under his father. Rev. William Hunt; lie. 58. Pastor, Schellsburg, 
Pa., 58-68; St. Stephen's Philadelphia, 6S-78; Bedford, Pa., 7S-. Mai-. December 
25, 61, to Miss R. V. Sill, Napier, Pa. 

* John Michael Kock ; b. March 3, in Wirtemberg, Germany. 51-7 J. Res. Xew 
Hanover, Pa. Phrena. D. in College building during junior year. 

Jacob Smith Lawson; b. April 5, ^;^, son of Rev. S. B., Somerset county, Pa. 
51-3 F. Phrena. Theol. course, privately; lie. 55. Pastor, charge near Pittsburgh, 
55-68; owing to ill health retired from active work; res. Springfield, Mo. Pastor, 
ZoUarsville, Pa., 73-9 ; Christ church, Pittsburg, 79- . 

* Thomas Benjamin Maxwell; f. Jackson Hall, Pa. ; 51-4 F. Philo. 

Charles Edwin S. McKee; b. Feb. 4, 36, in Hagerstown, Md. ; 51-5 J- Phrena. 
Lin, Graduated M. D. L'niversity of Maryland, 58 ; prac. Oakland, Md,, 65— 70; 
Hagerstown, 70-3; now in hardware trade. Surgeon 3d Regt. Md. Vols. (V. S.), 
Feb., 62. to May, 65. ^Loi-. Feb. 4, 64, to Alice De ^L Jones, Baltimore, Md. 

* Daniel E. L. Mehring; b. July 10, 32, in Carrol county, Md. ; 51-6 Sen. 
Phrena. Drowned during Senior vacation, June 22, 56. 

James Shober; b. Mar. 29, 35, in Somerset county. Pa.; 51-4 Soph. Philo. 
Teaching for some years ; civil engineer ; merchant ; Supt. of Schools for Allegheny 
county, Md., 75; examiner of same. So; assistant postmaster, 81. Res. Cumber- 
land, Md., 6r. 1st Lieut. Co. I, 2d Regt. Md. Vols., Sept. 61 to Nov. 30, 64, served 
as Adjt, and as A. R. Q. >L Also served in April, 61, in emergency. Mar. in 64 to 
Lucy E. B. Morrison. 

David P. Welfley; b. Feb. 27, ^2, in Somerset county. Pa. ; 51-3, 54-5 F. Grad. 
M. D. L^niversity of Penna., 57 ; prac. at Accident, Md. ; Salisbur)^ Pa. ; Grantsville, 
Md., and Cumberland, Md., 73. Mar. in 57 to Mary E. Farrel. 

Published considerable in press, articles on Hygiene, Geolog}-, etc. 



1852-3. 36 1 

* James L. Wilson ; b. Sept. 9, 33, in Smithfield, Va. 51-2. Lawyer. University 
of Va. Member of House of Delegates several years. Served in Confederate army, 
61-5. 

Archibald C. Younkin ; f. Henry co., Ills.; 51-3 F. I'hilo. 

1852-3. 

Jacob H. Brewer; f. Washington county, Md. 52-3 F. Phrena. Farmer, Los 
Angelos, Cal. 

Rudolph W. Deininger; f. Tiibingen, Germany. 52-3 J. D. during Junior year. 

William Heim Diven ; b. Apr. 4, 32, in Juniata county, Pa. Teacher. 52-5, irr., 
J. Philo. Lin. Taught and studied theology privately. Lie. 58. Pastor, Dun- 
cannon, Pa., 58-62; Liverpool, 62-70; Salona, 70. Treasurer Allegheny -Synod, 
64. Director of Seminary, Gettysburg, 65-80. A. M., Pennsylvania College, 77. 
Mar. Dec. 28, 57, to Sarah A. Stroup, Mifflin co.. Pa. 

David Peter P'orney ; b. Feb. 14, 37, in Hanover, Pa.; 52-6 J. I'hilo. Phi 
Kappa Psi. Farmer, Res. Conewago township, Adams county, Pa. Mar. May 17, 
64, to Amanda E. Hinkle, Hanover. 

Charles A. Gelwicks; b. Jan. 7, 35, in Carlisle, Pa. ; 52-5 F. ; f. Shippensburg. 
Philo. Theol. course, Springfield, O. ; lie. 58. Pastorates, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 
West Liberty, O. ; Princeton, Ills.; Des Moines, Iowa; Hillsboro, Ills., present res. 
Mar. June, 58, to Mary I. Wilson, Springfield, O. 

Samuel A. Horton ; f. Johnstown, Pa. ; 52-3 F. Philo. Surgeon U. S. N. 

* Josiah Benj. Kaemmerer ; f. Richardstown, Pa. ; 52-4, irr. Phrena. D. Aug. 
26, 55, aged 23 yrs., 10 m. 

Edwin Knapp; f. Savannah, Ga., present res. ; 52-6 F. Phrena. 

Hezekiah W. Marbourg; b. Aug. 5, ^2> i" Westmoreland co.. Pa. ; prep, at Johns- 
town Academy, 52-4, irr., J. Philo. Grad. M. D., Jefferson Medical College, 58. 
Prac. in Johnstown, Pa. Contract surgeon U. S. A. Hospital service, Aug. 64, to 
June, 65. M. Aug. 5, 58, to Wilhelmina R. Wright, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Mar. 14, 72, 
to L. W. Nipher, M. D., Philadelphia. 

Jeremiah L. Marbourg; f. Johnstown, Pa. ; 52-3, irr. Physician, Bedford, Pa. 

Jairus W. Robinett ; f. Cumberland, Md.; 52-5 Soph. Lawyer; former res. 
Grafton, W. Va. 

William Edwin Wetherall ; f. Baltimore, Md. 53-5 J. Philo. 

Oliver Carroll Zell ; b. August li, 36, in Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 52-3, irr. 
Philo. Dealer in Agricultural Chemicals. Mar. October 23, 62, to Fannie R. Silby, 
Baltimore. 

Geo. Amos Zell; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 52-5, irr. Philo. Dealer in Agri- 
cultural Chemicals. 



362 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

1853-4. 

John Wierman Bittinger; f. York Springs, Pa. 53-5, irr. Philo. Lawyer, York. 

John Medtart Dieffenderfer ; b. August 18, 33, in Winchester, Va. ; 53-6 S. ; f. 
Martinsburg, W. Va., pres. res. Phrena. Lin. Teaching, prior to 61, in Hamp- 
shire county, W. Va. Member yth Regt., Virginia Cavalry, during war. A. M., 
Delaware College, 74. Mar. July, 59, to Miss Allen, of Romney, W. Va. 

Charles Dix Eichelberger ; f. Emmittsburg, Md., pres. res. 53-5 Soph. Philo. 
Physician. 

Jacob Schmucker Eisenhart ; f. York, Pa. 53-4 F. Philo. Tipton, Texas. 

* Jacob Friday; b. March 26, 32, in Chester county, Pa. 53-7, irr. Theol. course, 
Gettysburg; lie. 59. D. December 2, 61, while preparing to enter on charge in 
Lawrence county, Pa. 

Albert DeWitt Chnton Gardner; b. June li, 35, at York Springs, Pa., pres. res. 
53-7 Soph. Philo. Phi Kappa Psi. Merchant, formerly in Philadelphia. Mar., 
first to Maggie Harper, Gettysburg; second to Lydia Little, York Springs. 

Robert N. Hoffman; f. Shepherdstown, W. Va. ; 53-7 F. Farmer, near Keedys- 
ville, Md. 

John Kuhns; b. Apr. 6, 33, Greensburg, Pa., present res. ; 53-6 F. Philo. Pro- 
duce business. Mar. July 21, 60, to Miss R. A. Ulam. 

Mark A. Kurtz; f. Gettysburg; 53-9 F. Philo. Merchant, Omaha, Neb. 

James Edwin Mathews, f. Md. ; 53-5. Phrena. Merchant, Queen Anne co.,Md. 

MaximiUian Marbourg; b. Aug. i, 38, in Johnstown, Pa. ; 53-6, irr. Philo. M. 
D., Jefferson College, 60; prac. in Milton, la., 60-9; Washington, la., 69-74; now 
Merchant. Mar. Nov. 23, 65, to Jessie E. Gilbert, Gettysburg. 

Henry N. Minnigh ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 53-8, irr. Methodist clergyman. 

James Shaw Pierce; b. Apr. 22, 36, in Gettysburg; 53-7 F. Philo. Member 
Co. A. 1st Regt. Penna. Reserve Corps, Sept. 3, 61, to Oct. 7, 63; has since been in 
government clerical positions in Washington, D. C. Mar. Dec. 28, 64, to Mrs. N. 
A.White, Baltimore, Md. 

George Leonard Seltzer ; f. Myerstown, Pa. ; 53-5, irr. Philo. Lebanon, Pa. 

Henry Shellenberger ; f. Harrisburg, Pa. ; present res. ; 53-5 Soph. Philo. 
Lawyer. ■ 

Aaron Sheely ; f. Cashtown, Pa. ; 53-60, irr. Phrena. Teacher. Supt. of 
Schools Adams county, 76 ; res., Gettysburg. A. M. Penna. College, 78. 

1854-5. 

Peter G. Bell; b. Mar. 5, 35, in Blair county, Pa. 54-7 F. Philo. A. B., Wit- 
tenberg, 60. Theol. course at same. Lie. 62. Pastor, Tarentum, Pa., 62-5; New- 
castle, Ind., 65-70, 77-8; Polo, 111., 70-5; Springfield, 75-7; Indiana, Pa., 78. 
Mar. to Miss Hatch, of Springfield, O. 

John E. Carpenter; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 54-7, irr. Philo. Lawyer. 

Aaron B. Dundore; f. Berks county, Pa. 54-5, irr. Phrena. 



1855-6— 1857-8. 363 

D. G. W. Gaugher; b. Oct. 17, 36, in Selinsgrove, Pa. 54-7 F. Phrena. Lin. 
Farmer, 58-61. Furniture business, 65. Res. Berrien Springs, Mich. P. M., 65-8. 
Enlisted Co. I., 12th R., Mich. V. Promoted to 2d Lieut. Discharged Nov. 13,65. 

Alfred T.Hamilton; f. Lewistown, Pa., pres. res. 54-5, irr. Philo. Physician. 

* Charles Miller Hill; b. Apr. 4, 34, in Hughesville, Pa. 54-5 F. Phrena. Grad. 
M. D., Med. Dept., Pa. Coll., 57. Prac. McEvvenville, Pa., 57-61 ; Selinsgrove, 
61-3; Hughesville, 63. D. Jan. 19, 70. Asst. Surgeon, 26th R., P. M., June to 
July, 63. Mar. 63, to Miss Wood, of Muncy. 

Alfred Horatio Hill; f. Muncy. 54-7 F. Phrena. Official on Muncy Creek R. 
R., Hughesville, Pa. 

John A. Hoffeins; f. Abbottstovvn, Pa. 54-9 F. Ref. (Ger.) clergyman, Martins- 
burg, W. Va. 

Stansbury Hooper; b. 34, in Huntingdon county. Pa. 54-7 F; f. Altoona. 
Philo. A. B., Wittenberg Coll., 60. Theol. course same. Lie. 62. Pastor, Carlisle 
Springs, Pa. ; Martinsburg ; New Philadelphia, O. ; Findlay; Shamokin, Pa. ; Stone 
Church. Printing business and connected with Luth. Eva7igelist, 73—7. Mar. in 63, 
to Miss Lathrop, of Bellefontaine, O. 

Reuben H. Klapp; f. Milton, Pa. 54-7, Phrena. Ref. (Ger.) clergyman. New 
Columbia, Pa. 

George S. Latimer; f. Shrewsbury, Pa. 54-5, irr. Phrena. Baltimore, Md. 

* Parker Johnson Moore ; f. Carlisle, Pa. 54-6 F. 

George M. Potts; f. Frederick, Md., pres. res. 54-5, irr. Phrena. Clerk in bank. 

Charles McLean Robinson ; f. Fairfield, Pa. 54-7 F. Philo. M. D. Prac. in 
Philadelphia, recently Bridgeport, Pa. 

Daniel B. Smith ; f. Lebanon, Pa. 54-9 J. Phrena. Res. in Canada. 

John Wm. Tressler; b. Feb. 23, 35, in Loysville, Pa. Prepared at home Acad-, 
emy. 54-5 F. Philo. Taught 55-7, in Kansas. Clergyman. Lie. 60. Has been 
pastor at Petersburg, Pa. ; Brandonville, W. Va. ; Lena, 111. ; Fairview, Pa. Mar. 
Aug. 25, 61, to Carrie Augustine, Somerset, Pa. 

1855-6. 
Uriah L. Baightel ; f. Frederick, Md. 55-6, irr. Phrena. 
William B. Baker; f. Evansville, Lid.; 55-7 F. Phrena. 

* Lewis B. Byer ; b. July 17, 34, Hagerstown, Md. ; 55-6, irr. Phrena. D. June 
24. 57- 

* George L. Feidt; b. Jan. 14, 40, near Clearspring, where d. Mar. 18, 60. 55-9 
J. Phrena. Lin. 

*John Edwin George; b. May 16, 40, in Lebanon, Pa., res. at d., Apr. 23, 75; 
54-60 Sen. Philo. Phi Gamma Delta. Read law. Merchant, 65 ; P. M., 70-3. 
Mar. Aug. 8, 65, to Lizzie M. Ulrich, Annville, Pa. 

George Giles; f. Scottsville, Va. ; 55-7, irr. Philo. 

Jacob Hackenberg; f. Mifflintown, Pa.; 55-7 Soph. Philo. Clergyman — pastor- 
ates, Liverpool, Pa. ; Bellefonte; Ashland; Lock Haven; Shamokin. 



364 MicMp.F.RS ov cx)i.i,1'.(:k classes. 

).uul> Kline; {'. \ vhrnxon, I'a. ; 5t> S Sopli. I'hilo. 1st Limit. I'. S. A,, Sept. 9. 
tu ; Inevct inajiir, St-pt. I, t)4 ; Ci\]i[. Sept ,^\ (14; ninv of i8th Int't. 

I inn its S. Kiunllo; I". I la^crstowii, Md,; 55-8, I'luvna. Crocer, l^altimoro, Md. 

S.iuuul P>. Mooio; r. l.aui-aslcr, Ta.; 55-6 vSoph. Piiiona. .\. 1!. l'"ianl<.lin and 
Marshall CoUoj^c. Rooter St. Barnabas, New York. 

Frank l\ Muhlenberg;; b. June 22, 40, in Reading; 56-8 Soph. Thrcna. Teach- 
ing, and express agent P. R, R., 58-61. Enlisted in Co. G, ist. Regt. P. V., Apr, 
ao, 6l ; appointed May 14, 61, 1st lieut. U. S. A*, promoted capt. Jan. 4, 62; brevet 
major, Mar. 13, 65, resigned Apr. 5, 66. (.hooor, (lalesburg, Mich., 67^; School l>i- 
rector, 73; Notary Public, 77; Justice of the Peace, 79. 

Jas. Harvey White; b. Mar. 8, 38, in Adams county. Pa. ; 55-9 Soph. Pliilo. ; 
Tin. ; Delta. Freshman Pri/e. A. P. V.de. 01. Adjt. 165th Regt. P. V., Oct. 20, 
62 to Sept, 14, 63. ,\dni, to bar, 04; prae. in Cielty-sburg, 64-7; Pittsburg, 67. 
Paelielor, 

1856-7. 

E. Julian I'leeUeustein; f. Paltimore, Md. ; 56-t)i J. Pluena. Clergyman. Pas- 
tox"ntes: Son\neylo\\n. Pa.; North East, Erie county; Alexandria, Va. ; Accident, 
Md. 

■'^ lohn 1>. (!osh; b. June 7, 36, in Hewart, Pa. Prepared at Academy, McKwens- 
ville. 56-60 J. Phrena. Psi. Physician. Served in 65 as surgeon in U. S. Vol. 
Practiced medicine and druggist, Danville, Pa., 65. B. July 27, 77. A. M. Penn- 
sylvania Coll. Mar. in 67 to l.,ibbie J. Hancock, Danville, Pa. 

Lawrence P. llortmau; f. B.altimore, Md. 57-8 J. Phrena. 

•*^Adam J. Kretzer; f. Sharpsburg, INld. 56-7, 58-9, 63-5 J. Phrena. Delta. 
D. at Sharpsburg. 

John Lutz; f. Bedford, pres. res. 56-S Soph. I'hrena. Lawyer and editor; 
has also engaged in book trade. Trustee of Pennsylvania Coll. 

Llemy W. Newcomet; b. June 20, 38, in Berks county. Pa. ; engineer. 56-9 F. 
Philo. Lin. Graduated M. D. University of Penna., 66. Res., Philadelphia. 
Mar. in 71 to Eliza K. St ell, Philadelphia. 

Jos. Clay Norris ; f. Walnut Ciiwe, 111. 56-S Soph. Philo. CJalcsburg. 111. 

* Michael Diehl Reymer; b. May 7, 39, near Greencastle, Pa. 56-60 J. Philo. 
Bella. Principally engiaged in teaching, also editor of Vallty J£cko. Res., Green- 
castle. H. CV-tober 21, 76. Member Company K. 126th Regiment, Pennsylvania 
X'olunteers, August 2, 62 — May 20, 63; and I'nited States Signal Corps, 64-5. 

185 7- 8. 

Samuel Pkicou P>avnitz ; b. May 12, 38, York, Pa. Clerk. 3d term 57-59, F. 
Philo. lin. 1^. Theol. course, Gettysbvirg. Lie. 6i. Pastor, Wheeling, W. Va.. 
61-S2. Western Sec. B. of H. Miss. Res., Des Moines, Iowa. Mar. twice, Dec. 
9, 68, to Eliza Smyser, York; Aug. 14, 77, to Eliza Park, Martin's Ferry. O. 

l\d>l. — History of the Wheeling Mission, 80. History of Children's Home. 
Wheeling, 80. Editor of /'^t- Liitle Ones. 



1858-9. 365 

Fred. Wilmer Baugher; b. Nov. 22, 46, in Gettysburg. Par., Pres. Henry L. and 
Clara M. (Brooks.) 57-63 F. Phrena. In bank, Baltimore, Md., 65-8. Leather 
an<l belting business, 68. Res., Indiana])olis, Ind. Member Co. A. (College Co.), 
26th R., 1'. M., June to July, 63. Mar. March 29, 71, to Sarah E. Beck, Indianapolis. 

Cyrus Hoffa; f. Milton, Pa., 57-9. Soph. Phiio. 

John S. Lees; f. Philadelphia, 56-61. So])h. Phrena. Woolen manufacturer, 
Norristown. 

Robert A. Lyttle ; f. Gettysburg. 57-8, irr. Phrena. Teacher, Catasauqua, Pa.; 
CJettysburg ; Arendtsville. 

Alexander McLaughlin; f. Chester Springs. 57-62, irr. Philo Theol. course, 
Getty-sburg. Lie. 64. Pastorates, Wrightsville, Pa.; Wa.shingtonville, O. ; Alle- 
gheny City, Pa.; Surgeon Hall; White Pigeon, Mich.; Three Rivers. 

Lloyd F. Rohrbach ; f. Sunbury, pres. res. 57-9 F. Phrena. Lawyer. Pro 
thonotary, two terms. 

Levi Ruhl; b. Jan. 20, 37, Shrewsliury, Pa. 57-61 .Soph. Phiio. Lin. .Stock 
ranch, Texas, 66-8. Farming, Belle Plaine, Iowa, 68. Mar. Oct. 4, 63, to Eliza J. 
Wheelock. 

* Charles G. Schmucker; f. Gettysburg. 57-62 Soph. Phrena. D. during Soph, 
year. 

Rudolph M. Schick; b. Dec. 14, 45. Son of J. Lawrence. 57-64 J. Phrena. 
Psi. Member U. S. Signal Corps, April i, 64, to Aug. 26,65. Mercantile pursuits, 
64-7. Adm. to the bar, 70, practicing since in Philadelphia. Mar. June 29, 75, to 
Elmira C. King, New Oxford, Pa. 

Adam Stanley Ulrich ; b. Mar. 3,36, in Annville, Pa. 57-9 Soph. Pliilo. Cjrad. 
Yale Coll. Adm. to bar, 62. Member Co. A., nth R., P. M., Sept., 62, and Co. 
E., 26th R., P. M., June to July, 63. Trustee of Muhlenberg College, 69. Director 
of Seminary, Philadelphia. Mar. May 3, 66, to Martha E. Richter, Selin.sgrove, Pa. 

J. Frank Wertz ; f. Long Swamp, Pa. 57-8 Soph. 

Amos Moser Whetstone; b. Feb. 15, 38, near Tamaqua, Pa. 57-61, irr. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 63. Pastor, Mercersburg, Pa., 63-72; Somerset, 
72-82. Financial agent, Seminary, Gettysburg, 81. Director of .Seminary, Gettys- 
burg, 73. Pres. of Synod. Bachelor. 

1858-9. 

Josiah Breisch ; b. Feb. 18,41, in Schuylkill county. Pa.; 58-9, irr. Phrena. 
Been engaged in lumbering and milling, now farming and surveying. Pres. res., 
Ringtown, Pa. Mar. Jan. 12, 80, to Susanna Zimmerman. 

John H. Cutshall ; b. June 19, 42, near Woodsboro, Md.; 58-61 F. Phrena. 
Clerk in store and teaching. Res., Frederick, Md. Deputy tax collector. 

* J. William Dudderow ; f. near Woodsboro, Md.; 58-62 F. Phrena. M. D., 
University of Md., 67. D. in 68, while serving in Bay View Hospital, Baltimore. 

* Jeremiah W. Ifert; b. Sept. 24, 35, Middletown, Md. ; 58-9, irr. Phrena. En- 
listed, died in hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 



366 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Basil Harrison James; b. Dec. 15, 36. Printer. 58 — Dec. 61 J. Philo. Lin. 
Psi. Teaching and clerking. Theol. course, Gettysburg; ord. 71. Since 74 book 
and job printing, Baltimore. Bachelor. 

Jonathan O. Kaempfer ; b. September 21, 41, Shrewsbury, Pa. 58 — Dec. 60, F. 
Philo. Teaching; had been licensed, but has been otherwise employed. Res., 
Adamsburg, Pa. 

W. H. Kreitzer; f. Myerstown, Pa. 58-9 F. Philo. Merchant, Bloomington, 111. 

Charles F. Kuhnle ; b. January S, 34, in Germany ; carpenter; f. Middletown, Pa. 
58-62 Soph. Philo. Lin. Psi. Fi-eshman prize, divided. Enlisted 210th Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, August 30, 62 ; promoted First Lieut, and Quarter- 
master; discharged February 14, 65. War Department, Washington, D. C., 65-70. 
Treasury Department, 70-5. Superintendent of Orphans' Home, Germantown, Pa.,- 
77. Mar. December 31, 68. to Louisa C. Eyster, Harrisburg. 

A. W. Leslie; f. Rohrersville, Md., pres. res. 58-9, irr. Teacher. 

Clarence Mauck ; b. in Ind. ; f. Laurel, Del. 58-9. Philo. Second Lieut. First 
U. S. Cavalry, March 27, 71 ; Major 9th U. S. Cavalry, March 20, 79. 

* Martin M. Miller; f. Salisbury, N. C. 58-9, irr. Phrena. Killed at Antietam, 
serving in Confederate Army. 

J.Upton Neely; f. Hunterstown. 58-9, 62-3, irr. Philo. Fairfield, Pa. Mer- 
chant. Member Legislature, 81-2. 

George Pfleger; b. March 13, 42, Myerstown, Pa. Prep. Lebanon. 58-60 J. 
Lawyer; adm. to bar, Lebanon, when removed to South Bend, Ind. City Judge, 
72-4. Postmaster, 77. Married October, 63, to Louise Hambleton, Lebanon. 

James Piper ; f. Chambersburg, Pa. 58-9 F. 

Henry Clay Shindle ; b. December 10, 30, in Lancaster, Pa. 58-62 Soph. 
Phrena. Lin. Theol. course, Gettysburg ; lie. 64. Pastorates : Minersville, Pa. ; 
Perryville, Port Royal. A. M., Pennsylvania, Coll. 70. Sergeant Company A 
(College Company), 26th Regiment Pa. Mil., June — July, 63. Mar. June 16, 64, 
to Jane E. Levering, Lancaster, Pa. 

J. G. Sheimer; f. Freemansburg, Pa.; 58-9, irr. Phrena. Manufacturer, Milton, 
Pa. 

James A. Shultz; f. Fairview, Pa.; 5S-60 Soph. Philo. Psi. A. B., Franklin 
and Marshall Coll., 62. Ref. (Ger.) clergyman; pastor, Reading, Pa. 
" Harrison Wagner ; f. Woodsboro, Md., pres. res. 58-60 F. Physician. 

Luther M. Zimmerman; f. Woodsboro-, Md. ; 58-61 J. Phrena. Physician, 
Myersville, Md. 

1859-60. 
*W. D. Anthony; f. Mt. Pleasant, N. C. ; 59-60 Soph. Phrena. Concord, N. C. 

* Daniel D. Bailey; f. Dillsburg, Pa.; 59-61 Soph. Phrena. Corp. Co. K., ist 
Reg. Penn. Reserve Corps; trans. Co. G, 12th P. R. C. D. Oct. 8, 62, from wounds 
received at Gaines' Hill, Va. 

A. Leopold Benze ; b. Sept. 18, ^;i, in Prussia ; f. Lancaster, Pa. ; 2d term 60-2 F. 



1859-60. 367 

Phrena. Theol. course, Gettysburg; ord. 64. Pastor Warren, Pa., 64-72; Erie, 
72 — . Publ. of German Hymns, etc. Mar. Sept. 8, 64, to Elizabeth Kieiil, of Lan- 
caster, Pa. 

*A. L. Bishop; b. Dec. 5, 42, Utica, O. ; f. Emmittsburg, Md. ; 59-61 Soph. 
Philo. Druggist. D. in Sedalia, Mo., April 4, 74. Served in National army, 61-5. 

* Frederick B. Brunner ; f. Stonersville, Pa. ; 59 — d. in Senior Year, 62. Philo. 
Lewis W. Detrich; b. Dec. 26, 40, Franklin county. Pa.; 59-62 F. Philo. Lin. 

Enhsted in Co. B, 138th Reg. P. V., Sept., 62; transferred as 2d Lt. 30th Reg. U. 
S. Colored Troops, Feb. 24, 64; disc. Dec. 12, 64. Clerk of Courts, Franklin 
county, 72-6. Lawyer; adm. to bar 70. Res., Waynesboro, Pa. Mar. Oct. 5, 76, 
to Lottie E. Nevin, Waynesboro, Pa. 

* Enos Dinkle; b. July 10, 42, York co.. Pa.; 59-61 F. ; f. Winchester, Va. 
Phrena. Enlisted June 18, 61 ; Sergt. Co. H,7th Regt. Va. troops; killed at Gettys- 
burg, July 3, 63. 

* David S. George ; f. Lebanon, Pa. ; 59-60, irr. Philo. 

* George Herman Goetz ; b. Mar. 13, 43, Greencastle, Pa.; weaver. 59-62 Soph. 
Philo. Teaching. Adm. to bar, 66; prac. in Xewville, Pa.; d. Mar. 27, 72. Mar. 
in 67 to Maggie Detrich, Greencastle. 

Henry C. (jrossman ; b. Aug. 19, ^^, in Bucks county. Pa. ; 59-62 F. Philo. 
Lin. 1st Lieut. Co. B, 138th Regt. P. V., Aug., 62, to June 65. Wounded in left arm 
during battle of the Wilderness. Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 67; pastor, New 
Chester, Pa. ; Port Carbon ; missionary for Home of Little Wanderers, Phila. ; pas- 
tor, Trefnont, Pa.; Mt. Carmel, Ills.; Constantine, Mich. ; Elkhart, Ind., 81. Mar. 
twice : Jan. 19, 65, to M. Agnes Maize, Trevorton, Pa. ; June 16, 80, to Ella Woell- 
ner, Cincinnati, O. 

Frederick William Hielicher; b. Feb. 14, 43, in Germany; 59-62 Soph.; f. 
Gettysburg. Philo. Clerking and teaching, Williamsport,' Pa., 62-8 ; Gettysburg, 
68-70; shoe merchant, Hanover, Pa., 72. Mar. Dec. 20, 65, to Lizzie M. Wintrode, 
Gettysburg, Pa. 

D. Y. Jones; f. Reading, Pa.; pres. res., 59-61, irr. Philo. 

John Kistler; b. Nov. 12, 34, in Loysville, Pa.; prep. Loysville Academy; 59-60 
Soph. Philo. Theol. course, .Selinsgrove, Pa. ; lie. 62 ; Missionary to Africa, 
63-7; Supt. Orphans' Home, Loysville, 67-9 ; pastor, Tyrone, Pa., charge, 69-77 ; 
Orrsburg, Pa., 77. Trustee Loysville Orphans' Home. Mar. Aug. 28, 62, to Cath- 
arine McCoy, Duncannon, Pa.; Dec. 19, 71, to Sallie Swoyer, Newville, Pa. 

Charles Philip Krauth, son of Rev. Dr. C. Porterfield ; b. May 22, 49, Winchester, 
Va. ; 59-63, 64-6 Soph. ; f. Philadelphia. Philo. Lin. Sigma. A. B., University 
of Pennsylvania, 69. .Student of Mining Engineering, Freiburg, Sa.\ony, 70-6. 
Asst. Supt. Pullman Palace Car Co., Boston, Mass., 81. Married Oct. 9, 81, to Isa- 
bel Wallace, Philadelphia. 

Frank M. Marbourg; f. Johnstown, Pa.; 59-61, irr. Philo. Physician, Schells- 
burg, Pa. 

Ezra L. Reed; b. Nov. 7, 42, Stouchsburg, Pa.; 59-62 Soph. Philo. A. B., 



368 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Franklin and Marshall College, 65. Theol. course, Philadelphia; ord. 68; now 
pastor in Lancaster, Pa. Mar. Aug. 20, 68, to Annie Linley, Philadelphia. 

John W. Reese ; b. November 14, 38, in Philadelphia, Pa. ; 59-62 F. ; f. Cabinet, 
Pa. Phrena. Theol. course, Selinsgrove ; lie. 71. Pastor, Curlsville, Pa., 71-2 ; 
North Hope, 72-5 ; Lairdsville, 75-8; near Bedford, Pa., 78. Mar. June, 71, to 
Henrietta J. Ziegler, Selinsgrove. 

Theodore F. Rudolph ; f. La Crosse, Wis. 59-63 J. Phrena. 

George Unangst Wenner ; b. May 17,44, in Bethlehem, Pa. 59-61 Soph. Phrena. 
Psi. A. B., Yale, 65. Theol. course, Yale and Union Seminaries; ord. 68. Pastor 
in New York City. Secretary of American Evangelical Alliance, number of years. 
Mar. April 14, 80, to Rebecca Pullman, New York. 

V-ahl. Son7tiagsgast, "] 2 \ Sunday Guest, 78; Kirchenbuch, 75; Order of Public 
Worship, Ev. Rev., IV. 614. Rice Lecture, 76. 

Jacob H. Wieting; f. Middletown, Pa. 59-61 Soph. Philo. Psi. A.B.Union 
Coll., 64 ; LL. B. Harvard, 67. Prac. in St. Louis, Mo. 

* Alfred Yeiser; b. September 18, 41, in Lebanon county. Pa. 59-63 Soph. 
Philo. Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 66. Pastor, Schuylkill Haven, Pa., to d., 
February 29, 76. Mar. May 7, 68, to Mary C. Deibert, Schuylkill Haven. 

1860-1. 

John S. Alexander; f. Williamsburg, Pa. 60-1 F. Phrena. 

Wiley A. Clement; f. Salisbury, N. C. 60-I Soph. 

William H. Crawford; f. Gettysburg. 60-4 F. Philo. Chicago, 111. 

Lemuel O. Foose ; b. Jan. 16, 38, in Juniata county. Pa. 60-4 J. F. Markleville, 
Pa. Philo. Lin. Prin. Aaronsburg Academy, 64-5. Supt. Schools, Lima, O., 
65-7 ; Miamisburg, 67-9. Prin. High School, 69-79. Supt. Schools, Harrisburg, 
79. A. M., Penna. Coll., 78. Mar. Aug. 8, 68, to Lizzie E. Kuhn, Hummelstown, 
Pa. 

Charles M. George; f. Lebanon, Pa. 60-2 F. Philo. Clerk. South Bend, Ind. 

Charles Frederick Hinckle; f. Philadelphia, pres. res. 60-5 J. Philo. Zeta. 
Lawyer. 

Luther S. Kaufifman; f. Minersville, Pa. 60-1 F. Phrena. 

Samuel H. Keedy; f. Rohrersville, Md. 60-2 Soph. Phrena. 

Jacob Peters; f. Lebanon, Pa. 60-1 F. 

Samuel S. Stouffer; f. Hollidaysburg, Pa. 60-2, 63-6 J. Phrena. Clergyman. 

* Louis Troutman ; b. in France, Oct. 8, 38. Prepared at Connoquenessing Acad. 
60-1 Soph. B. Pittsburg. Phrena. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Ord. 62. Pastor- 
ates, Metamoras, O.; Massillon ; near Canton. D. Mar. 22, 65. 

* William E. Uhler ; f. Lebanon, Pa. 60-2 F. Philo. Drowned while serving 
as midshipman, on U. S. S. Oneida, sunk in Japanese seas. 

* Simon Stine Wolf; b. Sept. 39, near Rebersburg, Pa. Prepared at Aaronsburg 
Acad. 60-1 Soph. Phrena. Psi. 1st Lieut. Co. A., 148th R., P. V., Aug. 31, 62, 




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1861-63. 369 

to Sept. 25, 63. Merchant. Treasurer, Centre county, 69-71. Member Legisla- 
ture, 73. D. Jan. I, 73. Mar. first to Hannah Kremer, second time to Mrs. C. Keller. 

1861-2. 

John T. P>itts; f. New Hampton, N. J. 61-2, irr. Philo. 

*Charles Garver; b. October 13, 64, Scotland, Pa. 61-4 Soph. Philo. Psi. M. 
D., Jefferson Medical Coll., 68. Prac. in York. D. in April, 80, in Chambersburg. 
Member Company A (College Company), 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, June 
— July, 63. Mar. October 12, 70, to Jane Kimmell (M. D.), Chambersburg. 

Gustavus A. Haefner ; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 61-4 F. Phrena. Physician. 

George Hemminger; b. September 8, 40, in Cumberland county, Pa. 61-2 F. 
Philo. Member Company B, 138th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, August 7, 
62 — June 3, 65. M. D., Detroit (Mich.) Medical Coll. Prac. in Newville, Pa., 69- 
75; Baltimore, 75-6; Carlisle, 76. Mar. in 71 to Annie E. Powell, Baltimore. 

John G. Jacobs; f. East Berlin, Pa. 61-4, irr. Iron business, Readmg, Pa. 

Simon P. Mikesell; b. June 14, 39, in Indiana county, Pa. 61-3 J. Phrena. 
Sigma. Member Company A (College Company), 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Militia, June — July, 63. Clerk in War Department, Washington, D. C, 64-5. Mer- 
chant, Ponca, Neb., 66. Mar. May 12, 68, to Kate M. Rugh, Indiana county, Pa. 

Henry Clay Morrison ; b. September 7, 43, near Taneytown, Md. 61-3. Phrena. 
Zeta. M. D., University of Maryland, 66. Served as Medical Cadet U. S. A., 65-6. 
Prac. in Kansas City, Mo., 66-74. Drug business 74. Member City Council 78-80. 

Ernest A. Muhlenberg; son of Prof. Frederick A., b. in 50. 61-7 J. Phrena. 
Delta. A. B., Muhlenberg Coll., 68. Lawyer. Prac. in Philadelphia. Bachelor. 

William F. Muhlenberg; son of Prof. Frederick A.; b. Nov. 18, 52. 61-7 J. 
Delta. A. B., Muhlenberg Coll., 68. M. D., Univ. of Penna., 72. Practicing in 
Reading, Pa. Bachelor. 

Publ. — Various professional papers. 

Jacob G. Neiffer; f. Frederick, Md. 61-3 J. Philo. Clergyman. Pastorates, 
Richmond, Va. ; Salisbury, N. C. ; Lima, O. 

David F. Rank; f. Jonestown, Pa. 61-5 Soph. Philo. Lawyer, New York 
city. Corp. Co. A. (Coll. Co.), 26th R., P. M., June to July, 63. 

*M. De La Fayette Unger ; b. Jan. 30, 42, in Northumberland county. Pa.; 61-9 
J. Philo. Delta. D. July, 69. 

* Calvin C. Wirt; f. Hanover, Pa.; 61-2 F. Philo. 

Henry J. Wortz; f. McSherrystown, Pa.; 61-2 F. Philo. Wilmington, Del. 

1862-3. 
R. Watson Bergstresser ; f. Gettysburg; 62-3 F. Philo. Huntingdon, Pa. 
James H. Clemson; f. McKinstry's Mills, Md., pres. res.; 62-3, irr. Phrena. 
Merchant. 

Samuel Brown Collins ; b. Sept. 3, 44, in Philadelphia ; 62-5 Soph. Philo. Delta. 
Member Co. A. (Coll. Co.) 26 R. P. M. A. B., Univ. of Penna., 67. Engaged in 
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370 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

law and journalism. Official reporter of Pa. Legislature, since 68. Mar. 68 to Car- 
rie C. Christman, Philadelphia. 

* Charles Etzler ; f. Hanover, Pa. ; 62-4, irr. Philo. 

Frank B. Gardner ; b. Aug. 7, 48, in Carroll county, Md. ; 62-3, irr. Philo. M. 
D., 67, prac. in Baltimore. 

John C. Hutton; b. Dec. 5, 45, in Harrisburg ; 62-5 Soph. Philo. M. D. Uni- 
versity of Penna. 67, prac. Harrisburg. Member Board of Control, 73-81. Mar. 
Feb. I, 68, to Carrie A. Moonay, Port Royal, Pa. 

Frederick A. Lehmann ; f. Pittsburgh ; 62-4 F. Philo. Lawyer, Washington, 
D. C. 

Arthur Markley ; f. Winchester, Va. ; 62-3, irr. 

George B. Myers; b. Oct. 17,46, in Littlestown, Pa.,pres. res. ; 62-4, irr. Phrena. 
Member Co. A. (Coll. Co.) 26 R. P. M. Served 63-5 in U. S. Marine Corps. 
Merchant 67-75 ; farming 75. 

Walter H. O'Neal; son of Dr. J. W. C, Gettysburg; 62-6, 68-9 (Chem.) Phrena. 
M. D., University of Md. ; prac. in Parsons, Pa. 

Theoph. Henry Tritle Sahm ; b. Sept. 8, 47, in Blairsville, Pa. ; son of Rev. Dr. 
Peter; 62-5 J. Phrena. Sigma. Teaching in Centre county, 65-70. Lawyer; 
adm. to bar 70, prac. in Nebraska City, Neb. 

George Ward ; f. Frostburg, Md. ; 62-3, irr. 

* David Waldo Watson; b. March 13, 46, in Nevvville, Pa. ; 62-5 F. Philo. D. 
Jan. 7, 66. 

William M. L. Weills; b. July 22, 39, in Washington, D. C. Prep, at Washing- 
ton College; 62-3 J. Sigma. Grad. M. D., Long Island Med. College, 70; res. in 
Harrisburg, 70. Mar. in 70, to Mrs. E. A. Detrick, of Harrisburg. 

John C. S. Weills; b. March 17, 41, in Washington, D. C. Prep, at Washington, 
College; 62-3 J. Sigma. Member Co. A. (Coll. Co.) 26 R. P. M. A. B., Wash- 
ington College. Theol. course, Philadelphia; ord. 68. Pastor, Valatie, N. Y., 68- 
70; adm. to Epis. ministry, 72. Rector, Navesink, N. J., 72-5; Lithgow, N. Y., 
75. Mar. June 20, 72, to Kittie Isbiston, Niagara, N. Y. 

Albert M. Gibson; b. Nov. 8,44, in Brownsville, Pa.; 62-3 F. Sigma. Adm. 
to bar, 67 ; journahst, 69 ; Washington correspondent N. Y. Sun, "Jl-^l. Special 
Asst. Att'y U. S., April 22, 81 — in Star Route prosecutions. 

Publ.— Political Text Books, 76-80. 

1863-4. 

Frederick Foellinger; f. Fort Wayne, Ind., pres. res. 63-6 F. Philo. 

Joseph G. Griffith . b. Feb. 1 1, 39, in Bucks county. Pa. 63-5 F. Phrena. Mem- 
ber Co. D., 31st R., P. M., June to Aug., 63. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 67. 
Pastorates, WiUiamsport, Pa. ; Montoursville ; Chatham, N. Y. ; Rhinebeck. Mar. 
Feb. I, 72, to Clara M. Lewars, Montoursville, Pa. 

George S. Hickman ; f. Lovettsville, Va. 63-7 F. Phrena. Bakimore, Md. 

David Brainerd Lady; b. Jan. 28, 47, in Cashtown, Pa. 63 to Dec. 67, J, A. B., 



1864-5. 371 

Franklin and Marshall, 69. Phrena. Sigma. Ref. (Oer.) clergyman. Ord. 72. 
Pastor, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., 72-8; Manor Station, 78. Member Board of Missions, 
Ref. church, 74-8. Trustee Greensburg Fem. Sem., 6 yrs. Mar. Nov. 30, 71, to 
Sarah E. Overcash. Member of Editorial staff of Reformed Messenger, 81. 

Robert Nebinger MeLssenhelder ; f. East Berlin, pres. res. 63-7. Phrena. Delta. 
Physician. 

Milton A. Moul; f. York, Pa., pres. res. 63-4 F. 

John Henry Reynolds ; f. Bakersville, Md., pres. res. 64-7 F. Phrena. 

Gus. Adolphus Richardson ; f. Lovettsville, Va. 63-7 F. Phrena. Physician, 
Clearspring, Md. 

George Payson Rowe; b. June 14, 46, in Emmittsburg, Md. 63-6 J. Phrena. 
Delta. Has taught in Oregon and California, also been engaged in mercantile pur- 
suits. Pres. res., Kirwin, Kansas. Bachelor. 

Luther A. Swope; f. Littlestown, Pa. 63-7 J. Phrena. Delta. Member Co. 
A. (Coll. Co.) 26th R., P. M. A. B., Muhlenberg Coll., 68, where several years 
Tutor; now teaching at Sing Sing, N. Y. Bachelor. 

John Bayley Welty ; b. May 10, 46, in Gettysburg. 63-6 J. Philo. Book-keeper, 
Bluffton, Ind. Mar. Oct. 6, 68, to Sarah L. Arnold, Bluffton. 

\Vm. \Yirt Witmer; b. Apr. 6, 43, in Northumberland county. Pa. 63-5 J. F. 
Ickesburg, Pa. Philo. Psi. Member Co. F., 104th R., P. V., March 10 to Aug., 
65. Adm. to the bar, 67. Res., Muscatine, Iowa, 67-75; Des Moines, 75. Partly 
engaged in legal practice, till recently. Editor and proprietor of State Leader. Mar. 
Nov. 7, 71, to Mary C. Stein, Philadelphia. 

1864-5. 

Henry Wesley Baldwin ; f. Neoga, 111. 64-7 F. Philo. 

James K. P. Bates; f. Smithfield, O. 64-71, F. Philo. 

Conrad Clever; b. Feb. 11, 48, in Cumberland county, Pa. 64-8 .Soph. 
Phrena. A. B., Franklin and Marshall College, 70. Ref. (Ger.) clergyman. Ord. 
73. Pastor, Columbia, Pa., 73-9; Third church, Baltimore, 79 — . 

John Franklin Diener ; b. Dec. 14, 45, in Newville, Pa. 64-8, irr. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 70. Pastor, Uniontown, Md.; 70-2 ; New Ger- 
mantown, N. J., 72-6; Catawissa, Pa., 76. Mar. in 69 to Jennie High. 

Wilberforce Gettys; b. November 6, 46, in Athens, Tenn., present res. 64-7 
F. Phrena. Psi. Lawyer. County magistrate and judge. Mayor of Athens. 
Mar. in 71 to Belle McKeldin, Athens. 

John Robert Hoagland ; f. Fort Wayne, Ind., present res. 64-6 F. Philo. 
Sigma. Clerk in U. S. Senate post office, 80-1. 

Peter James Ott ; b. Dec. 25, 42, in Richmond, Pa. 64-8 Soph. Phrena. 
Teaching; res. Stone Church, Pa. Member Co. F, 129 R., P. V., August 13, 62 — 
May 18, 63. Mar. May 19, 77, to Emma J. Dutt, .Stone Church. 

William T. Schell ; b. Nov. 27, 42, in Lehigh county, Pa. 64-6 J. Phrena. Psi. 
Teaching, etc., 66-9. Banking, in Polo, 111., 69 — . Mar. Nov. 9, 69, to Cecilia M. 
Marks, of Polo. Trustee of Carthage College. 



3/2 MEMBERS OF COIXEGE CLASSES. 

Geo. Henry Tmbert ; b. dct. i6. 43. in LancastC;r county. Pa. 04-7). Philo. 
Delta. Theol. course, Thiladelphia. Ord. 70. Pastor, near Ephrata, 70-3 ; Eliza- 
bethtown, 73-7 ; I.ebanon, 77-. Mar. June 5, 70, to M. Lizzie INUnnigh, Gettys- 
burg. 

Publications. — ^Modc of Haptism, 75. Genuine rv. Spiritual Revivals, 76. The 
Life of Luther in Picture and Verse, transl. 79. "Salem Church Record," 79-. 

1S65-6. 

Allen Diehl Albert ; b. September 16,44, in Hanover, Pa.; son of Rev. Jacob. 
Prepared at Turbotville Academy. 65-6 F. Philo. Delta. Principal, Academy, 
Dewart, Pa., 66-70. Teaching, Williamsport schools, 70-6. Principal of Franklin 
Grammar School, Wilkesbarre, 76-Si. Towanda, 81-. A. B.. Pennsylvania Coll.. 
77. Mar. to Sarah A. Faber, Williamsport, Pa. Member Company D, 45th Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, March 29, 62 — December 9, 64. Wounded in right 
foot and left elbow. 

Fred. William Butler; b. August 22, 49, in Berks county, Pa. 65-7 F. Philo. 
Delta. Shipping business, Reading. Mar. in 76 to Mai-y E. Hahn, Chester City, 
Pa. 

Edward Jolni Cox; b. February 20, 52; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 65-71 J. Philo. 
Lawyer. Justice of the Peace, 79. 

Charles M. Dawson; f. Fort Wayne, Tud., pres. res. 65-7 Soph. Phrena. Sigma. 

* Simon P. Felton; b. April 20, 44, in Bedford county. Pa. 65-9 J. Philo. 
Debater, 69. D. May id, 00. 

Samuel G. Finckel ; b. February 23, 45, in Cumberland, Md. ; son of Rev. Dr. 
Samuel D. 65-S Soph. Philo. Zeta. TheoL course, Gettysburg; ord. 71. Pas- 
tor, Rhinebeck, N. Y., 71-9; Taneytown, Md., 79. Mar. October 16, 72, to Nellie 
ElsetTer, Rhinebeck, N. V. Served in Quart. Dept., Washington, D. C, May 61 — 
September 65. 

* Victor Wm. Forrov; b. .Vpril 10, 50, in Pingrove, Pa. 65-70 Sen. D. daring- 
college year 69-70. Philo. Zeta. 

Austin Samuel Garver; b. December 12, 47. in Scotland, Pa. 65-7 Soph. Philo. 
Psi. Theol. course, Andover; ord. 72. Pastorates: Greenwood, Mass.; Hope 
Dale. Is married. 

J^e T. B. Gephart; b. July 20, 4S, in Cumberland, Md.; f. Grasshopper Falls. 
Kan., pres. res. 65-7 F. Phrena. M. D., Rush Medical Coll., Chicago, 70. 
Mar. February 24, 76, to Clai-a S. Tutt. Jefferson county, Kan. 

Marshall Gephart ; f. Grasshopper Falls, Kan. 65-S F. Phrena. 

Alfred Heindel ; f. York. Pa. 65-S F. Philo. 

Daniel Gilbert; f. Gettysburg; 64-8 J. Phrena. Machinist, res., Waynesboro, 
1\\. Now dealer in agricultural implements, Chambersburg, Pa. 

Henry S. Herman; b. Aug. 10, 50, in Waynesboro, Pa. ; 65-70 J. ; f. Hagers- 
town. Md. Phrena. M. D.. University of Md., 76. Prac. at State Line, Franklin 
county. Pa. ; recentlv also engaged in drug business. Mar. Jan. 20. 74, to Siloam C. 
.Stockslager, of Martinsburg. W. Va. 



1866-7. 373 

* Colin Charlesworth McClean ; son of Hon. Moses; 1). May 5, 50, in Gettyslnir}^ ; 
65-8 F. D. Oct. 23, 69. 

Joshua Motter; f. Williamsport, Mr!.; 65-6 F. Philo. Sigma. I{ook-kee[)er in 
Calhoun Banl<, St. Joseph, Mo. 

Charles A. R. Moore; f. Mt. Jackson, Va., pres. res. ; 65-7 F. I'hrcna. Physi- 
cian. 

Wm. Henry Kickert ; b. June 4, 44, in Coopersburg, I'a. ; 65-7 J. I'hrena. A. 
B., Muhlenberg College, 68. Theol. course, Philadelphia; ord. 71. Pastor Market 
Street church, William.sport, Pa., 71 — . Sec. and Member of Board of Education, 
79 — . Mar. April 11, 72, to Lizzie V. McKinstry, of McKin.stry's Mills, Md. 

Amos A. Roth; b. Oct. 19, 46, near Harrisburg ; 65-7 F. Philo. M. I)., Hah- 
nemann Med. Coll., Phila., 70. Prac. I-ancaster, 70-1 ; Frederick, Md., 71 — . Mar. 
P"eb. 23, 71, to I.aura, daughter of Rev. J. S. P'ritchey, I-ancaster. 

John W. Rumple; b. Aug. 11, 40, in Concord, N. C. ; 65-8 Soph. Phrena. 
Delta. A. B., Muhlenberg College, 70. Theol. course, Philadelphia; ord. 73. 
Pastor, Lancaster, 73-5 ; St. Luke's, Philadelphia, 75-80; Commandant (jranville 
(N. Y.) Mil. Acad., 80 — . Ph. D., North Carolina Coll., 79. Capt. and Quarter- 
master 42d Reg. N. C. troops, Mar. i, 62 — May 10, 65. 

Charles E. Sadtler; .son of Rev. Dr. Benjamin; b. Oct. 2, 51, in .Shippensburg, 
Pa.; 65-8, irr.; f. Lutherville, Md. Philo. Clerk in drug store, 68-71. M. D., 
Univ. of Md., 73. Al.so pursued his studies abroad. Prac. in Baltimore, 74 — . 
Connected with Di.spensary Service, 74 — , and chief since 78. A. M., Penna. Col- 
lege, 81. Bachelor. 

Mana.sses J. Smeltzer; f. Middletown, Md. ; 65-7 F. Phrena. 'i'eacher, Salinas, 
Cal. 

Monroe B. Snyder; f. Quakertown, Pa.; 65-7 F. J'hilo. Prof, in High School, 
Philadelphia. 

Edward H. Stelle; f. Washington, D. C. ; 65-8 F. Sigma. 

Jerome E. Stonebraker; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res.; 65-8 F. 

Jeff. Zachary Taylor, son of Dr. J. Wesley, b. Aug. 29, 48, in Quantico, Md.; 
65-7 F. Phrena. Sigma. Grad. M. D., Jefferson Med. Coll., 75; prac. on Deal's 
Island, Md., 75-79; prac. and druggist, Oxford, 79. Mar. Jan. 4, 77, to Hannah 
E. 1-^vans, Deal's Island. 

Charles M. Troxell ; b. Feb. 17, 50, in Emmittsburg, Md. ; 65-7, 68-70 F. Philo. 
In Internal Revenue Dep't.; pres. res., Williamsport, Md. Deputy Collector IV. 
Dist. Mar. May 27, 79, to Annie M. P'leming, Williamsport. 

Samuel A. Zeigenfuss; b. Dec. 12,44, near Quakertown, Pa.; 65-7 F. A. B., 
Muhlenberg Coll., 70. Theol. course, Philadelphia ; ord. 73. Pastor, Sellersville, 
Pa., 73-6; Bath, 76. Mar. Oct. 21, 75, to Mary E. Himmelwright, Quakertown. 

1866-7. 
Wm. Jacob Acker; f. Washington, D. C, pres. res. 66-8, irr. Phrena. 
John O. Baughman ; f. East Berlin, Pa , pres. res. 66-9 F. Phrena. 



374 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

George F. Behringer ; f. New York city. 66-8 Soph. Philo. Clergyman. Pas- 
torates, Mendon, 111. ; Des Moines, Iowa ; Brooklyn, N. Y. 

George W. Cann; b. Jan. 9, 49, in Easton, Pa. 66-7 F. ; f. Frederick, Md. 
Philo. Teaching 67-9. Adm. to bar at Fitchburg, Mass. 72 prac. 72-9 in man- 
ufacturing business, Gardner, Mass. Clerk of Municipal Courts, 70-9. Mar. July 
25, 72, to Ella V. Derby, Gardner, Mass. 

Luther T. Deininger; b. Aug. 24, 47, in East Berlin. 66-8 F. ; f. York, Pa., 
pres. res. Philo. Sigma. Book trade. Sec. Penn Mut. Relief Assc, 73—7. 
Borough Council, 81. Mar. Oct. 20, 70, to Laura C. Small, York. 

J. Murray Gait; f. Baltimore, Md. Phrena. Chicago, 111. 

William L. Guinther; f. Reading, Pa., pres. res. 66-7 S. Phrena. Lawyer. 

John C. Haverstock; f. Heidelsburg, Pa., pres. res. 66-9 F. 

George H. Heffner; f. Kutztown, Pa. 66-7 Soph. Phrena. Teacher, Womels- 
dorf, Pa. Formerly Prof, in Palatinate Coll 

Jas. Henry Huber ; b. in 55. Son of Dr. Henry S., Gettysburg. 66-72 F. Drug- 
gist, Waynesboro, Pa., 76-81 ; Downingtown, Pa., 81. Mar. to Miss Titus, Gettys- 
burg. 

Albert S. Kemp, son of Dr. William M., b. May 17, 52, in Baltimore, Md. 66-9 
Soph. Philo. Sigma. Civil Eng., Ore Knob, N. C, for some years; now book- 
keeper, Baltimore, Md. 

William H. Ketterrhan; f. York county. Pa. 66-9 Soph. Philo. Theol. course, 
Gettysburg. Lie. 71. Pastor, Glenville, Pa., 71. 

Milton J. Kramlich; b. Nov. 5, 45, in Lehigh county, Pa. Prepared at Keystone 
State Normal School. 66-7 Soph. Phrena. A. B., Muhlenberg College, 69. 
Theol. course, Philadelphia. Ord. 73. Pastor, Nazareth, Pa. ; near Foglesville, 
and teaching 77. 

John Jacob Kuntz ; b. Sept. 5, 45, in Northampton county. Pa. 66-7 F. Philo. 
A. B., Muhlenberg Coll., 70. Theol. course, Philadelphia. Ord. 73. Pastor, Mul- 
berry, Ind., 73-81; Conyngham, Pa., 81. Mar. June 17, 73, to Sallie A. Keck, 
Allentown, Pa. 

William H. Kuntz : b. Sept. 5, 45, in Cherryville, Pa.; 66-7 F. Philo. A. B., 
Muhlenberg College, 70. Theol. course, Philadelphia; ord. 73; pastor in Lycom- 
ing county. Pa., 73-4; Schuylkill Haven, 74. Mar. June 19, 73, to Damietta L. 
Kuntz, Slatington, Pa. 

Mervin J. McCreary ; f. Gettysburg, Pa.; 66-70 Soph. Philo. Washington, 
D. C. 

Charles M. McCurdy; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 66-70 F. Teller Gettysburg National 
Bank. 

Henry A. Muhlenberg; f. Reading, Pa., present res.; 66-7. Phrena. Lawyer. 

Erwin B. Rentz ; f. Montgomery Station, Pa. ; 66—7 F. Phrena. Physician, 
Wichita, Kansas. 

W. F. McKnight Ritter ; b. Jan. 25, 46, in Milton, Pa. ; 66-8 Soph. Phrena. 



1867-8. 375 

A. B., University of Michigan, 71. Assistant in Detroit Observatory, 71-5 ; National 
Observatory, 76-8; assistant in office of American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, 
78. 

Natlian G. Sheimer; f. Freemansburg, Pa., present res.; 66-9 F. Phrena 
Farmer. 

Malcolm O. Smith ; b. Nov. 2, 44, in York, Pa. ; 66 to Jan. 68 J. Philo. Teach- 
ing, 68-70 ; established and edited //"^-w, Glen Rock, Pa., 70-2 ; established in 72 
and has edited Hanover, Pa., Herald, 72. A. B., Penna. College, 73. Mar. Dec. 
II, 67, to Louisa H. S., daughter of F. E. Vandersloot, M. D., Gettysburg. Published 
various local historical papers. Member Co. E, 103d Regt. P. V., Mar. 27 to July 
27, 65. 

Clinton H. Spangler ; f. Gettysburg; 66-71 J. Philo. Merchant, Hagerstown, 
Md. 

Joshua E. Van Camp; b. Feb. 22, 44, in Perry co.. Pa. ; 66-7 F- Philo. M. D., 
University of Michigan, 70; prac. in Markleville, Pa., 70-2; Plainfield, Pa., 72. 
Mar. Nov. 3, 70, to Rachel M. Keiser, of Middlesex, Pa. Member Co. H, 133 
Regt. P. v., Aug. 8, 62, to May 26, 63; Sergt. Co. E, 208 Regt. P. V., Sept. i, 64, 
to June I, 65. 

Adam N. Warner; b. July 15, 48, in Carroll county, Md., 66-70, 71-2, irr. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; ord. 75 ; pastor in York county, Pa.; Minersville; Mon- 
toursville, 80. Mar. Jan. 20, 76, to Josephine Quiggle, Salona, Pa. 

* Henry Woodward; b. Feb. 11, 52, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.; 66-8 F. ; f. Reading. 
Phrena. Sigma. A. B., Muhlenberg College. Adm. to the bar 73, prac. in Phila- 
delphia, 73-7. D. in Reading, Feb. 27, 78. 

1867-8. 

John B. Anthony, son of Rev. J. B., f. Mifflin ; 67-9 Soph. Phrena. 

Joseph H. Bittinger; b. Feb. 3, 52, in Adams county, Pa.; 67-71 F. Philo. 
Teaching for some years. M. D., Jefferson Med. Coll., 78; prac. Hanover, Pa., 
78-81 ; Philadelphia, 81. Bachelor. 

Thomas Boyd; b. July 28, 47, in Fayette county. Pa.; 67-70 Soph; f. Grand 
Ridge, 111. Philo. Delta. Adm. to the bar in Chicago, 111., 75 ; in 76, began 
theol. course. Pastor, Warsaw, Ind. A. M., Wooster University, 75. Mar. Sept. 
8, 80, to Miss N. B. Wilson, Chicago. 

Harry Fred. Cox; b. Dec. 26, 55; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 67-71 Soph. In Mechan- 
ical Engineering dep't, P. R. R. Co., Altoona. 

George D. Crawford ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 67-70 F. Bureau Eng. and Printing, 
Washington, D. C. 

Charles Edw. Fink; b. May 21, 52; 67-9 F. Student in St. Charles (Cath.) 
College, Ellicott, Md., 69-72, and Asst. Prof, of Latin, etc., in same, 73-6. Adm. 
to bar 78; prac. in Gettysburg, 78-9; Westminster, Md., 79. A. M., St. Mary's 
Univ., 78. 

John Baily Hamilton ; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 67-70 F. Farmer. 



3/6 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

Homer Hart Hewitt ; f. Williamsburg, Pa. ; 67-9 F. Philo. Altoona, Pa. 

McClellan Hersh ; f. New Oxford, Pa.; 67-71 F. Philo. Sigma. In Eng. 
Corps, Collin's Brazil expedition. Clerk in Gas Trust Office, Philadelphia. 

John H. Hoshour; f. Glen Rock, Pa. ; 67-70 F. Philo. Clerk, York, Pa. 

Simon Koser ; f. Gettysburg ; 67-70 F. Philo. 

Casimer B. Kreichbaum; f. Chambersburg, Pa., pres. res., 67-8. Philo. Butcher. 

Luther L. Lipe* f. Sterling, 111.; 67-8 J. Philo. Theol. course, Gettysburg. 
Pastorates, Mt. Morris, 111. ; Dixon, 111. 

Casimer B. Ludwig ; b. Feb. 21, 52, in Chambersburg, Pa.; 67-9, 70-1 F. Philo. 
Zeta. A. B., Wittenberg College. Theol. course, Yale Seminary; ord. 76. Pastor, 
(Cong.) Williamston, Mich. Mar. to Maggie A. Keller, Grantsville, Md. 

Adam B. Miller; b. March 4,44, in Jackson, Pa.; Merchant.; 67-72 J.; f. Easton, 
Pa. Phrena. Theol. studies privately while teaching ; lie. 73. Pastor, Liberty, Pa. 
Mar. March 3, 72, to Mary C. Dewey, Easton. 

Amos S. Musselman ; b. October 19, 51, near Fairfield, Pa. 67-70, 75-6 Soph. 
Philo. Psi. Book-keeping, 76-80. Wholesale grocer, 80. Res., Grand Rapids, 
Mich. Mar. September 12, 77, to Ella Hostetter, Lancaster, Pa. 

Samuel Clarence Plank ; f. Allen, Pa. 67-70 F. Philo. Engaged in wholesale 
drughouse, formerly Baltimore, now in Philadelphia. Married. 

Edward E. Reindollar; f. Taneytown, Md., pres. res. 67-9 F. Phrena. Mer- 
chant. 

Julius A. Reeder; f. Omaha, Neb., pres, res. 67-8 F. Philo. Druggist. 

John H. Roth ; f. Chambersburg. 67-72 Sen. Philo. Philadelphia. 

Harry B. Sadtler; f. Baltimore, Md., pres res. 67-9 Soph. Philo. 

Charles C. Stein ; f. Philadelphia. 67-8 Soph. Phrena. Delta. Lawyer, Lin- 
coln, Neb. 

Abraham Z. Thomas ; b. August 8, 43, in Camden, Ind. 67-9, irr. Theol. course, 
Springfield, O. ; lie. 71. Pastorates: Reedsburg, O. ; New Franklin, Idaville, Pa. ; 
Perryville, O. ; Crestline. Mar. Api-il 22, 73, to Lizzie Smyser, Pittsburg. 

Rev. J. B. Van Meter; Methodist pastor, Gettysburg. Attending Soph., 67-8. 

Jos. Henry Walterick ; b. Feb. 5, 48, in Shippensburg, Pa., 67-8 — 72-3, irr. 
Philo. Psi. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Ord. 76. Pastor, Hooversville, Pa.; 76-8 ; 
Tyrone, 78-. Mar. Sept. 23, 69, to Ada Rebok, near Shippensburg. Member Co. 
I., 9th R. P. Cav., Sept. 29, 64 — July 20, 65. Prisoner Nov. 22, 64 — March 9, 65. 

1868-9. 

Titus Berst; b. April 10, 47, in Erie, Pa., present res. 68-72 J. Phrena. Seeds- 
man and florist. Commissioner to visit Meth. Epis. churches of Sandwich Islands, 
74-5. Director of schools, 78-. Sec. of City Pass. R. W. Co. Mar. Feb. 22, 77, 
to Mary G. Brubaker, Millersburg, Pa. Member Co. F, 197th R., P. M., July-Nov. 64. 

Charles B. Fink; son of Rev. Dr. Reuben A.; b. Feb. 28, 51, in Newtown, Va. 
68-71, Soph. Res. Johnstown, Pa. Phrena. After a year at Lewisburg University 



1869-71. 377 

established in 73, and has since pubHshed and edited Latrobe, Pa., Advance. Mar. 
Oct. 13, 75, to Mary V. Mackey, of Chester county, Pa. 

Mill?Lrd F. Flowers; f. Gettysburg. 68-71, Soph. Physician. 

Henry Glitch ; f. Johnstown, Pa. 68-71 F. Phrena. Lawyer, Eureka Springs, Ark. 

Octavius Hileman; f. Altoona, Pa., 68-71 F. Phrena. Williamson, Va. 

Benjamin F. Hughes; f. GettyslArg, Pa.; 68-9 Soph. Philo. Insurance Agent, 
Philadelphia. 

Samuel Alex. McCosh ; b. June 22, 49, in Troup county, Ga. ; 68-71 Soph.; f. 
Hanover, Pa. Phrena. Delta. One year at Cornell. M. D., JeflF. Med. Coll., 75. 
Prac. in Stewartsville, N. J., till recently in Atlanta, Ga. Mar. April 22, 79, to 
Louise W. Kellogg, Stewartsville. 

Geo. Kossuth Metzgar; f. Hanover, Pa., pres. res^; 68-71 F. Philo. 

Elder J. Metzger; f. Hanover, Pa.; 68-72, irr. Philo. Theol. course, Gettys- 
burg; lie. 74. Pastor, Littlestown, Pa. 

Yates Penniman; f. Baltimore, pres. res.; 68-71 Soph, irr. Philo. 

John C. Wright ; f. Mifflin, Pa. ; 68-9 F. Phrena. Farming at Farmington, Mo. 

1869-70. 

Abraham E. Carpenter; f. Springtown, N. J.; 69-70. Phrena. .Sigma. M. IJ., 
Jefferson Med. Coll. Prac. at Boonton, N. J. 

John Shilcut Jones; f. Lexington, Mi.ss. ; 69-71 J., irr. Phrena. 

Francis H. Hemperly : son of Rev. G. W. ; 69-70 Soph. Theol. course, Gettys- 
burg. Universalist clergyman; recently short-hand reporter, Harrisburg. 

George B. Kraber; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 69-71 Soph. Phrena. 

John S. Parson; son of Rev. George ; 69-71 Soph.; f. Hanover. Phrena. Delta. 
Physician, Parker, Dakota. 

Geo. Clarence Probst ; son of Rev. John F. ; 69-74, irr. Summerville, S. C. 

Harper W. Snyder; b. Nov. 14, 52, in Huntingdon county, Pa.; 69-71 F. ; f. 
Cassville, Pa. Philo. Zeta. Prin. of Cassville Institution. Adm. to the bar 76, in 
Monticello, Ind. Prac. in Remington, Ind. Mar. to Salina G. Hurdy. 

Isaac N. Thomas; f. Camden, Ind.; 69-72 Soph. Philo. Pres. clergyman, Car- 
dington, O. 

Charles Edward Trostle ; f. Square Corner; 69-70. Phrena. 

George B. Ulrich; f. Harrisburg, Pa. 69-71, 73-6 Soph. Phrena. Lawyer, Leb- 
anon, Pa. 

1870-1. 

Wm. Frederick Atkinson ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 70-5 Soph. Philo. 

Robt. Florio Be van ; f. Baltimore, Md. 70-4 Soph. Philo. Fruit business, 
Malaga, Spain. 

Henry C. Bittenbender ; f. Bloomsburg, Pa., pres. res. 70-3 J. Phrena. Delta. 

John Samuel Bridges , b. Dec. 4, 56, in Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 70-3 F. 
Philo. Psi. Printer and engraver. Mar. June 4, 79, to Mary E. Weills, Gettysburg. 



3/8 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

J. Brady F. Cox; b. Oct. 57; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 70-4 P. 75-7 Chem. P. R. R. 

John C. Davis; b. Apr. 16, 48, in Cumberland county, Pa. 70-2 Soph. Phrena. 
M. D., Jeff. Med. Coll., 75. Prac. at Mt. Holly, Pa. Mar. Jan. i, 79, to Ella C. 
Peffer, of Dickinson, Pa. 

William P. Evans; b. Jan. 16, 49, at Jersey Shore, Pa. Son of Rev. Joshua. 
Prepared at Selinsgrove, Pa. 70-1 J. Phrena. < Teacher and theol. student. Hart- 
wick, N. Y. Lie. 73. Pastor, Gallupville, N. Y., 73-7 ; Cohansey, N. J., 77-81 ; 
Columbia, Pa., 81. Mar. Oct. 8, 73, to Elva Rockfellow, Cobleskill, N. Y. 

Henry M. Evans; b. Dec. 31, 51, in York county. 70-1 F. ; f. Newville, Pa. 
Philo. Psi. A. B., Dickinson Coll., 74. Land Surveyor. Brandsville P. O., Pa. 

George L. Eyster; b. May 14, 53, in Chambersburg, Pa. Prepared, Mercersburg 
Coll. 70-2 Soph. Philo. Sigma. M. D., Univ. of Penna., 74. Prac. Saline 
county, Neb., 74-6; Rock Island, 111., 76. City physician, 76. Mar. Feb. 17, 76, 
to Fanny P. Wright, Philadelphia. 

Publ. — Numerous Medical and Sanitary papers. 

Albert F. Gait; f. Taneytown, Md., pres. res. 70-1 F. Phrena. 

Bergen Q. Hallenbeck ; f. Brooklyn, N. Y., pres. res. 70-3 F. Philo. Delta. 
Clerk in bonded warehouse. 

Kenton M. Harper; f. Gettysburg. 70-5 J. Philo. Editor, Cumberland, Md. 

John H. Hess; f. Gettysburg. 70-3 F. Phrena. Meth. Epis. clergyman. 

Jacob S. Moser; b. Aug. 3, 49, in Madisonville, Tenn. 70-I Soph. Phrena. 
A. B., Roanoke Coll., 78. Theol. course, Salem, Va. Lie. 78. Pastor, Mt. Jack- 
son, Va. Mar. May 24, 74, to Virginia Seberer, Gibsonville, N. C. 

Peter V. G. Ott ; f. Stone Church, Pa. 70-2 Soph. 74-5 Soph. Philo. Theta. 
Teaching for some time. Now druggist, Portland, Pa. 

John Piper; f. Newville, Pa., pres. res. 70-2. Phrena. Teaching and farming. 

George S. Rea; f. Loysville, Pa. 70-1 Soph. Philo. Psi. 

William C. Seidel; f. Sterling, 111. 70-1 J., irr. Theol. course, Gettysburg. 

*John Smith; b. January 25, 53, near Taneytown, Md. 70-2 F. Philo. D. 
during Freshman year. May 26, 72. 

* Simon A. Stine; b. August 31, 58, in Lebanon, Pa. 70-2 F. Philo. Delta. 
D. January 2, 76, in Philadelphia. 

*^M. Luther Tomlinson; b. February 5, 51, in Bedford county. Pa. 70-4 Sen. 
D. August 13, 74. Philo. 

1871-2. 

Walter Compher ; f. Waterford, Va., pres. res. 71-4 F. Phrena. 

Williams. Delp; b. Nov. 10, 47, Chalfont, Pa. 71-3 F. Phrena. Teaching. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 81. Pastor, Chalfont, Pa.; Uniontown, Md., 82. 
Mar. October 21, 81, to Jennie M. Knecht, Bethlehem, Pa. 

Harry M. Stable; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 71-5 Soph. Printer. 



1872-4. 379 

1872-3. 

Henry I. R. Davidheiser; f. Gilbertsville, Pa., pres. res. 72-4 J. Philo. Farmer. 

Edwin J. Farber; b. December 22, 56, in Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 72-4 F. 
Philo. Psi. Freshman prize. A. B., Lafayette, 77. LL. B., Univ. of Maryland, 79. 

Frederick M. Farber; f. Baltimore, Md. 72-5 F. Philo. 

Edward J. Field; f. Fond du Lac, Wis., pres. res. 72-4, irr. Phrena. Sigma. 

Charles B. Gruver; b. March 23, 46, in Northampton county. Pa. 72-4 J., irr.; 
f. Gettysburg. Phrena. Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 75. Pastor, Schellsburg, 
Pa., 75. Mar. to Christiana Bachman, Northampton county. Pa. 

Charles B. Leitzell; f. Penn Hall, Pa. 72-3 F. Philo. Physician. Reimers- 
burg. Pa. 

Charles T. Officer; b. in 54, Jacksonville, 111., 72-3 F; f. Council Bluffs, Iowa, 
present res. A. B., Lafayette, 78. Banker. 

Theodore C.Sanderson; b. May 12, 49, in Perry county. Pa. ; 72-3 F. Philo. 
Delta. Weighmaster H. & B. T. R. R., Saxton, Pa. Mar. Oct. 30, 73, to Jane 
Fickes, Newport, Pa. Member Co. A, 149th Regt. P. V., Feb. to July, 65. 

Herman F. Willard ; b. Feb. 23, 57, at Loysville, Pa.; 72-5 F. Philo. Sigma. 
Farming and stock-raising, Americus, Kans. 

1873-4. 

Edwin L. Beckley; b. Mar. 26, 58, in Boonsboro, Md. ; 73-6 F. Philo. M. D., 
Jefferson Medical College, 79; prac. Middletown, Pa. 

William C. Boteler ; f. Middletown, Md. ; 73-6 Soph. Philo. Surgeon U. S. 
Indian Service, Otoe Agency, Neb. ; present res., St. Joseph, Mo. Editor of a med- 
ical journal. 

Wilson B. Buck ; f. Cumberland, Md. ; 73-5 Soph. Philo. 

John C. Bucher; f. Hanover, Pa., present res. ; 73-6. (Chem.) Philo. Physician. 

George Clabaugh ; f. Taneytown, Md. ; 73-5 F. Merchant. Philadelphia. 

Philip S. Dickey; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res.; 7J-4. Philo. Psi. 

Henry J. Farber; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res.; 73-6.- Philo. Psi. 

James E. Gilbert; f. Winchester, Va. ; 73-4 F. Phrena. Engineer in Black 
Hills country. 

Edward Artz Herbst; son of Dr. John E., b. May 17, 59, in Paterson, Pa. 73-9 
Sen. F. Hagerstown, Md. Philo. Lin. Delta. Cashier of Bank, Abilene, 
Kansas. Mar. Feb. 9, 81, to Molhe E. Delphey, Baltimore, Md. 

John K. Marshall ; b. in 54, f. Ashland, Pa. 73-6 (Chem). Phrena. Psi. M. 
D., Univ. of Penna., 79. Demonstrator in Chem. Laboratory of same ; has pub- 
lished a number of chemical papers, and (with Dr. E. F. Smith) chem. examination 
of Urine. 

Gilliland McMiller; b. in 57, f. Catonsville, Md., present res. 73-6 F. Philo. 
Psi. 



380 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

James B. Rabey ; b. in 57; f. Quincy, Pa. 73-6 F. Philo. Psi. Lawver,- 
Chambersburg, Pa. 

Clarence J- Reddig; b. Nov. 4, 55, in Shippensburg. Pa., present res. 73-6 J- 
Philo. Theta. Grad. of Eastman Business College. Merchant. Officer of county 
and state S. S. conventions. 

Joseph B. Robins; b. Oct. 23, 57. in Catawissa, Pa. 73-7 J. Phrena. Freight 
agent, Lyons, N. Y., 77—9. Lawyer; admitted to the bai", 81 ; prac. Catawissa. 

Upton A. Sharretts; b. Dec. 27, 57, in Bruceville, Md. 73-8 F. Philo. Delta. 
Teaching 7S-80 Student Hahnemann Med. College, Si- 
Frank Smyser; f. York, Pa., present res. 73-6 J. Phrena. Lawyer. 
George A. Strauss; f. Baltimore, Md., present res. 73-7, Soph. Philo. Mer- 
chant. 

Richard H. Welfley; h. in 58. son of Dr. David P., of Cumberland, Md. 73-6, 
Soph. Phrena. ^L D., University of Md., 82; prac. in Pomeroy, W. Ya. 

1874-5. 
Frank C. Brink erhoff; f. Gett}-sburg ; 74-9 F. Clerk, Evansville, Ind. 
Thomas M. Defrees ; b. in 57; f. Washington, D. C, pres. res. ; 74-5. Civil 

Engineer course. Sigma. 

Reuben F. Hassinger ; f. Beaver Springs, Pa. ; 74-5 Soph. Phrena. Clergy- 
man, Halstead, Kansas. 

Alexander S. Koser; b. in 56. in Cumberland county, Pa. ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 
74-9 Soph. Philo. Dentist. Schuylkill county. Pa. 

John Lerch ; b. Feb. 28, 50, in Clarion county, Pa. Prep, at Selinsgrove ; 74-5 J. 
Phrena. Theol. coiirse, Gettysburg; ord. 78. Pastor, Jeftersontown. Ky. Mar. July 
27, 71, to Susannah J. Hoover, Clarion county. Pa. 

*Ham- J. Linnville; b. in 58; f. Fernandina. Fla. ; 74-6 F. Philo. Psi. D. in 
76. 

Joseph H. Middlekauff; b. in 56; f. Hagerstown, Md. ; 74-6 Soph. Phrena. 
Delta. Physician, Hayes City,- Kansas. 
Jacob Paul ; f. Portland, Pa. ; 74-5 F. 

^Villiam E. Parke; b. in 58; f. Johnstown. Pa., pres. res.; 74-7 F. Philo. 
Merchant. 

Horace Bunn Philson; b. in 59 in Berlin, Pa., pres. res.; 74-7 F. Phrena. 
Delta. Banker. 

AiYinslow S. Pierce; b. in 57, in Indianapolis, Ind. ; 74-S J. Phrena. Sigma. 
Lawyer and Broker, Xew York City. 

Benjamin Sadtler ; b. in59; f. Luther\-ille, Md. ; 74-6 F. Philo. 

Eugene A. Stabler ; f. Norristown, Pa. ; pres. res. ; 74—7 F. Phrena. Sigma. 

Druggist, grad. of Phila. Coll. of Pharmacv. 



1875-8. 38i 

1875-6. 

J. A. Brown; b. in 62; f. Hellam, Pa. ; 75-6. A. B., Carthage College. 

Edw. L. Croll ; b. in 58, in Middletown, Pa., pres. res. 75-6 F., irr. Philo. 

Harry Y. Davis; b. in 61, Washington, D. C, pres. res. 75-80, (Chem.) Philo. 
Psi. 

Halleck P. Fahnestock ; b. in 61; son of Dr. E. G. Fahnestock, Gettysburg; 
75-81 Soph. Philo. Sigma. Conductor P. P. Car Co. 

Harry K. Kroh ; b. Sept. 21, 60; f. Gettysburg, pres. res.; 75-8 F. Drug clerk. 

Samuel S. Blair Ramey; b. in 58; f. Altoona, Pa.; 75-8 Soph. Sigma. Mer- 
chant, Ramey's Station, Pa. Mar. to Nellie, daughter of Rev. Dr. J. A. Brown, 
Gettysburg. 

I. Preston Rice; b. Sept. 25, 56, in Smith.sburg, Md. ; 75-6 F. ; f. Shippensburg, 
Pa. With Garfield Mfg. Co., Chicago. Mar. Aug. 23, 80, to Millie E. Duff, Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa. 

Louis F. Shindel; b. in 58; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res.; 75-80 Sen. Philo. 
Teaching. 

1876-7. 

Mervin A. Bigham; b. March, 62, near Gettysburg, pres. res.; 76-81 F. Philo. 

Benjamin A. Filbert; b. in 57, in Pinegrove, Pa. ; f. Schuylkill Haven, Pa., pres. 
res.; 76-8 (Chem.) Teaching. 

William ¥. P. Kunkle ; b. in 49; f. South Bend, Pa., pres. res.; 76-7 F. Mar. 
March 29, 82, to Miss Shellhammer, Cochran's Mills, Pa. 

William G. Lenker; b. in 56; f. Sunbury, Pa.; 76-7 Soph. Phrena. Student of 
Wittenberg College. 

William D. Loudon; b. in 59; f. Altoona, Pa.; 76-80 Soph. Phrena. Sigma. 

Martin L. MaHck ; b. in 53 ; f. Mile Run, Pa. ; 76-8 J. Clergyman, Waverly, Neb. 

John C. Ort ; b. in 60 ; f. Gettysburg ; 76-9 F. 

T. Veeraragara Roy ; f. Guntoor, India, pres. res. ; 76 F. 

John H. Ruhl; b. in 60, near Middletown, Pa.; 76-80 (Chem.) Psi. Medical 
student, Univ. of Penna. 

George P. Tustin; b. Mar. 23, 58, at Chester .Springs, Pa. 76-7 Soph. Philo. 
P.si. Farmer. 

Harry S. W^aidlich ; b. October 10, 58, in Mercersburg, Pa., pres. res. Prepared 
in Mercersburg Coll. 76-7 F. Phrena. Sigma. Clerk. 

1877-8. 

Samuel H. Barrett; b. in 56; f. Dayton, Pa.; 77-9 Soph. Phrena. Teaching, 
Punxsutawney, Pa. 

James Allen Brown; b. March 7, 62; son of Rev. Dr. James A., of Gettysburg. 
77-80 F. Philo. Psi. Lancaster. 

John William Brown; b. September 12 64; son of Rev. Dr. James A., of Gettys- 



382 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

burg. 77-81 Soph. Philo. Psi. Lancaster. Student in Franklin and Marshall 
College. 

Byrd G. Eichelberger ; b. in 60; f. Frederick, Md. 77-8, irr. Baltimore, Md. 
Clerk. 

Henry J. Fah ne stock ; son of Henry J., Gettysburg, pres. res. 77-81 F. Sigma. 

Robert A. Frey; b. in 60; f. Lovettsville, Va., pres. res. 77-9 F. Philo. Psi. 

Thomas Maught Gaver ; b. in 59 ; f. Burkittsville, Md., pres. res. 77-81 J. Philo. 

Benjamin F. Homan ; b. in 54; f. Pine Grove Mills, Pa., pres. res. 77-8 F. Phrena. 

Claience Seabrook ; f. Westminster, Md., pres. res. 77-80 Soph. Phrena. Sigma. 

Horatio G. Shull ; b. November 9, 58, at Martin's Creek, Pa. 77-9 J. Philo. 
Sigma. Merchant, Easton, Pa. Mar. January 8, 79, to Jennie Harris, of Get- 
tysburg. 

George H. Striewig ; b. November 18, 58, in Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 77-9 F. 
Phrena. Sigma. 

John Clay Tustin ; b. in 60, at Chester Springs. 77-9 (Chem.) Psi. Med. student. 
University of Pennsylvania. 

Charles K. Yeager; f. Allegheny City, pres. res. 77-9 F. Psi. Law student. 

1878-9. 

Walter C. Frontz; b. in 56; f. Hughesville, Pa.; 78-9 F., irr. Phrena. Delta. 

Henry H. Grant; b. in 56, in Jasper county, Iowa; f. Washington. D. C. ; 78-81 
Soph. Phrena. Lin. Theol. student at Drew Seminary. Telegraph operator for a 
number of years. Clerk .Senate Committee, 77. Newspaper correspondent at differ- 
ent times. 

James B. Johnson ; b. in 50 ; f. Homer City, pres. res. 78-82 J. Phrena. Theta. 

Edgar A. Malsch ; b. in 60 ; f. Frelsburg, Te.xas, pres. res. 78-9 J. Phrena. 

David Mc.C. Mcllhenny; b. in 61, in Gettysburg; f. Martinsburg, W. Va., pres. 
res. 78-81 Soph. Phrena. Psi. Student of Pharmacy. 

James Mewhinny; b. in 79; f. Barren Hill, Pa., pres. res. 78-80 F. Philo. 
Medical student University of Pennsylvania. 

Edwin McC. Null; b. April 23, 60, near Green Mount, Pa., present res.; 78-81 
F. Philo. 

Henry B. Walter; f. Greencastle, Pa.; 78-9 F. Theta. Homeopathic physician, 
Harrisburg, Pa., 80. 

1879-80. 

Charles E. Emerick ; b. Oct. 4, 58, near Centre Hall, Pa., present res. ; 79-81 F. 
Phrena. 

John D. Kutzner; f. Shamokin, Pa., present res. 79-81 (Chem.). Sigma. Mer- 
chant. 

George B. McC. Metzgar; f. Williamsport, Pa., present res. 79-81 F. Philo. Psi. 



PREPARATOKIANS. 383 

Benjamin R. M. Sheeder; son of Rev. Philip; f. New Blooinfield, Pa.; 79-81 
Soph. Phrena. Res. Idaville, Pa. 

Charles K. Swartz ; b. in 61 ; son of Rev. Dr. Joel; 79-80 Soph. Engaged in 
private study ; res., Gettysburg. 

Charles H. Ulery; b. in 60; son of Rev. William F. ; f. Greensburg, Pa., present 
res.; 79-81 Soph. Phrena. Delta. Clerk. 

Levi D. Wiest; b. in 59, Spring Forge, Pa.; 79-81 Soph. Philo. Student at 
Ann Arbor, Mich. 

John V. Wingard ; b. Apr. 13, 57; f. Kelly's Station, Pa., present res.; 79-81 F. 
Philo. Psi. 

Elmer A. Wolfe ;.b. in 62; f. Union Bridge, Md., present res.; 79-81 Soph. 
Phrena. Farmer. 

Ambrose L. Wolfe; b. in 64; f. Union Bridge, Md., present res.; 79-81 Soph. 
Phrena. Farmer. 

1881-2. 

Jefferson P. Biehl ; f. Lewisburg, Pa., pres. res. 80-1. (Chem.) Theta. Student 
Jefferson Med. Coll. 

C. Lyman Filbert; b. Sept. 5, 60, in Pinegrove, Pa., pres. res. 80-1, irr. Clerk. 



PREPARATOKIANS. 

1837-8. 
Gilliard Duck ; f. Harrisburg. 37-8. 
John Ellendien; f. Elizabethtown, Pa. 37-8. 

John Garver ; b. Feb. 29, 16, Washington county, Md. 37-8. Philo. Res. Scot- 
land, Pa. Farmer, Pecatorica, 111. 

Edgar Garvin ; b. Gettysburg. 37-40. Philo. Evansville, Ind. 
Josiah Gebhart ; f. Somerset. 37-8. Dayton, O. 

* George A. Hamill ; f. Shippensburg, Pa. 37-9- Phrena. A. B., Dickinson 
Coll. Practiced medicine at Beddington, W. Va., 46-51 ; Martinsburg, 56 till d., 
Nov. 10, 71. 

Thomas Haupt ; f. Philadelphia. 37-8. 

Lewis Haupt; f. Philadelphia. 37-8. 

George W. Hemperly; b. July 29, 18, in Middletown, Pa. 1837-9. Philo. 
Private theol. study. Lie. 42. Pastor at present at Cobleskill, N. Y. First wife, 
Elizabeth Ann Van Coughnet ; second, Cornelia Gras, Palatine, N. Y. 

* Christian F. Kunkel ; b. Sept. 12, 14, in Harrisburg. 37-8. Theol. course, 
Gettysburg. Lie. 41. D. at Shippensburg, Pa., Sept 16, 55. M. Amanda Wilhelm, 
of Greencastle, May 11, 41. 

Peter Levergood ; f. Johnstown, Pa. .'^7-8. Phrena. Tanner, Johnstown. 



384 MEMBERS OF COLLEGE CLASSES. 

John B. Livingstone; f. Gettysburg. 37-40. Philo. Indianapolis, Ind. 

* James Mehaffy; b. in 18, in Marietta, Pa. 37-8. Lumber merchant. 
James Miller; f. Gettysburg. 37-8. 

John A. Nuner; f. Franklin county. Pa. 37-8. 
John C. Sample ; f. Cumberland county. Pa. 37-8. 

* John F. Schmidt ; f. York, Pa. 37-8, Phrena. 

Jacob Sidle ; f. Perry county. Pa. 37-8. Res., Minnesota. 
Samuel Spitler; f. Adams county, Pa. 37-8. 

* Ephraira P. Zirkle; f. New Market, Va. 37-9. D. do, April 20, 52. 

1838-9. 
Michael L. Birely ; f. Centre county. Pa. 38-40, Philo. 
Thomas Blackford; f. Shenandoah county, Va. 38-41. 
Henry Black ; f. Cumberland county. Pa. 38-9. 

* Thomas B. Cooper; f. Coopersburg, Pa. 38-40, Philo. D. in California. 
Charles Cooper; f. Coopersburg, Pa. 38-40. Cashier of Bank, Allentown, Pa, 

Trustee of Muhlenberg College. 

A. S. Cummings ; f. Mifflinburg. 38-40. Philo. M. D. Sunbury, Pa. 

John Dietrick ; f. Schuylkill county. 38-41. Philo. 

G.C.Fisher; f. Chambersburg, Pa. 38-9. Philo. Philadelphia. 

WiUiam H. Gaskins; f. Baltimore, Md. 38-9. 

George W. Gunkle ; f. Chester county, Pa. 38-42. Phrena. 

William Gwynn; f. Gettysburg. 38-40, Philo. Methodist clergyman, Shrews- 
bury, Pa. 

* George Hamill ; b.' Jefferson county, Va. 38-41. Philo. Physician; res. Ship- 
pensburg and Newville, Pa. D. Nov., 79. M. to Margaret Johnston, Newville. 

George William Heilig ; f. Harrisburg. 38-9, Philo. 
Frederick Karthaus ; f. Baltimore, Md. 38-40, Phrena. 

* William O. Key; f. St. Mary's county, Md. 39-40, Phrena. D. in Baltimore. 

* Benjamin H. Keyser ; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 38-40. Philo. Dist. Att., Contra 
Costa county, Cal., 52-3. Res., Junction City, Kans., 55 ; d. 59. 

Philip W. Keyser; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 38-9. Lawyer, Yuba City, Cal., since 
48. State Senator, 51-2. Judge loth District, 70-80. On Supreme Bench 
since 80. 

John C. F. Klar.; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 38-40. Philo. Reformed (Ger.) clergy- 
man, Navarre, O. 

* Robert H. Leslie; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 38-40. Phrena. D. at Baltimore. 
Benjamin R. Miller; f. Strasburg, Pa.; 38-9. Philo. 

Frederick G. Ritter ; f. Philadelphia ; 38-40. 



1839-40. 385 

* Franklin B. Royer; f. Huntingdon county, Pa. ; 38-40. Phrena. Physician, 
Williamsburg, Pa. 

John Ruthrauff; f. Wooster, O. ; 38-9. 

Joel Schaeffer ; f. Berks county ; 38-40. 

William G. Schaeffer; b. March 14, 24, in Frederick, Md. ; 38-9. Philo. Clerk, 
Frederick, 38-51. Salesman Baltimore Drug House; at present same in Philadel- 
phia. Mar. 56, to Mi.ss Fickey. 

John G. Schmucker; f. Huntingdon county. Pa.; 38-41. Phrena. Farmer, 
Tipton, Iowa. 

J. G. Schnebly ; f. Lebanon, Pa. ; 38-9. 

George Sill; b. Dec. 19, 20, in Bedford county. Pa.; 38-40. Phrena. Clergy- 
man; lie. 41. Pastorates, Millville, O., Mechanicsville, Pa., Grindstone Hill; White 
Marsh ; Turbotville ; Manchester, Md. ; Lima, O. 

Edgar Slagle; f. Adams county. Pa. ; 38-40. Phrena. Res., Hanover. 

Franklin W. Snyder ; f. Pottsville, Pa. ; 38-40. Philo. 

M. S. Thirwechter; f. Berks county. Pa.; 38-9. Phrena. Justice of the Peace, 
Stouchsburg, Pa. 

Henry Windsor ; f. Shenandoah county, Va. ; 38-9. 

1839-40. 

William B. Askam; b. July 26, 15, in Philadelpha. 39-41. Philo. Theol. course, 
Hartwick. Lie. 46. Pastor, Ancram, N. Y., 46-50; Germantown, N. Y., 50-9; 
owing to ill health retired from active ministry; res. Kingston, N. Y. M. Sept. 19, 
48, to Eliza M., daughter of Rev. Dr. Wackerhagen. 

George R. Barrick ; f. Frederick county, Md. 39-41. Justice of Peace, Fred- 
erick, Md. 

J. Edgar Broadhead; f. Philadelphia; 39-42. Phrena. 

Barton Broadhead ; f. Philadelphia ; 39-41. Phrena. 

* Joseph M. Ealy; b. May 16, 18, in Shippensburg ; 39-42. Phrena. D. in 42, 
during typhoid fever epidemic. 

James Elder; b. April 29, 26, in Harrisburg; 39-41. Philo. Variously em- 
ployed, and has traveled much. 2d Lieut, nth U. S. Inf, 47-8, in Mexico; Capt. 
Co. G, nth U. S. Inf., 61-3. Since returned from Brazil (Collins' expedition) 79; 
res. Newport, Pa. Bachelor. 

*John Elder; b. May 27, 20, in Harrisburg; 39-40. Philo. Graduated M. D., 
Louisville, Ky. In California, 49-53. Farmer near Harrisburg, 53 to death from 
sunstroke in Ga., July 5, 60. 

* David Garver; b. Nov., 17, in Washington county, Md. ; 39-40. F. Scotland, 
Pa. Farmer, Scotland, 40-57; Sparta, 111., 57. D. 59. 

Hiram Geiger; f. Halifax, Pa.; 39-40. Phrena. 
Daniel C. Gunkle; f. Chester county, Pa.; 39-41. Phrena. 
Dennis Daniel Hart; f Annapolis, Md.; 39-41. Phrena. 
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386 PREPARATORIANS. 

Edward R. Hinks ; f. Baltimore, Md.; 39-41. Philo. 

* P. Kephart ; f. Uniontown, Md.; 39-40. Philo. Baltimore. 

* Nathan Jaeger; b. Mar. 7, 20, in Bucks county, Pa.; 39-41. Philo. Theol. 
course under Rev J. O. Herbst. Lie. 45. Pastorates, Orwigsburg, Pa. ; Lykens 
Valley; Falkner's Swamp; Bethlehem; Upper Mt. Bethel; Riegelsville. D.Jan. 
2, 64. 

Charles X. Martin; b. Oct. 16, 24, in Gettysburg; 39-41. Printer. Register 
and Recorder of Adams county, 60-3. Res. Washington, D. C, in government 
employ. 

Beverly R. Mayer; f. Lancaster, Pa.; 39-41. Phrena. Columbia, Pa. 

Edmund Patterson; f. Williamsburg, Pa. 39-41. Philo. Lawyer, Williamsburg. 

Andrew J. Stouffer; b. Feb, 27, 22, Heidlersburg, Pa. 39-40, 41-2. Philo. 
Res., Lakeville, Minn. 

* Walter Smith Swan ; f. Gettysburg. 39-41,44-5. D. in Gettysburg. 

John McClellan Swan; f. Gettysburg, 39-41. 44-5. Gixacer number of years, 
in Gettysburg, pres. res. 

* Thomas R.Taylor; f. Gettysburg. 39-42. Res. in New Orleans. Reported 
killed while serving in Confederate army. 

Aaron S. Wagner.; f. Lehigh county. Pa. 39-41. Clerk. Philadelphia. 
Jesse Walter ; b. Adams county, Pa. 39-40. Grocer, Gettysburg. 
George Wolf; f. Bedford county. Pa. 39-40. Philo. Res., Canton, 111. 

* Alexander Young; b. Mar. 27, 24, in Carlisle, Pa. 39-41. Farmer, near H 
over, Pa. D. Nov. 16, 73. 

1840-1. 
Maurice Baker; f. Baltimore county, Md. 40-1. 

Edward H. Bamford; f. Sharpsburg, Md. 40-1. Philo. Ex-Sheriff Washing- 
ton county, Md. Res., Sharpsburg. 

*John M. F. Bishop; f. Reading, Pa. 40-1. Philo. 

* Thomas C. Brown; f. Mt. Liberty, Mo. 40-I. D. in Knox county, O. 
Joseph G. W. Burns; f. Williamsburg, Pa. 40-1. Farmer, near Altoona. 
Tljomas M. Crissman; f. Sinking Valley, Pa. 40-2. Phrena. Res., Phillipsburg, 

Pa. 

* James H. Cullen; f. Waynesboi-o, Va. Colonel in Confederate army. Killed 
or died from wounds. 

* Alexander Cupp; b. 23, in Augusta county, Va. 40-3. Phrena. Teaching 
till 57. Theol. course under Rev. Weddel (42). Lie. 57. Pastor, Wellersburg, 
Pa., 57 till d., 62. 

John R. Dufilield ; f. Adams county. Pa. ; 40-1,45-6. Philo. Belle Plain, Iowa. 

* Isaac Ealy; f. Mifflin county, Pa.; 40-2. Philo. Report d. 

Joseph R. Focht; b. Jan. 30, 19, in Blair county. Pa., 40-2. Partial course and 



i84(^i. 387 

theol. course, Wittenberg College; lie. 49. Pastorates, Reading, Pa.; Ligonier; 
Dillsburg; Reisterstown, Md. ; Lancaster, Pa.; Huntingdon. Transl. Schultze's 
Missionary Hist, of East India, for Theol. Monthly. M. in 49, to Mary Irvin, Hol- 
lidaysburg. Pa. 

Jacob A. Gardner; b. Oct. 29, 24, York Springs, 40-1. Philo. Agent of Union 
Benevolent Asso. Phila. 

P. — Poem " Faith, Hope and Charity," 1882. 

*Geo. F. Gelwicks; f. Emmittsburg, Md., 40-2. Philo. Meth. clergyman. 

Samuel Grove; f. Lancaster county. Pa., 40-1. Teacher; res., Maytown, Pa. 

* Luther Edwin Hamme ; b. Nov. 10, 26, in Martinsburg, Va., 40-2. Druggist; 
res., Warrenton, Va. ; d. Sept. 9, 73. Served in Conf. army, April, 61 — April, 65. 
Bachelor. 

Abraham H. Harrison; Crawford county, O., 40-I. 

Erasmus Helfrick ; f. Lehigh county. Pa., 40-I. ■ 

*John McP. B. Jackson; b. Sept. 6, 27, in Savannah, Ga., 40-2. Phrena. A. 
B., Georgetown College. M. D., Penna. Med. Coll., 59. Practiced in Ickesburg, 
Pa., till death, Oct. 11, 66. M. May 19, 59, to Martha Hackett, Bloomfield, Pa. 

*John Lukens; f. Juniata county, Pa., 40-1. Phrena. D. in Warsaw county, 
111., 65 or 6. 

John A. Menshall; f. Adams county, 40-I. 

William Miller; f. Gettysburg, 40-I. 

Rudolph Neff; f. Philadelphia, 40-1. 

P. A. Schindler; f. Frederick county, Md., 40-I. Philo. Springfield, O. 

Moses Schwartz; f. Adams county. Pa., 40-1. 

* Walter F. Shultz ; f. Gettysburg, 40-3. Philadelphia. 

* George Smeltzer; b. Mar. I, 20, in Wyoming county, Pa.; 40-1. M. D., Jeff- 
erson Medical College, 46. D. Apr. 20, 46, Madisonburg. Pa. 

* Daniel Steck ; b, Nov. 18, 19, in Hughesville, Pa.; 40-2. Philo. Theol. 
course, Gettysburg; lie. 46; pastor, Pottsville, Pa., 36-58; Lancaster, 58-62 ; Day- 
ton, O., 62-8 ; Pottsville, 68-70 ; Middletown, Md., 70-5; Gettysburg (St. James), 
75, to d., June 10, 81. President of District Synods; director of Seminary, Gettys- 
burg. D. D., Roanoke College, 74. Mar. Apr. 18, 37, to Susan M. Edwards, Mil- 
ton, Pa. 

Publ. — Alumni (Theol. Seminary) Address, 75. 

Tobias Sterner; f. Bucks county. Pa.; 40-I. 

Jacob Wentz ; b. Sept. 12, 24, Millersburg, Pa.; 41-2. Philo. Railroad station 
agent and weigh-master ; res., Port Carbon, Pa. 

William W. Wills; f. Adams co., Pa. ; 40-1. 

Isaac Wilson; f. Sharpsburg, Md. ; 40-2. Philo. Merchant, Bakersville, Md. 

John H. Wintrode; b. Aug. 24, 23; f. Hanover, 40-1. Phrena. M. D., Cincin- 
nati, O., 46. Practicing, St. Clairsville, Pa., 46-50'; James' Creek, since 50. Mem- 
ber Legislature, 55-7. Capt. Co. C, 53d Regt. P. V., Sept. 16, 61, to Dec. 2, 62. 
Mar. Aug. 20, 46, to Lucy S. Kinney, of Royalton, Vt. 



388 PREPARATORIANS. 

*Alexander Young; f. Hanover, 40-1. 

* Daniel Zerbe; b. Jan. 13, 23, in Berks county, Pa. ; 40-1. Philo. Justice of 
Peace for 26 years; res., Centre township, Berks county. Member Legislature, 48. 
D. Feb. 13, 72. 

1841-2. 

John H. Appolos; f. Staunton, Va. ; 41-3. Phrena. 

Horace AUeman ; f. Maytown, Pa. ; 41-2. Phrena. Selinsgrove, Pa. 

Monroe J. Alleman ; f. Maytown, Pa. ; 41-3. Phrena. Theol. course, Gettys- 
burg. Lie. 45. Pastorates: Aaronsburg, Pa.; Hanover; Littlestown ; Spring 
Grove; York. President of W. Penna. Synod. 

Publ. — Memoir of Catherine E. Alleman. 

Andrew H. Baker ; f. Frederick co., Md. ; 41-2. 

* David G. Bair; f. Hanover, Pa.; 41-3. 
Elias Barned ; f. Montgomery co., Pa. ; 41-4. 

Joshua W. Biggs; f. Frederick co., Md. ; 41-2. Member Legislature. Rock 
Ridge, Md. 

Alexander Boggs; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res.; 41-2. 

Robert Crisswell ; f. Huntingdon co.. Pa. ; 41-2. Phrena. Merchant. 'Philadel- 
phia. 

George A. Gotwald; f. Aaronsburg, Pa., son of Rev. Daniel. 41-2. Philo. Phy- 
sician, Slaterford, Pa. 

* George Hammer ; f. Mansfield, O. ; 41-2. Phrena. Clergyman; subsequently 
merchant. Res., Van Wert, O. 

Abraham R. Howbert ; b. June 2, 25; 41-4; res.. West Carlisle, O. Philo. Theol. 
course, Wittenberg Coll. Pastorates : Jeffersontown, Ky. ; Bucyrus, O. ; Bellefontaine, 
O., since 66. Major, Governor's staff", Ohio. Indian Agent, several years. Mar., 
first to Mary M. Forgey ; second time to Mrs. S. A. Breitenbach. 

Thomas T. laeger ; b. Aug. 29, 26, Berks county, Pa. P., Rev. G. F. I. and 
Mary Jane; 42-44; Phrena. Reformed (Ger.) clergyman. Res., Reading. 

John C. Keefer; f. West Carlisle, O. ; 41-2. Philo. 

George Leith; f. Northampton county. Pa., pres. res.; 41-2. Phrena. 

Saniuel C. Leith; f. Northampton county. Pa., pres. res.; 41-3. Phrena. 

Robert J. Ramsey; f. Baltimore county, Md. ; 41-2. 

Michael Schweigart; f. Germany; 41-3. Phrena. Clergyman; pastorates: 
Bakerstown, Pa. ; Kittanning, 53. Trustee Thiel Coll. 

Daniel Uhrick ; f. Lebanon county, Pa. ; 41-2. 

Isaac Van Orsdel ; f. Gettysburg; 41-2. 

George T. Willard ; f. Jefferson, Md. ; 41-2. Phrena. Clerk, Baltimore, Md. 

* George W. C. Wisegarber; f. Bedford, Pa.; 41-2. Phrena. 
Albert Wolford; f. York Springs, Pa.; 41-2. Chicago, 111. 



1842-3. 3^9 

1842-3. 
Aaron L. Bishop; b. May 8, 23, in Littlestown, Pa., pres. res. 42-4. Philo. M. 
D., University of New York; for many years teaching. Justice of the Peace, 73"^- 
Mar. April 17, 55, to Miss Slagle, of Adams county, Pa. 

* Luther Reiley Buehler; son of Martin Buehler, Philadelphia. 42-7. Phrena. 

* William Byers; f. Dauphin county. Pa. M. D., Philadelphia; prac. in Indiana. 
D. for some years. 

John Chamberlain ; f. Clairborn county. Miss. ; 42-3. 

Jeremiah Fishburn ; f. Carlisle, Pa. ; 42-4. Philo. Clergyman. Pastorates, 
Curlsville, Pa. ; Buttonville, Can. : Mapleville, Ont. ; Greenville, Pa. 

Nathaniel V. Gerhart ; f. Millersburg, Pa. ; 42-3. Philo. Clarksville, Tenn. 

* Michael I. Grove; f. Lebanon county, Pa.; 42-3. D. Nov. 9, 77, in Danville, 
Pa. 

* Edmund Guiney ; f. Franklin county. Pa.; 42-5. Philo. Clergyman. D. 
about 59. 

* George S. Harbaugh ; b. Jan. 28, 27; f. Middletown. Pa.; 42-4. Phrena. 
Merchant, Springfield, O. D. April 18, 57. 

Jacob M. Houck; f. Littlestown, Pa.; 42-3. Philo. 

William Lewars ; b. Oct. 24, 20, in Northumberland county. Pa. ; 42-4. Phrena. 
Teaching, 43-64. Sergeant Co. K, 187th Reg. P. V., Mar., 64 — Aug., 65. Lumber 
business; res., Montoursville. Justice of Peace, 58 — . M. in 46, to Mary A. Cle- 
well, Catawissa. 

Lawrence D. Leberman ; f. Sunbury, Pa. ; 42-4. Phrena, Reformed (Ger.) 
clergyman, Pottstown, Pa. 

Wm. Riehle Lownes; f. Philadelphia, pres. res. 42-6. Phrena. 

Josephus F. Ramsberg; f. Middletown, Md., pres. res. 42-4. 

George A. Sparks ; f. New York City ; 42-4. Philo. Congregational clerg\-man. 

John W. Stonebraker ; f. Funkstown, Md. ; 42-4. Phrena. Paper manufacturer, 
Hagerstown, Md. 

William Uhl; f. Cumberland, Md. ; 42-4. Philo. Theol. course, Gettysburg. 
Res., Somerset. Pa. ; Peru, 111. ; Dixon since 53. 

Thomas Hubley Walker; b. June 18, 22, in Lancaster county. Pa.; 42-3. 
Phrena. Lawyer 47, prac. Pottsville, Pa. Dist. Att., 56-9. Associate law judge, 
71-82. Member International Prison Congress, Stockholm, 78. 

Philip Weaver; f. Gettysburg; 42-3. Photographer, Hanover, Pa. 

Henry Weicksel ; f. Waynesboro, Pa.; 42-4. Philo. 

* Edward E. Young; b. Nov. 28, 27, near Hanover; 42-3. Philo. A. B., Jef- 
ferson College. D. in Hanover, May 6, 57. 

Andrew Zeigler; f. Gettysburg. Philo. Editor, Butler, Pa. 



390 PREPARATORIANS. 

1843-4. 

Jesse Haifleigh ; b. Oct. lo, 19, Carroll county, Md.; 43-5. Phrena. Winebren 
narian clergyman, 46; res. Harrisburg, Pa. M. Sept. 3,50,10 Elizabeth Moyer, 
Annville, Pa. 

Ezekiel Hartzell; f. Adams county. Pa.; 43-4. 

William H. Hull; f. Liberty, Md.; 43-4. Philo. 

Jacob F. Keil ; f. Bucks county, Pa. ; 43-4. 

Christian W. Kunkle ; f. Middletown; 43-5. Philo. 

Ephraim Myers; b. Sept. 29, 23, in Adams county, Pa.; 43-4. Phrena. Mer- 
chant, Littlestown. County Commissioner, 61-4. Mar. Jan. i, 46, to Lucinda A. 
Bittinger, Hanover. 

*John F. Parker; f. Somerset, Pa.; 43-4. Philo. 

* Charles W. Powers; f. Plymouth, O., 43-6. Phrena. D. on return home in 46. 
Jacob Sauer; f. Union county. Pa.; 43-5. Philo. 

Daniel Summers; b. Sept. 8, 22, in Franklin county. Pa. 43-5. Phrena. Lin. 
Theol. course, Springfield, O. Lie. 52. Pastorates : Jeffersontown, Ky. ; Shelby, O. ; 
Vandalia; Shelby (2). Mar. Apr., 53, to Louisa Hine, Meigs county, O. 

* Perry James Tate ; f. Gettysburg. 43-6. Phrena. D. in Gettysburg. 
Samuel O. Van Orsdel; f. Adams county, Pa. 43-4. Res., Mills county, Iowa. 
James D. Willoughby; f. Greencastle, Pa. 43-5. Philo. Res., Philadelphia. 

Inventor grain drill, cook stove, fruit jar, etc. 
*Waybright Zeigler; f. Gettysburg. 43-4,46-8. Philo. Gettysburg. 
Samuel Van Buren Zeigler; 43-6. 

■ 1844-5. 

James Adrain ; b. Jan. 12, 29. 44-5. Philo.; f. Westminster, Md. Teaching 
in Alabama, 45-7. M. D., Columbus, O., 50. Practicing, Lewisburg, Ind., 51-73; 
Logansport, Ind., 73. Presidential Elector, 76. Indiana Legislature, 80. Bachelor. 

Chas. Heiiry Armour; f. Frederick county, Md. 44-6. Phrena. Territorial 
Judge of Colorado, 61-5. 

George Thomas Capp; f. Jonestown, Pa., pres. res. 44-5. 

* Baniel Carl; f. Greencastle, Pa. 44-5. Philo. Farmer, Conococheague, Md. 
Edwin Ebert ; f. Vork, Pa. 44-5. 

Charles Thomas Cockey; f. Cockeysville, Md. 44-6. 

John William Gardner; f. York Springs, Pa., pres. res. 44-8. 

Wm. Bryson Irwin; f. Cumberland county, Pa. 44-5. Merchant, Dayton, O. 

* Peter Paul Keller; b. Oct. 25, 30, in Germantown, Pa. Par., Rev. Dr. B. and 
Catharine E. 44-6. Philo. Mercantile business for several years. In iron busi- 
ness in New York City, 57. D. Apr. 29, 80. Mar. Sept., 57, to Emma Hassal, Phila. 

Paul Peter Keller; b. Oct. 25, 30, in Germantown, Pa. Parents, Rev. Dr. Benja- 
min and Catharine E.; 44-6. Philo. Mercantile business for some years; coal 



1845-6. 391 

trade since 56; res., Philadelphia. Mar. May 15, 55, to Miss C. M. Morris, Phila- 
delphia. 

John R. McCleaf ; f. Adams county, Pa. ; 44-5. 

William Orr; f. Cumberland county; 44-5. Res., Orrstown, Pa. 

George N. H. Peters; b. Nov. 30, 25, in Union county, Pa. ; 44-5. Theol. course, 
Springfield, O. ; lie. 46. Res., Springfield, O. 

Geo. Henry Sowers; f. Adams county. Pa. ; 44-5. 

Theo. Thompson Tate ; f. Gettysburg; 44-6. Phrena. Physician, Gettysburg, Pa. 

Chas. George Wittman ; f. Dauphin county, Pa. ; 44-6. Philo. 

* Michael M. Yeakle; f. Baltimore, Md.; 44-5. Philo. D. in Warren, 111. 

1845-6. 
Avenason Martin Bast ; f. Schuylkill county. 
Allen A. Baugh ; f. Chester county. Pa. ; 45-6. 
Charles Berluchy ; f. Gettysburg ; 45-6. Coal business, Pottsville, Pa. 

* Franklin Chorpenning; f. Somerset, Pa.; 45-7. Phrena. Physician. D. in 
California, 65, aged 34 or 35 years. 

Fraley Christ ; f. Schuylkill county. Pa. ; 45-6. 

*John E. Coble; f. Cumberland county. Pa.; 45-7. Phrena. 

Isaac Baugher Deford ; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 45-9. Philo. 

* Ephraim Detweiler; f. Middletown, Pa. ; 45-6. Philo, 
David W. Dinwiddle ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 45-6, 48-9. Philo. 

John Evans; f. York; 45-6. Philo. Reported res., Williams Mills, Pa. 

Fred. Shig Fell ; f. Savannah, Ga. ; 45-7. Phrena. 

Saml. Philip Fink; f. Middletown, Md. ; 45-7. Phrena. Teacher, Sunbury, Pa. 

David S. Forney ; f. Gettysburg ; 45-6. Allisonia, Va. 

Thomas Garnett ; f. Culpepper, Va.; 45-6. Phrena. 

* Martin Garver; b. 24; 45-6; f. Scotland, Pa., where d. 55. Philo. Farmer. 
William Graff; f. Pittsburgh; 45-6. Phrena. 

Joseph Graff; f Worthington, Pa.; 45-9. Phrena. Beaver Falls, Pa. 

John A. Hiestand ; f. Marietta, Pa. ; 45-6. Phrena. Editor, Lancaster. Pa. 

John J. Huntzinger; f. Pottsville, Pa.; 45-6. Schuylkill Haven, Pa. 

A. J. Huntzinger; f. Schuylkill Haven, Pa.; 45-6. Philo. 

*Geo. Bramwell Kelly; f. Finksburg, Md. ; 45-8. Philo. Physician, Saxton, 
Pa. D. 76. 

John F. Kuhn ; f. Gettysburg ; 45-8. Phrena. 

Henry C. Laub; b. April 18, 24, in York, Pa.; 45-7; f. Gettysburg. Philo. 
Merchant in Dennison, Iowa. Supt. of schools, Crawford county, 62-72. Member 
of Legislature, 80. First Lieut. North Border Brigade, 61-2. Mar. Feb. 13, 48, to 
Lydia Baer, Frederick county, Md. 



392 PREPARATORIANS. 

Jas. Stevenson Livingstone ; f. Gettysburg ; 45-6. Res. Pittsburgh. D. Gettys- 
burg, 67. 

Wm. Line; f. Carlisle, Pa.; 45-7. 

John Hart Major; f. Adams county; 45-6. 

* Frank Mcllheny ; f. Hunterstown, Pa.; 45-6. 
Robt. S. Middleton ; f. Lancaster, Pa.; 45-6. Phrena. 
Levi Meily; f. Cumberland" county, Pa.; 45-7 Phrena. 

Lucian F. Melsheimer ; f. Adams county. Pa.; 45-7. Philo. Hanover, Pa. 

Edwin F. Reese ; f. Westminster, pres. res.; 45-6. 

Samuel Royer Schmucker; f. Williamsburg, Pa., pres. res.; 45-7. Phrena. Iron 
Master. 

Geo. E. W. Sharretts; f. Gettysburg; 45-7. Phrena. Treas. Dept.,Washington, 
D. C. 
Jeremiah Lafayette Shuey ; f. Wakefield, Md.; 45-6. Wenfieldsburg, Md. 

* Chas. Grafton Simpson; b. March 13, 29, near Liberty, Md.; 45-7. D.Jan. 
13, 47. Phrena. 

George Edward Slothower ; f. Baltimore, pres. res. 45-7. Phrena. 

William Henry Waesche ; f. Frederick county, Md. 45-7. Harrisonburg, Va. 

Jacob H. Wissler; f. Columbia. 45-6. Phrena. Shufield, Iowa. 

1846-7. 
James Edwin Belch; f. Martinsburg, Pa. 46-9. Philo. Jefferson City, Mo. 
Benjamin Lawrence Blessing ; f. Frederick county, Md. 46-8. Phrena. 
Jacob Bosseman ; f. Adams county, Pa. 46-7. 
Joseph Chaney; f. Washington county, Md. 46-7. 
Alexander Cobean ; f. Adams county, 46-7. 
Samuel Cornell; f. Frederick county, Md. 46-7. Phrena. 
Oliver Eckels; f. Cumberland, Md., 46-7. Philo. Shepherdstown, Pa. 

* Benjamin F. Ewalt; f. Somerset county. Pa. 46-7. Philo. 

* Walter C. Hammond; b. May 27, 31, in Frederick county, Md. Farmer. 47-9. 
Phrena.. Student of Medicine. 

Thomas Hilleary; f. Petersville, Md., pres. res. 46-7. Phrena. Farmer. 
George W. Householder; f. Bedford county. 46-8. Philo. Penna. Senate, 64. 
Res., Kansas City, Mo. 

William Beauman Kurtz ; f. Pottsville. 46-8. Philo. Staunton, W. Va. 
Charles F. Peters ; f. Philadelphia. 46-7. 
Martin Luther Schmucker; f. Blair county, Pa. 46-7. 
Henry W. Schwartz ; f. Gettysburg. 46-9. 
• * Franklin Clay Tritle ; f. Waynesboro, Pa. 46-7. Philo. Rockford, 111. 
William Ulrich ; f. Berks county. Pa. 46-7. Philo. Emmittsburg, Md. 



1847-8. 393 

John Rufus Welty ; f. Gettysburg. 46-8. Farmer, Warren, 111. 

*Erastus Hay Weiser; b. Jan. 28, 26, in York. 46-7. A. B., Yale. Lawyer. 
D. at York. 

Henry H. Wiley; b. May 8, 32, near Bainbridge, Pa. Phrena. Farmer and 
Miller, Marietta, Pa. 

James Harvey Wilson; f. Blair county. Pa. 46-7. Phrena. Farmer, Arch 
Spring, Pa. 

1847-8. 

Mervin Allen; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 47-50. Philo. 

William F. Balch; b. March 14, 31. Leetown, Va., pres. res.; 47-8. Philo. 
Physician. 

Jere J. Biesecker ; f. Fairfield, Pa. ; 47-8. 

Jacob P. Blank ; f. Frederick, Md. 

Daniel Burnman; f. Milton, Pa., pres. res.; 47-9. Philo. Weaver. 

Abr. Jackson Crissman; f. Sinking Valley, Pa.; 47-8. Phrena. Physician. 
Formerly resided in Blair county. Pa. 

William Chritzman ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res.; 47-51. Carpenter and Contractor. 

James Elliot ; f. Adams county, Pa. 47-9. Merchant, Iowa City, la. 

Isaac P. Fishburn; f. Womelsdorf, Pa.; 47-9. Philo. M. D., Penna. Med. 
Coll. Freeport, 111. 

John S. Forney ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 47-8. Farmer. 

James Gower; f. Washington county, Md. ; 47-8. Res., Beaver Creek, Ind. 

* Theodore A. Mehl ; f. Germantown, Pa. ; 47-9. Philo. Salesman, Philadelphia. 
Hiram Otstnt ; f. Hogestown, Pa. ; 47-8. 

George M. Rizer ; f. Cumberland, Md. ; 47-8. Eureka, Kansas. 
Jacob Schock; b. Feb. 19, 28, at Schock's Mills, Pa., pres. res. 47-8. Phrena. 
Lin. Merchant and lumbering. Bachelor. 

Chas. P. Sengstack; f. Washington, D. C. ; 47-8. Phrena. 

* Robert Shaw; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 47-50. Philo. D. in 50, in Scotland, super- 
cargo of vessel. 

John Sloanaker ; f. Chester Springs, Pa. ; 47-8. 

*John Cook Tritle ; f. Jackson Hall, Pa. ; 47-9. Philo. Res., Jackson Hall. 
Director of Poor for Franklin county. Mar. Nancy Hassler, Jackson Hall. 

Samuel Jackson Vandersloot; f. Gettysburg; 47-51, 53-5. .Philo. Reformed 
(Ger.) clergyman, Philadelphia. 

Sam'l Harvey Wilson; f. Blair county. Pa.; 47-8. 

Henry B. Woods; f. East Berhn, Pa.; 47-8. Philo. Lawyer (52), prac. in In- 
diana, Gettysburg, and Reading, Pa. Dist. Att'y, Indiana county, 56-60. 



394 PREPARATORIANS. 

1848-9. 

Frederick Beates; f. Lancaster county, Pa. ; 4S-51. Philo. Elizabethtown, Pa. 

*Fredk. Aug. Bell; b. April 15, 31, near Leitersburg, Md. ; 48-50. Phrena. 
Physician, prac. in Ohio. Druggist, Leitersburg, some years; also engaged in teach- 
ing, 55-60. D. May 15, 64. M. April 12, 52, to Annie B. Hays, Leitersburg. 

Penrose F. Eisenbrown ; f. Lehigh county. Pa. ; 48-9. 

John Farrow ; f. Williamsport, Md. ; 48-9. Philo. Meth. clergyman, Lynch- 
burg, Va. 

Peter David Firestone ; f. East Berlin, Pa. ; 48-50. 

Joel M. Grim; f. Lehigh county, Pa.; 48-9. 

David Heysinger ; f. Fayetteville, pres. res. 48-50. Philo. Teacher. 

Walter T. Hoffman ; f. New Chester, Pa. ; 48-9. Philo. Abilene, Kansas. 

Wm. Andrew Jackson ; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 48-50. 

Chas. Luther Kemp; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 48-9. Philo. 

William Boteler Lynch; b. Dec. 23, 27, near Jefferson, Md. Printer. 48-50. 
Phrena. Editor and proprietor of The IVashingtoinan, Leesburg, Va. Member 
Legislature. Director of National Bank. Captain in Confederate Army during the 
whole war. 

* James P. Mcllvaine ; f. Chester co.. Pa. ; 48-9. Hampstead, Md. 
John Mumper; f. Dillsburg, Pa., pres. res.; 48-9. Philo. 

Lewis Myerly; f. Westminster, Md. ; 48-9. Phrena. Manchester, Md. 

William Roth ; f. Northampton county. Pa. ; 48-50. Phrena. Clergyman ; lie. 
52; pastorates, Oretown, Pa.; near Allentown, Pa., for many years. Res., Allen- 
town. 

Thos. Harvey Roche ; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 48-50. 

* Jeremiah Ruhl : f. York co., Pa. 48-50. Philo. Died during Christmas vaca- 
tion. 

Mosheim F. Sharrets; f. Indiana, Pa., pres. res.; 48-50. Phrena. Merchant. 
Charles Stroud ; f. Reading ; 48-9. Philo. Formerly clei'gyman. Res. Spring- 
field, O. 

George W. Wentz; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 48-51. 

1849-50. 
Moses Arndt; f. York county, Pa.; 49-50, 51-2. Phrena. 

* Alexander T. , Fahnestock ; f. Lancaster county. Pa. ; 49-50. Merchant, Lan- 
caster. 

* Samuel H. Goodman; b. Aug. 17, 34, Germantown, Pa.; 49-50. Philo. Mer- 
cantile business, Philadelphia. Bvt. Col. 28th R., P. V., 61-4. 

* Robert F. Green ; f. Baltimore, Md. 49-50. Philo. 

* Peter Hake, jr. ; f. Cashtown, Pa.; 49-50. Philo. D. from burns by reason of 
explosion of lamp in the College building. 



1 850- 1. 395 

*Wm. Marshall Harper; f. Gettysburg; 49-52. Dentist in West Indies. 

* Daniel F. Heller; b. June 4, 30, in Monroe county, Pa.; 49-51. Phrena. 
Theol. course, Hartvvick, N. Y. Lie. 58. Pastor, West Camp, N. Y. D. Nov. 
20, 64. Mar. June 3, 58, to Caroline Bush, Monroe county. Pa. 

Azariah Kruger ; f. Northampton county. Pa. ; 49-50. Philo. Selinsgrove, Pa. 
Ephraim L. Kregelo; f. Taneytown, Md. ; 49-50. Phrena. Meth. Epis. clergy- 
man. 'Book trade, Lexington, Va. 

* Wilson Owen; f. Mercer.sburg ; 49-51. Philo. U. B. clergyman, Orrstown, Pa. 
Lawson Palmer; f. Frederick county, Md. ; 49-50. 

Wm. Raker; f. Northumberland county, Pa. ; 49-50. 

John F. Sewell; f. Washington, D. C. ; 49-50. Philo. 

Hezekiah Snyder ; f. Somerset, res. for some years ; now in Ohio ; 49-50. Phrena. 
Carriage maker. 

Thad. Leander Welty ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 49-52. Philo. Carpenter. 

David Heffner Wiles ; f. Waynesboro, Pa. ; 49-50. Phrena. Lawyer, Hagers- 
town, Md. 

^Villiam B. Young; b. Aug. 6, ^^, in Adams county. Pa. ; 49-51. School Direc- 
tor, 60-78; magistrate. Int. Rev. Service 11 years; res., Shrewsbury, Pa. 

1850-1. 
Simon J. Arnold ; f. Gettysburg. 50-2. 

* Daniel Balsbaugh ; b. Feb. 15, 25, Dauphin county, Pa. 50-I. Phrena. Union 
Deposit. D. Jan. 26, 60. 

Christian Harvey Balsbaugh; b. Apr. 16, Dauphin county, Pa. 50-I Phrena. 
Physician. Since 53, an invalid. Res., Union Deposit, Pa. 

George Balsbaugh; f. Hummelstown, Pa. 50-I. Highspire, Dauphin co.. Pa. 

*W. W. Bowers; b. Apr. 16, 26, Montgomery county.. Pa. 50-1. Clergyman. 
Pastor, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, 55-73; Concord, N. C, Aug. — d. Oct. 17, 73. 

Henry M. Brewer; b. June 29, 32, Welsh Run, Pa. 50-2 Philo. Lin. Grad- 
uated A. B., Springfield, O., 57. Theol. course privately. Lie. 59. Teaching 
most of time. Pres. res., Carthage, 111. 

Daniel T. Clippinger; f. Shippenville, Pa. 50-1. Philo. 

Anderson Dunlap; f. York Springs, Pa. 50-1. 

Daniel Elliott; f. Perry county. Pa. 50-1. Philo. Merchant, Siou.\ City, Iowa'. 

John Henry Frank; f. Philadelphia. 50-2. 

Albert E. Frank; f. Philadelphia. 50-2. 

Charles Aug. Funk ; f. Waynesboro, Pa. 50-2. 

George Hartman ; f. Adams county. Pa. 50-1. 

John H. Horine ; f. Myersville, Md. 50-2. Phrena. Teacher, Gadsden, Tenn. 

*John Kamp; f. Columbia county, Pa. 50-3. Phrena. D. during course, iii 
College building. 



39^ PREPARATORIANS. 

Charles Markle; f. Centre county, Pa. 50-1. Phrena. Farmer in Kansas. 

George Thomas Martin; f. York, Pa. 50-2. 

Josiah Brechbill McAfee ; b. Aug. 8, 30, in Juniata county, Pa. 50-2. Philo. 
Teacher for some years. Founded 55, the Leavenworth, Kas., Coll. Inst. Clergy- 
man. Lie. 55. State official, 65-9. Mayor of Topeka, Kan., 70. Served during 
the war, in several Kansas Regiments, as chaplain, and as commissioned officer, rank- 
ing finally as Colonel. Commissioner of Carthage College. A. M., Wittenberg, 68. 
Res., Topeka, Kan. Secretary of Kansas Manufacturing Company. M. Mar. 20, 
52, to Anna R. Towler, Gettysburg. 

Publ. — History of Kansas Regiments, 68. 

* Louis McClellan ; f. Gettysburg ; 50-2. 

* Francis A. McDermad; f. Gettysburg, where d. 52. 50-1. Phrena. 
Josiah C. Miller; f. Schellsburg, Pa.; 50-I. 

* Andrew Naudain Murphy; b. June 20, 37, near West Chester, Pa. ; 50-2; f. 
Philadelphia. Philo. Clerk. Served 3 yrs. in P. V. Inft., and while member of 
Co. K, 4th Regt. Pa. Cav., captured and d. at Florence, Ga. 

Levi Oberholtzer; b. Oct. 27, 32, Chester co.. Pa.; 50-1. Philo. Grad. M. D., 
University of Penna., 54. Engaged (66-79) ^^ dry goods business in Philadelphia. 
Pres. res., Phoenixville, Pa. 

Samuel B. Pannebaker; f. Mifflintown, Pa,, pres. res.; 50-2. Photographer. 

Samuel A. Philson; b. May 28, 31, in Berlin, Pa., pres. res. ; July to September, 
51. Merchant. 

John Edw. Plank; f. Adams co., Pa., pres. res.; 51-2. 

William Geo. Rhinehart; f. L^niontown, Md. ; 50-3. Phrena. Westminster, Md. 

Isaiah S. Richards; b. Nov. 15, 34, in Hardy co., Va. ; son of Rev. John Richards; 
50-2. Phrena. Teacher, Altoona ; Martinsburg, Pa. ; Wytheville, Va. ; etc. Real 
estate and loan agency, Victor, Iowa. 

Martin P. Rindlanb ; f. Adams co., Pa.; 50-I. Editor of paper, Wis. 

Jacob Rosenberg; f. Williamsport, Md. ; 50-1. Phrena. 

Isaac Sanderson; f. Lewisburg, Pa.; 50-2. Phrena. 

* Henry D. Schriver; f. Littlestown, Pa., where d. 50-2. Philo. 
John B. Schwartz; f. Centre co.. Pa. ; 50-1. Phrena. 

Charles Augustus Stork; b. Sept. 4, 38, Jefferson, Md. ; 50-2; f. Philadelphia. 
Grad. A. B., Williams College, 57. Theol. course, Andover; lie. 61. Prof, of 
Greek, Newberry College, 59-60. Pastor, Baltimore, Md., 62-81. Chairman of 
Faculty, and Prof, of Didactic Theology, Gettysburg, 81. Pres. Board For. Miss., 
77- D- D., Penna. College, 74. Trustee of same, 77. 

Publ. many articles in Eva7tgelical Reznew, Lutheran Qiiartei-ly, etc., etc. Co- 
editor Lutheran Missionary Jotirnal. 

Abraham Stout; f. Northampton co.. Pa.; 50-2. Phrena. Grad. M. D., Univer- 
sity of Penna., 55; prac. in Bethlehem, Pa. 

John Summerfield Waugh; f. Georgetown, D. C; 50-1. Philo. ; 



1 85 1-2. 397 

Horatio Zittle ; b. March 7, 33, near Middletown, Md., pres. res. ; 50-3. Phrena. 
Lin. Fanner. Magistrate, 55-7 ; School Commissioner for Frederick county, 57- 
61 ; County Commissioner, 61-3. M. March 20, 53, to Charlotte C. Toms, Middle- 
town, Md. 

1851-2. 

*John W. Belch; f. Martinsburg, Pa.; 51-2. Philo. D. about 60. 

Henrj' Bomberger ; f. Benevola, Md. ; 51-2. Phrena. 

Jesse Brenneman ; f. York county, J'a. Physician and druggist, Gettysburg. 

William E. Crebs ; f. Centreville, Pa. ; 51-4. Phrena. Clergyman. Pastorates: 
Mifflinville, Pa.; Larne, O. ; Curlsville, Pa.; Wellersburg ; Smicksburg; Punxsu- 
tawney. 

Stephen De Wolf; f. Hawkms county, Tenn. ; 51-2. 

Aaron Funk; f. Waynesboro, Pa.; 5 1-2. 

W^m. Warren Hafer; f. Abbottstown, Pa., pres. res. ; 51-4. Philo. 

Lsaac E. Haines; f. Cumberland county. Pa.; 51-2. 

Frederick A. Hankey; f. Gettysburg, pres. res.; 51-8. Philo. Farmer. 

David A. Horner; f. London, Pa.; 51-4. Philo. Farmer, near Galesburg, 111. 

Carlton Hughes; f. Williamsport, Md. ; 51-2. Philo. Clerk in P. O. Dept., 
Washington, D. C, 64. 

Theodore Sam'l laeger; f. Hamburg, Pa.; 5 1-2. Manufacturer, Reading, Pa. 

Alexander ^L Kern; f. Baumstown, Pa.; 51-2, 53-4. Philo. Farmer, L'pper 
Pittsgrove, N. J. 

Thos. McLean Knox; f. Emmittsburg, Md. ; 51-2. Philo. Insurance Agent, 
Philadelphia. 

Jacob M. Kolb; f. Frederick, Md., pres. res.; 51-2. Phrena. Farmer. 

George W. Lefevre; f. Washington county, Md. ; 5 1-2. 

*John Peter Lehn; f. Mechanicsburg, Pa.; d. there. 51-4. Philo. 

H. Edward Lightner; f. Adams county. Pa.; 51-2. 

Daniel Long; f. Clarion county. Pa.; 51-2. Philo. 

*Jas. C. McKesson; f. Morgantown, N. C. ; 51-3. Phrena. Lieut, in a N. C. 
Regt. Killed near College building, July 63. 

Emanuel Miller; f. Adams county. Pa.; 51-2. 

Henr>- J. Meily; b. May 26, 36, Jonestown, Pa. 51-2. Philo. Lin. Iron busi- 
nes.s, Middletown, Pa., 58. Mar. 61, to Annie Smuller, Middletown. 

Samuel H. Mellinger; f. East Berlin, Pa. 51-2. Philo. Machinist, Philadelphia. 

Samuel Over; f. Franklin count)', Pa. 51-2. Philo. Chambersburg, Pa. 

Franklin C. Rice; f. Adams county, Pa. 51-2. 

Thad. Stevens Slentz; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 51 3. Philo. Washington, D. C. 

George W. Sprecher; f. Williamsport, Md. 51-2. Philo. Fanner, Conoco- 
cheague, Md. 



398 PREPARATORIANS. 

Amos Stockleger; f. Cashtown, Pa. 51-2. Phrena. 

John Samuel Trion ; f. Berks county: 51-4. Philo. Physician, Rehrersburg, Pa. 
B. Franklin Wagenseller ; f. Selinsgrove, Pa., pres. res. 51-3. Philo. Physician. 
George Peter Watson; f. Middletown, Pa., pres. res. 51-4. Philo. 

1852-3. 

* Josiah Albert ; f. York Springs, Pa. 52-3. Philo. D. at Hampton, Pa. 
Martin Armstrong ; f. Reading, Pa. 52-3.. . 

Howard Nicholas Bittinger; f. Abbottstown, Pa.; 52-4. Phrena. Lawyer, 
York, Pa. 

Chas. Nicholas Brumm; b. Jan. 9, 38, in Pottsville, Pa.; 52-4. Philo. Watch- 
making trade, 54-9. 1st Lieut. Co. I, 5th Reg. P. V., April 12 — July 25, 61 ; 1st 
Lieut. Co. K, 76th Reg. P. V., Nov. 18, 61 — Sept. 15, 64. Quartermaster July 24, 
62. Served on Brigade staff. Lawyer, adm. 70. Member of Congress XHIth Dist. 
Pa., 81 — ; res., Minersville, Pa. Mar. April 6, 62, to Virginia James, Jeansville, Pa. 

Samuel P. Burrell ; f. Salona, Pa., pres. res. 52-3. Phrena. Farmer. 

* Thomas B. Clark; f. Smithsburg, Md. ; 52-4. Phrena. D. about 56, in 111. 
Abraham M. Claudy ; f. Crawford county, Pa.; 52-5. Phrena. 

* Levi M. Christ; b. Sept. 17, 27, in Pine Grove, Pa.; 52-4. Philo. Grad. M. 
D., Med. Dept. Penna. Coll., 57. Prac. in Pine Grove till d., April 15, 76. Capt. 
Co. G., 173 Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers, Nov. 13, 62 — Aug. 63. 

* William Gulp; b. July 16, 63, in Danville, Pa.; 52-5. Phrena. Enlisted Feb. . 
24, 64, Co. H., 93 Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers; mortally wounded in Wilder- 
ness, May 6, 64. 

* Adam S. Diller; f. Lebanon, Pa.; 52. D. in Seminary building, Dec. 53. Philo. 
John H. Feidt; b. May 22, 31, near Clearspring, Md. ; 52-3. Phrena. Teacher 

and farmer; res. Hagerstown, Md. M. Dec. 24, 57, to Helen M. Zeller. 

John J. F. Gilliland; f. Gettysburg; 52-3. Philo. 

Israel W. Groh ; b. June 19, 34, near Schaefferstown, Pa., pres. res. ; 52-3. Phrena. 
Teaching 54-62; farming 62-75; milling 75. Mar. in 61 to Sabina E. Eberly, 
Lancaster, Pa. 

Thomas Hay; b Feb. 7, 37, in York, Pa.; 52-3. Philo. Grad. M. D., Uni\". of ■ 
Pa., 61. Prac. in Philadelphia. Member of Amer. Med. Asso., of Penna. Med. 
Soc, of Int. Ophthalmological Congress, etc. Has written considerable on Gynae- 
cology and Ophthalmology. 

Francis Hildebrandt ; f. Berlin, Pa. 52-3. 

Henry W. Kittering; f. Union Deposit, Pa. 52-3. 

Christian K. Keller; b. Oct. i, 32, in Harrisburg, Pa., pres. res. 52-4. Philo. 
Druggist. Bachelor. 

John W. Koons; b. April i, 37, in Lebanon county. Pa. ; 52-3; f. Pinegrove, Pa. 
Philo. Merchant, Philadelphia. Member 17th Regt., Pennsylvania Militia, 62. 



1853-4- 399 

John F. Kuhlman ; f. Somerset, Pa. 52-3. Clergyman; pastorates, Wilmore, 
Pa. ; Fontanelle, Neb. ; Dakota City, Ponca, Nebraska City. 

Joseph T. Lemley; f. Newtown, Va. 52-5. Phrena. Merchant, Quincy, 111. 

George W. McCulloh ; f. Cumberland, Md. ; 52-3. Phrena. 

William G. Miller; f. Pennsburg, Pa.. 52-3. Phrena. Merchant, Philadelphia. 

Christian A. Nissley; f. Hummelstown, Pa., pres. res. 52-3. Philo. 

William S. D. Porr; f. Bernville, Pa.; 52-4. Phrena. Clergyman; lie. 54. 
Pastorates, Berrysburg, Pa., Palmyra, Centre Hall, Rebersburg, Fryburg, Lancaster, 
Steelton. 

Herman K. Rhoads; f. Catasauqua, Pa., pres. res. 52-3. Phrena. Merchant. 

William Sherman ; f. Adams county, Pa. ; 52-3. 

*Jac. Newton Small; f. Shepherdstown, Va., where d. 52-5. Phrena. 

William H. Thome; b. 39, in Palmyra, Pa., pres. res. 52-3. Philo. Grad. M. 
D., Univ. of Pa. Surgeon U. S. A. during the war. Bachelor. 

David Palen Tritt; f. Dickinson, Pa., pres. res. 52-3. Phrena. Farmer. 

* David S. Truckenmiller; b. Nov. 29, 31, in Northumberland county. Pa. Car- 
penter. 52-5. Phrena. Clergyman; lie. 58. Pastor in W. Penna, 59-65, and in 
Ohio, 66 to d. at Belleville, Jan. 21, 77. 

John A. Young; f. Adams connty. Pa.; 52-5. Phrena. Shrewsbury, Pa. 

*Chas. Peter Zell ; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 52-5. Philo. D. from eating poisonous 
root, in 55. 

1853-4. 

Henry Alleman ; b. Feb. 28, 32, near Middletown, Pa., pres. res. Teacher. 53-4. 
Philo. Teaching, now farming. M. May 19, 63, to Salome Seltzer, Middletown. 

William Berkemeyer; f. Saegersville, Pa. ; 53-5. Phrena. Allentown, Pa. 

Jeremiah Ebbert; b. Mar. 13, 24, near Greencastle, Pa., pres. res. 53-4. Philo. 
Farmer. M. Miss McChesney, Dec. 71. 

Oliver C. Eckel ; f. Tremont. pres. res. 53-4. Merchant. 

Henry Giesz ; f. Somerset county. Pa. ; 53-6. Phrena. Clergyman ; lie. 63. 
Pastorates, Mahanoy City, Pa., and Jonestown. 

Julius M. Haagenson ; f. St. Thomas, W. I.; 53-5. 

Joshua Harvey ; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 53-4. Phrena. 

William Hartzell ; f. Adams county. Pa. ; 53-4. Philo. 

Benj. Franklin Hursh ; f. Lewisburg, Pa. 53-4. 

Henry Keller; f. Harper's Ferry, W. Va. 53-5. Phrena. Clergyman; lie. 58. 
Pastorates: Cobleskill, N. Y. ; Fayette; Athens; Gallupville; Cobleskill, N. Y., 
pres. res. 

David Klopp ; f. Hummelstown; 53-5. Philo. A. B., Franklin and Marshall 
Coll., 59. Ref. (Ger. ) Clergyman, Philadelphia. 
James E. McElroy ; f. Gettysburg. 53-5. Philo. 
John McKnight; f. Cashtown, Pa. 53-4. Philo. Chambersburg. 



400 PREPARATORIANS. 

* Goodrich Mitchell ; f. Warrentown, Va. 53-5. Philo. M. D., Univ. of Penna., 
61. Serving in Confederate Army, was killed on college campus, July 63. 

Thomas Murray ; f. Cambria county. 53-4. Philo. 

Adam C. Musselman; b. Feb. 8, 38, in Adams county, Pa. 53-6. Philo. Far- 
mer and merchant, Fairfield, Pa. Justice of the Peace, 65. Director of Seminary, 
Gettysburg. Mar. 59, to Lucinda Nunnemacker, Fairfield. 

John Joseph Rebman; f. Middletown, Pa. 53-4, Merchant, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Thos. Perry Roboson ; f. Cumberland, Md. ; 53-6. Phrena. M. D., Univ. of 
Md. ; prac. near Cumberland, Md. 

*Mosheim G. Stack; b. Sept. 8, 38, son of Rev. Michael J. Steck; 53-4. Philo. 
Printer. Drum Major nth R. P. V., Oct. 14, 61. D. a prisoner of vfar, Salisbury, 
N. C, Oct 22, 64. 

Levi F. Weaver ; f. Gettysburg ; 53-4. Washington, D. C. 

Thad. Stevens Welty; f. Gettysburg, pres. res.; 53-5. Carpenter. 

* John White; b. in Gettysburg; 53-4. Philo. Printer. Clerk. Law student 
when he died in 58. 

* Louis Wolf; f. Arndtsville; 53-5. Philo. 

Dan'l Mosser Wolf ; b. June 15, 37, Hublersburg, Pa.; 53-4. Phrena. A. B., 
Franklin and Marshall, 63. Ref. (Ger.) clergyman. Prof, in F. and M., 73-5. 
Teaching at Springfield, Centre county. Pa. 

1854-5. 
Charles H. Austin; f. Hartford, Conn. 54-5. Recently in York. 
J. A.' Bamberger ; f. Baltimore, Md. 54-6. Phrena. 

James C. Bonsall; f. MifHintown, pres. res. 54-5. Philo. Had been in Custom 
House, Charleston, S. C. 

* Levi J. Brenneman ; f. Martinsburg, Pa. 54-5. Philo. Merchant, Woodbury, Pa. 
William J. Dale; f. Centre county. Pa. 54-5. Phrena. Farmer, Pleasant Gap, Pa. 
John W. Figart ; f. Altoona. 54-5. Philo. Physician, Coffee Run, Huntingdon 

county. Pa. 

Wm. H. Fortney; f. Harrisburg, Pa., pres. res. 54-5- Phrena. 

*Ggorge F. H. Gohn; f. Columbia, Pa. 54-5. Phrena. D. for many years. 

Robert Griffen; f. Safe Harbor, Pa. 54-5. 

J. D. Haughtelin ; f. Centreville, Crawford county. Pa.; 54-5. Phrena. 

Geo. W. Hildebrandt; f. East Berlin, Pa. 54-5. Phrena. Furniture dealer, 
Baltimore, Md. 

Daniel Minter; f. Adams county, Pa. 54-5. New Oxford, Pa. 

Isaac Neff; f. Centre county. Pa. 54-5. Clergyman, also physician. Pastor 
82 at Minersville, Pa. 

John Peififer; f. near Harrisburg, pres. res. 54-5- Philo. Farmer. 

John Wm. Rhone ; f. Centre county. Pa. 54-5. Phrena. Dentist, Bell efonte. Pa. 



1855-6. , 40I 

George II. Rumple; f. Columbia, Pa., pies. res. 54-6. Phrena. 
Alonzo T. Ruthrauff; f. San Francisco, Cal., pres. res. 54-5. Philo. 

* Edward Wm. Shell; f. Harrishurg, Pa., where d. 54-5. Philo. Lawyer. 
Henry Shrenk ; f. Harrishurg, Pa. 54-5. Philo. Mechanic, Millerstown, Pa. 
Jeremiah Siess; f. Graceham, Md. 54-5. Phrena. Lawyer, Baltimore, Md. 
John Thomas Sim ; f. Liberty, Md., pres. res. 54-6. Phrena. Physician. 
Alexander B. Walter; f. Spang's Mill, Pa. 54-5. Philo. 

* Lewis Wolf; b. Sept. 26, 26, in Adams county. 54-6. Teacher and shoe- 
maker. 

Daniel M. Young; f. Adams county. Pa., pres. res. 54-6. Phrena. 

1855-6. 

Jacob A. Brightbill; b. August 18, 36, in Harrishurg, Pa., pres. res. 55-6. 
Philo. Teaching for some time, now clerk in post office. M. in 63 to Kate Bender, 
Harrishurg. 

Charles R. Brooke; f. West Whiteland, Pa. 55-7. Philo. 

Dager F. Bush; f. Philadelphia. 55-6. Phrena. Engaged by Agricultural Mfg. 
Company, Niagara, N. Y. 

Robert C. Cobean ; f. n-ear Gettysburg, pres. res. 55-6. Philo. Farmer. 

* Walter J. Cooper; b. Feb. 27,39, at Cashtown, Pa. 55-6. Merchant, Santa 
Cruz, Cal., 60. D. 71. 

William E. George ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 55-6. Philo. Gettysburg, Ohio. 

Jacob A. Harrold; h. March 12, 35, in Indiana county. Pa. 55 -6. Philo. Lin. 
Teacher, Johnstown, 57-76; Greensburg, 78. Member Co. B., 133d Regt. Penna. 
Volunteers, Aug. 1,62 — May 26, 63; injured at battle of Antietam. Coroner of 
Cambria county, 67-73 Mar. 57 to Miss Hill ; in 68 to Maggie Walter, Westmore- 
land county. Pa. 

Samuel Hasslett ; f. Butler, Pa. 55-6. Phrena. 

Wm. Hinckle ; f. Philadelphia. 55-6. 

Henry C. Johnson; f. Perkiomenville, Pa. 55-6. Philo. Physician, formerly of 
Perkiomenville. 

James N. Kelly; f. Silver Run, Pa. 55-6. Philo. 

Samuel C. Kempton; b. Feb. 10, 40, in Baltimore, pres. res.; 55-7; f. Catons- 
ville, Md. Philo. Formerly in paper, now in liquor business. Mar. to Virginia A. 
Bowden, Norfolk, Va. 

Sidney Kempton ; f. Papertown, Pa. 55-8. Philo. 

Samuel S. Lawson; b. Nov. 24, 37, in York county. Pa. 55-7. Phrena. Cler- 
gyman; lie. 60. Pastor, Newcomerstown, O. Member Co. C, 51st Regt., Ohio 
Vols., Jan. II, 64 — Nov. 4, 65. Pastorates, in Ohio and Indiana, 65-78. U.S. 
Mil. Agt. among Mission Indians of S. California, 78. 

Martin L. Levergood ; f. Johnstown, Pa., pres. res. 55-6. Philo. 
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402 PREPARATORIANS. 

Charles M.Martin; f. York Springs, Pa. 55-7. Philo. Physician, recent res. 
Shippensburg, Pa. 

John A. Maitin; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res. 55-8. Phrena. 

Samuel Z. McLaughlin; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res. 55-6. Phrena. Liveryman. 

J. Elliot Miller ; f. State Line, Pa. 55-7. Phrena. Physician, Hagerstown, Md. 

Victor Davis Miller; b. Feb. i, 38, in Washington county, Md. 55-7. Adm. F. 
Phrena. Grad. M. D., Jefferson Coll., 61 ; prac. at Mason and Dixon, Pa. Mar. 
March 13, 66, to Alice J. Rentch, Washington county, Md. 

* George Miller ; f. Pinegrove, Pa. 55-6. Tanner. 

John M. iSIinnigh; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 55-8. Confectioner. 

John M. Porter; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 55-8. Philo. 

Charles T. Reifsnider; f. Westminster, Md., pres. res. 55-7. Phrena. Lawyer. 

Henry J. Sillex ; f. Arndtsville, Pa. 55-6. Philo. 

George W. Stein ; f. East Hanover, Lebanon county, Pa. S5-7. Phrena. 

John H. Strickler; f. Myerstown, Pa. 55-7, Philo. Salesman, Philadelphia. 

Jacob F. Thomas ; f. Gettysburg, Pa .; pres. res., in neighborhood. 55-7. Philo. 
Farmer. 

Nathan D. Tobey; f. Burkittsville, Md. 55-6. Phrena. Farmer, Mason county, 
W. Va. 

William A. Tobias; f. Hamburg, Pa., pres. res. 55-6. Merchant. 

George P. Weaver; f. Centre county. Pa. 55-6. Clergyman and physician. 
Practicing now in Hanover, Pa. 

1S56-7. 

John S. Angle ; f. Welsh Run, Pa. 56-7. Phrena. M. D., Jefferson Medical 
College, 62. Practicing Eagle Station, Pa. 

James Bell ; f. Altoona, Pa. 56-7. Philo. A. B., Wittenberg, 62. ist Lieut., 
86th Ohio Vols., 62; Capt. 13th Pa. Cav., 63-5 ; 2d Lieut. U. S. A., July 66; now 
Capt. 7th U. S. Cav. 

* Henry Bickel ; f. Jonestown, Pa. 56-7. Philo. Mercantile pursuits. D. in 
61 or 62. 

Ferdinand A. Brauns; f. Baltimore, J\ld. 56-7. 
Henry F. Brauns; f. Baltimore, iSId. 56-7. 
William H. Gardner ; f. York Springs. 56-7. Philo. 
William R. Gardner; f. Baltimore, Md. 56-7. Philo. 

* Edmund L. Gebert ; b. June 21 , 36, near Pinegrove, Pa, 56-7. Philo. Teacher. 
Enhsted in Co. K., Ii6th R., P. V., Feb., 64. D. in hospital, Oct. 16, 64. 

Samuel E. Graver; f. Philadelphia. 56-S. Phrena. 
Solomon Hartman ; f. Bartonia, Iowa. 56-7. Phrena. 

* Samuel Frederick Hassler; f. Jackson Hall, Pa. 56-7. Philo. Farmer. 

* Luther T. Hoffman ; f. Hunterstown, Pa. 56-7. D. while serving in i3Sth R., 
P. V. 



1857-8. 403 

J. N. Jacobs; b. Jan. 7, 39, in Montgomery county. Pa.; 56-8. Orad. M. D., 
Med. Dept. Penna. Coll., 61. 1st Lieut. Co. M, 8th Reg. P. Cav., Sept., 61— Aug., 
62. Volunteer Surgeon, July, 63 — Aug., 64. Prac. medicine in Kulpsville, Pa., 
64-70. Cashier of Perkiomen Nat.. Bank, East Greenville, 70 — . 

Samuel Kunkle ; f. Middletown, Pa., 56-8. Druggist, Harrisburg. 

Hiram .S. McNair; b. June 22, 38, in Freedom township, Adams county. Pa.; 
56-9. Philo. Served April 20 — July, 61, in ist Reg. P. V., afterward to Sept. 24, 
65, successively in Coles, Md., and 3d Md. Cav., enlisting as private, discharged as 
Brvt. Major. Wounded in left hand, right shoulder, and head — at Mansfield and 
Bayou de Glaze, La. Lawyer, and editor of York (Pa.) Republican. 

* Henry Miller; b. June 12, 40, Franklin county, Pa. 56-7. Phrena. Farmer, 
near Greencastle. 

Henry Osborn ; f. New Chester, Pa. ; 56-7. 

* Calvin C. Raymond ; f. Westminster, Md. ; 56-7. Phrena. D. a few years ago, 
in St. Louis, Mo. , 

John H. Schmidt ; f. Gettyslnirg ; 56-8. Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 61. Pas- 
torates, Altoona, Pa.; White Haven, Ind. ; Woodside, Pa. ; PVeeland. 
Henry S. Toot ; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res. 56-9. Philo. Farmer. 

* Henry Uhl ; f. Philadelphia ; 56-7. Phrena. 

John M. Warner; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 56-7. Merchant. 

C. W. Ed. Welty; f. Gettysburg; 56-60. Phrena. Teacher, Bendersville, Pa. 

Samuel A. Young; b. July 29, 40, Gettysburg; 56-7. Druggist at G., 57-60. 
Enlisted in Co. K, i.st Reg. Pa. Reserve Corps, June 6, 61 ; disc. Serg., June 13, 64. 
2d Lieut, in service March — July, 65. Res., Panora, Iowa. 

Henry D. Wirts ; f. Martinsburg, Va. ; 56-7. Phrena. Taught at ^L'^rtinsburg, 
57-61. Confederate army, 61-4. Now in the West. 

1857-8. 

*John Albright; f. Milton, Pa.; 57-8. Philo. 

Edward H. Boehme ; f. Pottsville, Pa.; 57-8. Phrena. Last heard of in New 
York. 

William Brenner; f. Baltimore, Md.; 57-8. 

Franklin A. Bushey ; f. Loudon, Pa. ; 57-8. Physician. Druggist, Greencastle, 
Pa. 

Samuel Croft; b. Nov. 16, 36. at St. Thomas, Pa. ; 57-8. Philo. Lin. M. D., 
University of Pennsylvania, 61. Prac. till 65. Theol. course, Selinsgrove, Pa. ; lie. 
68; pres. pastorate, McAlvey's Fort, Huntingdon co., Pa. Member Co. H. 126 R. 
P. v., Aug., 62, to May, 63. 

*M. W. Harmon; f. Washington, D. C; 57-8. Philo. D. at Staunton, Va. 

Sylvester Harner; f. Littlestown, Pa., pres. res.; 57-8. Phrena. Hotel-keeper. 

John C. Lane; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res. ; 57-9, 60-1. Machinist. 

Richard H. Longwell; f. Gettysburg; 57-8. Philo. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
Probate Judge at one time. 



404 PREPARATORIANS. 

Charles M. Ludwig; f. Easton, Pa., pres. res.; 57-9. Philo. Delta. Corp. Co. D, 
129th Regt. P. v., Aug. I, 62, to May 18, 63, Co. D., June 27 to Aug 7, 63. Teller 
in Phillipsburg National Bank, 64. Mar. Oct. 21, 80, to Virginia E. Siegert, of 
Easton. 

Roberts. McCreary ; f. Gettysburg ; 57-9. Philo. Farmer, Burlington, Kansas. 

Franklin H. Prise; f. Stonersville, Pa.; 57-8. Philo. 

Gerhard Sporleder; f. Rheden, Germany, 57-9. 

Charles H. Stallsmith ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 57-9. Carpenter. 

P. H. Swann; f. Cedar Creek, Va.; 57-8. 

* Edmund L. Unger ; f. Allentown, Pa.; 57-8. Philo. D. in New Orleans, La., 
64. 

John Vandersloot; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 57-8. Reported in Baltimore, Md. 
James S. Welty; f. Gettysburg, Pa., pres. res.; 57-8. Philo. Mercantile business. 

1858-9. 

Rufus W. Bailey ; b. 40, near Gettysburg; 58-61. Phrena. Law studies, Univ. 
of Mich. ; adm. 67, and practicing in Marion, Ind. 

A. B. Black; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res.; 58-9. Phrena. Farmer. 

Claude C. Boyer; f. Leacock. Son of Rev. S. R.; 58-9. In U. S. A. after war. 

W. H. Campbell; f. Manchester, Md., pres. res.; 58-9. Phrena. Dentist. 

George B. Cockey ; f. Lutherville, Md., pres. res. ; 58-9. Philo. 

Saml. Sylvanus Finkbiner; b. Oct. 17, 38, in Chester county. Pa.; 58-9. Phrena. 
M. D., Jefferson Med. Coll., 65 ; prac. at Lawrenceville, Pa. 

Charles Gallagher; f. Gettysburg, Pa.; 58-9. 

G. G. Glenn ; f. Martinsburg, Pa. ; 58-9. 

Calvin Hamilton; b. in 42, in Adams county, Pa. Par., John S. and Eveline ; 
58-62. Short while in Freshman. Phrena. Teacher formerly in Ills, for several 
years. Principal of schools, Gettysburg. Member Co. K., ist R. P. Reserves, Sept. 
15, 62 — Jan. 14, 64, from which date to 66 in Vet. Reserve Corps. Wounded at 
Gettysburg, July 2, 63, in right leg. 

William Hays ; f. Middletown, Md. ; 58-9. 

E. H.^Hoffman; f. Keedysville, Md., pres. res.; 58-9. Phrena. Farmer. 

* A. G. Holtz; b. Oct. 2, 37, New Chester, Pa.; 58-9. Philo. M. D., Univ. of 
Penna., 65. D. at Hampton, July, 79. 

* Reuben A. Howerter; f. Long Swamp, Pa.; 59-61. Philo. Enlisted and 
killed at Gettysburg, 63 ; buried in National Cemetery. 

J. H. Jarrett ; f. Windsor, Pa. ; 58-9. Phrena. Loudon, Pa. 

Geo. W. Keedy; f. Keedysville, Md., pres. res.; 58-9. Phrena. Carpenter. 

Hezekiah Kepner; f. Port Royal, Pa.; 58-9. Philo. Albany, N. Y. Laborer. 

H. Jefferson Krise ; f. Green Mount, Pa.; 58-9, 60-1. Phrena. Farmer, 

Ch. Kleinschmidt; f. Georgetown, D. C, pres. res.; 58-9. Phrena. Physician. 



1859-60. 40S 

Jesse Lambert; f. New Windsor, Md., pres. res. ; 58-9, 60-1. Phrena. 

James A. Lashell ; f. Gettysburg. 58-9. Philo. Farmer, Chepstone, Kansas. 

Alex. W. Lentz ; f. .Statesville, N. C. 58-9. Phrena. Clergyman. Pastorates, 
Montgomery Station, Pa.; Jersey Shore; Maple Hill ; Cohansey, N. J. 

John W. Metz; f. Frederick, Md. 58-g. Phrena. Smithsburg, Md. 

Henry S. Myers; f. Oxford, Pa. 58-61. Philo. York, Pa, 

William H. Pierce ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 58-9. 
/ Levi Potter; f. Martinsburg, Pa. 58-9. 

Chas. A. Rather ; b. August 3, 39, in Prussia. 58-9. F. Littlestown. Philo. 
Lin. M. D., Univ. of Md., and Long Island (N. Y.) College Hospital, 64. A. A. 
Surg. U. S. A., October, 64— June i, 65. Pension Exam. Surg., 65-70. Asst. Surg, 
and subsequently Stafr Surg.; Prussian army in Franco-Prussian war, 71-2. Prac. 
in Flarrisburg, 72. 

John H. Sieker; b. October 23, 39, in Germany. 58-9. F. Manitowas, Wis. 
Phrena. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Lie. 61. Pastor, Granville, Wis., 61-7; St. 
Paul's, 67-76; St. Matthew's, New York, 76. Co-founder of N. W. Univ., Wis. 
Co-editor Geifieindeblatl, 68-76. 

F. G. D. .Strause; f. Boonsboro, Md. 

Geo. T. Weigle ; b. July 23, 38, Gettysburg, 58-9. Philo. Farmer, and subse- 
quently druggist and grocer, Franklin Grove, 111. Now patent-right agent. 

Daniel Yingling; f. Uniontown, Md. 58-9. Phrena. Physician, Huntingdon, Ind. 

1859-60. 

J. A. H. Boblitz; f. Gettysburg. 59-61. Phrena. 

Luther Duff; f. Baltimore, Md. 59-60. Philo. 

-Warren H.Duncan; f. Abbottstown, Pa. 59-61. Philo. D. in Philadelphia. 

Luther F. Eggers ; b. Feb. 22, 44, in Centre county. Pa. ; f. Stouchsburg, Pa. 
59-61. Philo. In the army. LL. B., Albany, 69; prac. in Topeka, Kan. Reg- 
ister of Land Office 4 years. Member Legislature, 79-80. 

Isaac Fiddler; f. WomeLsdorf, Pa., pres. res. 59-60. Philo. 

L. H. Gable; f. Cherryville, Pa. 59-61. 

John H. Gehr; f. Ringgold, Md., pres. res. 59-60. Phrena. 

John H. Groff; b. Dec. 14, 44, in Lebanon county, Pa. 60. Philo. M. D., 
Univ. of Pa., 66. Druggist, Xew Holland, Pa. 

W. W. Hoffman ; f. Philadelphia. 59-60. Philo. 

S. S. Huber; f. Chambersburg, Pa. 59-61. Phrena. 

E. M. Keiser; f. Gettysburg. 59-61. 

* Israel F. Musser; f. Bellefonte, Pa. 59-60. Phrena. 

Joseph T. Sullivan ; f. Fairfield, Pa. 59-61. Phrena. Denver, Col. 

S. S. Stadelman ; b. May 30, 43, in Montgomery county. Pa. 59-61. Phrena. 
Druggist, Ardmore, Pa. Mar. June 4, 7i, to Ida E. Merrit, of Minn. 



406 PREPARATORIANS. 

George D. Voglesong; f. Carlisle, Pa. 59-61. Philo. Miller, Cumberland 
county, Pa. 

Daniel L. Wirtz; f. Gettysburg. 59-61. Phrena. Teaching, River Park, 111. 

1860-1. 

William Bittle ; f. Cabinet, Pa. 60-1. 

Jas. Wm. Dixon; b. June 12, 41, in Loudon county, Va., 60-1 ; f. Halltown, Va. 
Phrena. In various mercantile engagements in Baltimore; Denver, Col.; Philadel- 
phia ; London, O., 78. Second wife. Miss Morgan, of London, O. 

* M. W. Fair; b. Aug. 9, 37, near Manchester, Md., 60-1. Theol. course, Selins- 
grove. Lie. 67. Pastor, Funkstown, Md., 68-70; Woodsboi-o, 70-2. D. York, 
Pa., June 20, 76. Mar. May 28, 68, to Miss Furst, of Salona, Pa. 

Rudolph H. Hitz; f. Washington, D. C. 60-1. Philo. Delta. 

A. H. Howard; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 60-1. Millersville, Pa. 

Chas. Carroll Hummel; b. Sept. 20, 42, in Hummelstovvn, Pa., 60-2. Philo. Psi. 
Mercantile employment. New York. Member Co. A., (Coll. Co.) 26th R., P. M., 
June to July, 63. 

Henry C. Johnson; f. Cabinet, Pa. 60-1. 

Benjamin S. Kirk; f. Cabinet, Pa. 60-1. 

Julius W. Krapp ; f. Washington, D. C. 60-1. Philo. 

M. L. Kunkleman; f. Bridgeport, Pa. 60-1. Philo. Clergyman. Pastorates: 
Zelienople, Pa. ; Alliance, O. ; Mendon, 111. 

Wilson Leiser; f. White Deer Mills, Pa. 60-I. Phrena. 

R. W. Longwell; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 60-1. Oil City, Pa. 

J. A. Monfert, son of Henry ; b. Oct. 28, 43, in Adams county, Pa. Apr. 61-2. 
Farmer, near Gettysburg. M. Mar. 69, to Miss Schriver, Hanover. 

* Mosheim S. Plowman ; f. Baltimore, Md, 60-1. Philo. Member Cole's Ind. 
Cav. during war. Physician formerly at Hanover, Pa. Reported dead. 

H.G.Richards; f. Winchester, Va. 60-1. Phrena. 
L. W. Richards; f. Winchester, Va. 60-1. Phrena. 

* Weaker Rugh ; f. Indiana county. Pa. 60-1 . Phrena. Member Co. A., I ith R., P. 
V. Captured May, 64, after exchange, Mar. 22, 65, lost on sinking of transport. 

H. H. Seidle; f. Lebanon. 60-2. Philo. Iron manufacturer. Res., Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

Luther W. Slater; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 60-1. Phrena. 2d Lieut. Co. B. (Coll. 
Co.), 26th R., P. M., June to July, 63. In Surgeon General's office, Washington, D. 
C. Mar. to Miss Yount, of Gettysburg. 

Theo. F. Stonebraker; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res. 60-I. Phrena. 

George W. Ward ; f. Frostburg, Md., pres. res. 60-1. Philo. 

James H.Ward; b. June 17, 45. F. Frostburg, Md., pres. res. 60-1. Philo. 
Civil eng., 64-72. Now farming and milling. 



1 86 1-3. 407 

J. F. Wicklein ; f. Reading. 60-1. Philo. Clergyman. 
James A. Woods; f. Gettysburg, 60-2. Phrena. 

1861-2. 

.Stephen D. Best ; f. Cherryville, Pa. 61-2. Phrena. Merchant, Lehighton, Pa. 

John H. Billig; f. Tamaqua, Pa. 61-2. Philo. 

Andrew H. Biirk ; f. Carroll county, Md. 61-2. 

.Silas L. Early ; b. in 48 or 9 in Palmyra, Pa. 61-2. Formerly merchant in Palmyra. 

David Early; b. Dec. 10, 43, in Palmyra. 61-2. Philo. Sergt. Co. I, 127th 
R., P. v., August, 62— May, 63. Wounded severely in face at Fredericksburg. 
Farmer near Palmyra. Mar. in 71 to Ella M. Heller, near Lancaster, Pa. 

Benjamin W. Early; b. 40 or 41, near Palmyra. 61-2. Philo! Member Co. I., 
127th R., P. v., August, 62— May, 63. Clerk, formerly in Palmyra, and since 66 in 
Dayton, O. 

Edward C. Gill; f. Baltimore, Md. 60-1. 

George Grossman ; f. Farmersville, Pa. 61-2,64-5. Pliilo. Horse dealer, Lancaster. 

John W. Henderson; f. Hummelstown, Pa., pres. res. 61-2. Philo. Physician. 

Joel W. Hoffman; f. Shoemakersville, Pa.; 61-2. Phrena. 

Andrew L. Horner; f. Cockeysville ; 61-5. 

David McKnight; f. Jackson Hall, Pa.; 61-2. Philo. Omaha, Neb, 

A. Rautch Miller; f. State Line; 61-2. Phrena. 

*Albertus Arwine Miller; b. Feb. 18, 43, in Washington county, Md. ; 61-3. 
Phrena. M. D., Jefferson Med. Coll., 69. Prac. in Greencastle. D. in 80. 

Preston E. Miller; b. July 4, 41, in Washington county, Md. ; 61-3. Phrena. 
Teaching and civil engineer. 

Samuel F. Picking; f. Somerset, Pa.; 61-2. Phrena. Berlin, Pa. 

Almon B. Picking; f. Gettysburg; 61-2. Cheever, Kansas. 

Samuel M. .Sayford ; b. Dec. 14,45, Harrisburg; 61-3. Philo. Zeta. 2d Lt. 
Co. E, 194th Reg. P. v., July— Nov., 64. Business pursuits, 64-73. I" 75 ent. V. 
M. C. A. work; is now State Sec. of Mass.; res., Newton. Mar. Dec. 19, 66, to 
Clara S. Kepner, Port Royal, Pa. 

Peter G. Zouck; f. Zoucksville, Md. ; 61-3. Phrena. Reisterstown, Md. 

1862-3. 

Ralph Belch; f. Gettysburg; 62-4. Jackson, Miss. 

J. Emory Bergstresser ; Gettysburg, 62-3. 

Henry Black ; f. York, pres. res. ; 62-3. Sigma. Lawyer. 

D. G. Canther; f. James Creek, Pa. ; 62-3. Member Co. A. (Coll. Co.) 26th R 
P. M. 

Joseph R. Culley; b. Aug. 21, 42, in Philadelphia, pres. res.; 62-4. Phoenix ville, 
Pa. Philo. Grocer, 66-76; Express Agent, 76. 



408 PREPARATORIANS. 

John A. Diehl ; f. Gettysburg ; 62-4. 

George B. Eyster; f. Cumberland county, Pa.; 62-3. 

Nathaniel Fiery; f. Funkstown, Md., pres. res.; 62-3. 

Thomas W. Frost ; b. Oct. 20, 44, Frostburg, Md., pres. res. ; 62-3. Philo. 
Farming and lumbering. 

William F. Flinckle ; f. Fort Wayne, Ind., pres. res. ; 62-4. Philo. Psi. 

James F. Long; f. Jacksonville, Pa. 

*Scott McClean; b. April 19, 45, in Stephen City, Va. ; 62-3. Clerk in Qr. Mast. 
Dept., U. S. A. 63-5. Law student at d., Feb. 23, 67. 

Manoah Metz ; f. Ringgold, Md. ; 62-3. Phrena. Formerly merchant, now P. 
M., Smithsburg, Md. 

Charles C. Moorehead; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 62-4. Philo. Psi. Physician, Sykes- 
ville, Md. 

John Raynor ; f. Cumberland county. Pa. ; 62—3. 

1863-4. 

William H. Cline; Lovettsville, Va. ; 63-5. Phrena. Physician, Baltimore, Md. 

Gilbert Hoover; f. Gettysburg; 63-6. Harrisburg, Pa. 

John A. Koones ; f. New York ; 63-4. Philo. 

John W. Leidigh ; f. Allen, Pa. ; 63-4. Philo. 

James R. McElfatrick ; f. Fort Wayne, Ind.; 63-5. Philo. 

* Henry T. McMillan; f. Greensburg, Pa. ; 63-4. Philo. Delta. Killed in rail- 
road collision on returning in September, 64, to enter Freshman. 

Max NircUinger; f. Fort Wayne, Ind., pres. res.; 63-4. Sigma. 

Luther Piper; f. Sharpsburg, Md. ; 63-4. Clerk in P. R. R. Co.'s office, Altoona. 

John T. Rickard ; f. Lovettsville, Va. ; 63-5. Phrena. 

Henry J. Ritter; b. Mar. 29, 48, in Berks co., Pa.; 63-4. Phrena. Member Sig- 
nal Corps U. S. A., May II, 64, to Aug. 5, 65. Stock dealer, Tippecanoe City, O., 
where mar. Oct. 14, 79, to Ada L. Woodward. 

Alfred S. Thompson; f. Reading, Pa., pres. res.; 63-4. Phrena. 

William D. Vincel; f. Lovettsville, Va. ; 63-5. Phrena. 

A. Ffeming White; f. Adams co., Pa., 63-4. 

David M. White; f. Adams co., Pa.; 63-4. 

1864-5. 

John A. Bright; b. Apr. 24,45, i^^ Aaronsburg, Pa. ; 64-5. Philo. Teaching 
and studying theology. Lie. 73. Pastorates, Hublersburg, Pa. ; Jersey Shore, Pa. ; 
Ellsworth, Kan., 81. Mar. Sept. 17, 68, to Belle M. Schearer, Milton, Pa. 

Heniy Wilson Douty ; f. LTnionville, Md. ; 64-6. Phrena. 

Charles H. Fahnestock; f. Philadelphia, pres. res. ; 64-5. Bank Clerk. 

Gates Douglass Fahnestock; f. Philadelphia, pres. res.; 64-5. Shipping trade. 



1 865-6. 409 

James Latimer Kibler; f. Front Royal, Va. ; 64-6. Phrena. 

Francis Jos. Kooser ; f. Somerset, Pa., pres. res.; 64-5. Philo. Lawyer. 

Luther W. Minnigh ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 64-6. Philo. Confectioner. 

Hugh McKeldin ; f. Athens, Tenn. ; 64-5. Phrena. Knoxville, Tenn. 

Jacob C. Nicodemus; f. Keedysville, Md., pres. res., 64-5. Phrena. Farmer. 

Edw. George Reisher; f. Chambersburg, Pa. 64-5. Philo. 

Asa Richard; f. Frederick county, Va., pres. res. 64-5. Lie. in 78. Farming. 

John McC. Unger; f. Mercersburg, Pa. 64-6. 

Wm. Luther G. Unger; f. Mercersburg, Pa. 64-6. Philo. 

Henry E. Wilhelm ; f. Baltimore, Md. 64-5. Philo. 

']■>• nas F. Wilhelm; f. Baltimore, Md. 64-5. Philo. 

, j Sheldon Zeigler; f. Gettysburg. 64-7. 

1865-6. 

I .onidas T. Acworth ; f. Quantico, Md. 65-6. 

Richard H. Beck; f. Hecktown, Pa., pres. res. 65-7. Phrena. Physician. 

Thaddeus M. Biddle ; f. near Altoona, Pa., pres. res. 65-7. Phrena. 

John Arthur Bouse ; f. Gettysburg. 65-8. 

Robert S. Crawford ; f. Gettysburg. 65-6. Engineer on ocean steamer. 

Martin Diehl; f. Walkersville, Md., pres. res. 65-6. 

Adam Diehl; f. Walkersville, Md., pres. res. 65-6. 

Thomas E. Ehrehart ; son of Prof. C. J. 65-70. 

William Henry Finckel ; b. Jan. 4, 52, in Washington, D. C. ; son of Rev. Dr. 
Samuel D. 65-6. Ph. B., Columbian Univ., 69. Solicitor of Patents, Washingtoil, 
D. C, 73. 

Henry P. Frazey ; f. Cherry Grove, Pa. 65-6. Philo. 

Joseph Holtz ; b. Sept. 2, 42, at New Chester, Pa., 'pres. res. 65-6. Philo. Grain 
commission business. 

Geo. Edward Jacobs; son of Prof. Michael; b. March 19, 54, in Gettysburg; 
65-9, 70-1. Merchant, Johnstown, Pa., 77-9; Wheeling, W. Va., 79-81. Prop, of 
Gettysburg Novelty Works, manufacturing splint, etc., chairs. Mar. June 29, 80, to 
Mary O. Arnold, Johnstown. 

Hezekiah Kieffer; f. Harney, Md. ; 65-6. Phrena, 

John Atchley Koser ; f. Harrisburg, Pa. ; 65-6. 

George Rexford Lathrop; b. Oct. 19, 48, in Brockport, N. Y. ; 65-6; f. Washing- 
ton, D. C. Delta. In publishing business, New York City. 

George W. Minke; f. Cumberland, Md. ; 65-6. Philo. 

Benjamin E. ^oore ; f. Quantico, Md. ; 65-6. Phrena. 

Edwin T. Moul ; b. Oct. 3, 49 ; ent. f. York, pres. res. 65-6. Philo. Zeta. 
Formerly in drug, now whisky trade. 



4IO PREPARATORIANS. 

Lewis Peiffer ; f. Chambersburg, Pa. ; 65-6. 

* Albert M. Pfahler ; son of Rev. M. H. ; b. Oct. 25, 50, in Somerset county, Pa. ; 
65-6. Studied medicine in St. Louis. Prac. and taught school, Snyder county. 
Adm. to the bar in 75, prac. in ^kliddleburg. Pa. D. Aug. 18, 79. Mar. Oct. 30, 74, 
to Miss Yost. 

Walter S. Pratt; b. Feb. 19, 52; f. Washington, D. C, pres. res. 65-7. Clerk, 
Treasury Dept. Married to Miss Page, of Washington. 

Jacob Rife ; f. Middletown, Pa. ; 65-6. 

William F. Shull ; b. May 30, 42, near New Chester, Pa., pres. res. 65-6. Teach- 
ing and farming. 

Thomas J. Stumbaugh ; f. Chambersburg, Pa. 65-7, 69-70. Farmer. Rush 
Centre, Kas. 

Henry Baptiste Strohdach; b. Sept. 26, 47, in Germany. 65-7. F. Rp^rling. 
Philo. Theol. course, Philadelphia ; ord. 74. Pastor, Dushore, Pa., 74-5 ; ivfor. 
ristown, 75. i\Iar. to Mary L. Zeller. 

James A. Swope ; f. Gettysburg. 65-6. Furniture dealer. Greenwood, Iowa. 

Jacob ]\L Weaver; f. Hunterstown, Pa., pres. res. 65-6. Farmer. 

James B. Weaver; f. Hunterstown, Pa., pres. res. 65-6. Farmer. 

Henry N. Wolfert ; f. Altoona, Pa. 65-6. 

Jesse F. Young; f. Cumberland, Md. 

Hugh McClean Ziegler; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 65-7, 6S-70. 

1866-7. 
Peter D. Barnhart ; f. Kittanning, Pa., pres. res. 66-8. Philo. 
Grove C. Beaver ; f. Fredericksburg, Pa. 66-8. Book-keeper, Lebanon, Pa. 
Amos F. Eicholtz; f. Hampton, Pa., pres. res. 66-7. Merchant. 
John Eppler; f. Reading, Pa. 66-7. Philo. Reported dead. 
James A. Fechtig; f. Hagerstown, Md. 66-7. Phrena. Physician, Cumberland, 
Md. 

Henry J. Heister ; f. Farm Ridge, 111. 66-7. 

* Cyrus Garrett; 66-7. f. Schaefterstown, Pa., where d. in 68. 

Chajles H. Keller; f. Reading, Pa. 66-7. Phrena. Delta. Philadelphia. 

Columbus W. Krise ; f. Green ^Nlount, Pa. 66-7, 6S-9 (Chem.) M. D., Univ. 
of Md. Prac. in Carlisle, Pa. Mar. to Miss Beetem, of Carlisle. 

W^illiam L. Lantz ; f. West Fairview, Pa., pres. res. 66-7. Merchant. 

John W. C. Lenher; f. Allen, Pa. 66-8. Philo. Mechanicsburg. 

George E. Loucks, f. York, Pa., pres. res. 66-7. Phrena. 

A. J. Mattern; b. Dec. 11, 42, in Huntingdon county. Pa. 66-7. Phrena. 
Merchant, Tyrone, Pa., 72. Mar. Feb. 9, 71, to Annie M. Gardner, Rock Spring, Pa. 

Daniel W. Marshall; f. Ashland, Pa,, pres. res. 66-7. 



1867-8. 411 

James H. McCullough; f. Cjcttysljurg, ])ies. res. 66-9. I'hrena. 

* William M. McCallum; f. Audenried, Pa. 66-8. Philo. 
James W. Mcllhenny ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 66-9. Farmer. 

Daniel Rent ch Miller; f. State Line, Pa. 66-7. Phrena. Physician, Greencastle, Pa. 
John W. Minnigh ; f. Wrightsville, Pa., pres. res. 66-7. Phrena. Undertaker. 

* Thomas F. Mumma ; f. Hagerstown, Md. 66-8. Phrena. Reported dead. 
Uriah Myers ; f. Bethlehem, Pa. 66-7. Phrena. Clergyman, Fayette, N. Y. 
William H. Oberholtzer; f. Fredericksburg, Pa., pres. res. 66-7. 

John F. Peters; b. Aug. 9, 51 ; f. York Springs, Pa., pres. res. 66-8. Philo. Stove 
and tinware trade. School Director 76. Mar. to Miss Myers, of Hampton, Pa. 

Charles F. Reindollar ; f. Taneytown, Md. 66-7. Philo. Keysville, Md. 

David L. Ross ; f. Athens, Tenn., pres. res. 66-7. Phrena. 

Henry J. Rup]) ; f. Gettysburg, Pa., pres. res. 66-9. Philo. Tanner. 

Carl M. Rupp; f. Gettysburg, Pa., pres. res. 66-9. Tanner. 

William S. Shank ; f. Dock Haven, Pa. 66-7. Philo. Book-keeper, St. Paul, 
Minn. 

Jacob W. Sheets ; f. West Fairview, Pa. 66-8. Philo. Ins. Agt., and till recently 
merchant, Harrislourg, Pa. 

John H. Shiffler; b. Oct. 24, 51, Fredericksburg, Pa., pres. res, 66-7. Clerk in 
store. 

William H. Snyder; f. Newville, Pa.; 66-7. 

C. Dorsey Spangler; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res. 66-7. Phrena. Artist. 

W'illiam F. Stansbury ; f. Tchula, Miss. ; 66-7. Phrena. Sigma. 

Fred. Wilson Troxell ; b. Sept. 11, 51, in Emmittsburg, Md. ; 66-8. Book-keeper 
in hat house, Baltimore, Md., 73. 

Henry R. Trexler; f. Reading, Pa., pres. res.; 66-7. 

Howard R. Wallis; b. Sept. 4, 46, in Muncy, Pa., pres. res. ; 66-7. Civil engineer. 

George E. Wible ; f. Gettysburg, Pa., pres. res. ; 66-8. 

John L. Wible ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 66-8. 

Daniel B. Young ; f. Reading, pres. res. ; 66-8. Philo. 

Emanuel Ziegler; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 66-7. Carriage maker. 

1867-8. 

Americus S. Arnold ; b. June 29, 49, in Lovettsville, Va. ; 67-9. Phrena. Teaching. 
Clergyman; lie. 75. Pastor, Lakeville, Ind., 77-8; Gilbert, O., 78. Mar. Dec. 74, 
to Eliza A. Shrigley, Zanesville, O. 

Jacob P. Benford; f. .Stoyestown; 67-8. 

James Bigham ; Green Mount, pres. res. ; 67-8. Merchant. 

William S. Black ; f. Mt. Holly, N. J. ; 67-9. 

Edward S. Bloom; f. Bloomsburg, Is. J., pres. res.; 67-8. Druggist. 



412 PREPARATORIANS. 

Martin L. Bott ; f. Seven Valley, Pa.; 67-9. Philo. M. D., Jefferson Med. 
Coll. ; prac. Gettysburg and Hanover, 78-81 ; Westminster, Md., 81. 

Saml. Kelso Clever; f. Cleversburg, Pa., pres. res.; 67-8. Fai-mer and Merchant. 

Walter H. Deitzler; f. Annville, Pa. ; 67-8. Phrena. Laborer, Lebanon, Pa. 

Mart. Luther Deitzler ; f. Annville, Pa. ; 67-8. Phrena. Theol. course, Selins- 
grove. Pastor, Beaver Springs, Pa. 

William Diehl ; f. Seven Valley, Pa. 67-9. Philo. 

Frank P. Fiery; b. Mar. 16, 52, Hagerstown, Md. 67-8. Phrena. Teaching 
for some time. Farmer, Valencia, Kan. Mar. Nov. 24, 81, to Jennie Button, 
Monroe, O. 

Samuel L. Fiery; f. Fairview, Md., pres. res. 67-9. Phrena. Farmer. 

John M. Fi.sher; f. Sleepy Creek Station, W. Va. 67-8. 

David H. Gardner; f. Rossville, Pa. 67-8. Phrena. Principal of Schools, 
Wrightsville, Pa. 

* Charles Gehr; f. Chambersburg. 67-8. Psi. 

Samuel Kunkel ; f. Shippensburg, Pa. 67-9. Philo. Delta. Bank clerk, Har- 
risburg, Pa. 

Philip E. Linn; f. Harrisburg, Pa., pres. res. 67-8. 
John H. Malaun ; f. Abbottstown, Pa. 67-8. 
William F. Middleton ; f. Baltimore, pres. res. 67-8. 

* Aaron K. Myers ; b. in 50, near Fayetteville, Pa. 67-8; f. Shippensburg. Seed 
business, Detroit, Mich., 68. D. Shippensburg, Oct. 27, 81. 

Wm. Weimar Otto; b. Apr. 18, 50, in Reading, Pa. 67-9; f. Williamsport, pres. 
res. Phrena. Clerk. 

Wm. Edwin Reddig; b. Apr. 29, 51, in Shippensburg, Pa., pres. res. 67-8. Philo. 
Merchant. Mar. June 8, 75, to Ida C. Clendenin, Carlisle Springs, Pa. 

Samuel E. Reindollar; f. Taneytown, Md., pres. res. 67-9. Phrena. 

James L. Richardson ; b. Aug. 28, 48, in Page county, Va. 67-8 ; f. Lovittsville, 
Va. Phrena. Upholstering business, New York city. 

W. A. Scott ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 67-8. Telegraph operator for some years. 
Adm. to bar, Gettysburg, 80. Postal Route Agent, 82. 

John N. Snyder; f. Arndtsville, Pa., pres. res. 67-8. Philo. 

Sylvester Valentine ; f. Double Pipe Creek, Md., pres. res. 67-8. Phrena. 

Edward A. Walters ; f. Shippensburg, pres. res. 67-8. Phrena. Tin and stove 
trade. 

J. Albert Weigle ; b. September 10, 48, in New Oxford, Pa. Phrena. Formerly 
harness trade, and afterward grocer. Now in Post-office, Washington, D. C. 

* Walter W. Williamson; f. Harrisburg; 67-8. Philo. D. July, 69. Had 
served in U. S. A. 

Charles M. Young; b. Aug. 6, 51, in Adams county. Pa.; 67-8. Teaching. 
Legal course, Des Moines, la., 80. Res., Penora, la. 

Isaac B. Young; f. Funkstown, Md. ; 67-8. Res., St. James College, Md. 



1868-70. 4' 3 

1868-9. 

E. M. Z. Buhrman ; b. July 9, 49, in Poxville, Md., pres. res. 68-9. Teaching 
and farming. Mar. July 21, 74, to Manzella Huhrman. 
George Edw. BueHer; f. Baltimore, pres. res. 68-70. 
Woitliington Cover; f. Johnstown, Pa., pres. res. 68-9. Mechanic. 
J. Samuel Dotterer; f. Gettysburg, Pa.; 68-70. 

Charles E. Ehrehart ; son of Rev. Prof. Charles J.; 68-70. Civil engineer. 
William Fissel ; f. Seven Valley; 68-9. Philo. 

Edward H. Fronheiser; b. Sept. 22, 51, in Johnstown, Pa., pres. res. 68-9. 
Phrena. Merchant. 

George M. Geiselman ; f. Houston, Texas; 68-70. Grocer, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

Peter Graff; f. Worthington, Pa. ; 68-9. Phrena. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Charles A. Horner; son of Dr. Charles ; 68-71. Medical student, Univ. of Penna. 

Edward A. Hughes; f. Gettysburg. 68-9. Dixon, 111. 

Elwood C. Hughes; f. Gettysburg. 68-9. Dixon, 111. 

Henry A. Koogle; f. Myerstown, Md. 68-9. Kansas. 

* Charles S. Moses; f. Johnstown, Pa. 68-9. Phrena. Mechanic. D.October 
16, 81. 

William R. Raver; f. Schuylkill Haven, Pa. 68-9. R. R. agent, Shamokin, Pa. 

Wm. Kurtz Schick ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. 68-9. .Salesman, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Jos. Cover Sharp; f. Johnstown, Pa., pres. res. 68-9. Philo. Mechanic. 

William Shimer; b. Sept. 24, 49, at Martin's Creek, Pa., pres. res. 68-9, 71-2, 
irr. Phrena. Upsilon Beta. Farmer. Mar. Dec. 16, 74, to Martha F. Vanhattar, 
Roxbury, N. J. 

Joseph E. Shimer; f. Stocker.stown, X. J., pres. res. 68-9. Philo. Merchant. 
Joseph H. Sleasman ; f. Smithsburg, Md. 68-9. Philo. Waynesboro, Pa. 
Elwood Smith ; f. Philadelphia. 68-9. 
Amos Titus ; f. New York city. 68-9. 
David W. Weigle ; f. Gettysburg. 68-9. 

1869-70. 

Frank J. Acker; f. Washington, D. C, pres. res. 69-70. 

Charles M. Coleman ; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 69-71. Druggist. 

Walter H. Dechert ; b. May 2, 54, in Chambersburg.; 69-71 ; f. New Chester, Pa., 
pres. res. Farming. Mar. Nov. 17, 75, to Emma Thomas, of New Chester. 

David G. Donahue; f. New Chester, Pa., pres. res. 69-70. 

Milton J. Ehrehart; f. New Chester, Pa., pres. res. 69-70. 

George W. Felty; b. Feb. 5, 54, in Adams county. Pa., pres. res. April 70-71. 
Farmer. Mar. Oct. 10, 76, to Amanda M. Gitt. 

John P. Hass ; b. Sept. 30, 49, in Sunbury, Pa. 69-70. Philo. Res. Baltimore, 



414 PREPARATORIANS. 

75. Formerly in coal business, now hat trade. Cashier of post-office. Mar. Nov. 
4, 72, to Sallie C. Schafif, Lewisburg, Pa. 

Rufus M. Hartman ; f. Littlestown, Pa., pres. res. 69-70. Phrena. Merchant. 

James E. Hassler; f. Shamokin, Pa. 69-70. 

John Layton ; f. Johnstown, Pa., pres. res. 69-70. Mechanic. 

* Harry Matthews ; f. Baltimore, Md. 69-70. Philo. 

Franklin P. Michael ; f. Shawnee, Pa. 69-72. Philo. 

Thomas Pitchlynn; f. Washington, D. C. 69-70. 

George F. Russell ; f. Rockville, Md. 69-70. Phrena. 

Daniel Sheely ; f. Cashtown, Pa. 69-70. Phrena. 

George W. Smith ; f. Shippensburg, Pa. 69-70. 

J. F. Strieby ; b. Dec. 3,49, in Williamsport, Pa., pres. res. 69-70. Phrena. 
Lawyer. 

Upton U. Unger; f. Mercersburg, Pa., pres. res. 69-70. Philo. 

Charles A. Warner; f. Baltimore, Md. 69-71. 

1870-1. 

Henry M. Brinkerhoff; f. Gettysburg; 70-1. Philo. 

Juhan P. Connelly; f. Paralta, N. M. ; 70-1. 

Hiland Flowers; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 70-3. Druggist, Philadelphia. 

Tilghman Gilmore ; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 70-I. Printer, Lancaster, Md. 

Charles T. Gould ; f. Lancaster, Pa. ; 70-3. 

Christian Hess; f. Harrisburg, Pa.; 70-1. Merchant, Churchville, Pa. 

William H. A. MuUer; f. Oswego, N. Y. ; 70-1. 

William J. Neil; f. Johnstown, Pa.; 70-1. New Florence, Pa., farmer. 

Jose P. B. Perea; f. Paralta, N. M. ; 70-1. 

Daniel R. Rouzer; f. Mechanicstown, Md., pres. res. ; 70-2. Mechanic. 

John H. Sarbaugh ; f. Waynesboro, Pa.; 70-1. Grocer, Greencastle, Pa. 

Jose I. Salazar ; f. Paralta, N. M. ; 70-1. 

Charles W. Schick; b. in Gettysburg; 70-3, 74-5. Clerk, Springfield, 111. 

Pearsen P. Sentman ; son of Rev. Solomon ; 70-2. 

.Abraham L. Simmons; f. Hagerstown, Md. ; 70-1. Farmer, Haguestown, Pa. 

Jacob H. Snyder; f. Woodsboro, Md. ; 70-1. Front Royal, Va. 

Charles B. Tate; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 70-1. 

Edward F. Uhrland; f. Lutherville, Md. ; 70-1. Sheep-raising, Colorado. 

*Benjamin W. Tomlinson; b. June li, 48, in Bedford county, Pa. ; 70-1. Philo. 
Theol. course, Gettysburg; lie. 75. Pastorates, New Florence, Pa., and Lockport, 
N. Y. D. April 8, 80. 

Frederick Yeager ; f. Allegheny, Pa. ; 70-1. Lake Providence, La. 

Charles M. Young; f. Gettysburg. Lawyer. Penora, Iowa. 



1871-3. 415 

1871-2. 

Walter H. Acker; f. Washington, D. C. ; 71-2. 

Calvin E. Brought; f. Granville, Pa.; 71-3. 

Guyon Henry Buehler ; son of David A. ; b. June 4, 56, in Gettysburg, pres. 
res.; 71-4. Printer. 

Jose I. Chares; f. Santa Fe, X. M. ; 7 1-2. Phrena. Clerk in pension office, 
Washington, D. C. 

John T. Deibert; b. April 17, 55, in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., pres. res. ; 71-3,74-5. 
Phrena. Sigma. Coal and timber business. 

Charles S. Dierdorff; f. Mulberry-, Pa., pres. res.; 70-1. Philo. 

Peter W. Fick ; f. New York, pres. res. 71-2. Merchant. 

George T. Furst; f. Beech Creek, Pa. ; 71-2. 

Edmund Keely; f. Manayunk, Phila., pres. res.; 71-2, 74-5. Builder. 

George W. Lutz ; f. Bedford. Pa., pros. res. 71-2. 

Alfred Martenis; f. Hampton Junction, N. J. Theol. course, Gettysburg. Pas- 
tor, Maryland, X. Y. ; Canton, X'. Y. 

John M. Michael; f. Shawnee, Pa., pres. res. 71-2. Farmer. 

*George U. Porter; b. June 3, 51, Baltimore, Md. ; 71-3. Philo. Psi. Editor- 
ial work, Jotn-nal of Commerce. D. 1876. 

Josephus L. Remsberg ; f. Middletown, Md. ; 71-2. Physician, Limerick, III. 

David M. Weaver; f. Bethlehem, Pa., pres. res. 71-2. Phrena. Baggage 
master P. & S. R. R. 

Charles M. Wise; f. Baltimore, Md. ; 71-2. 

1872-3. 

Franklin D. Blocker; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res.; 72-5. 

Joseph G. Brinkerhoff; b. July 9, 57, near Gettysburg; 72-5. Book-keeper, 
Springfield, 111. 

David C. Brinkerhoff; f. Gettysburg, pres. res.; 72-5. 

John R. Boughter; f. Lebanon, Pa.; 72-3. Philo. Salina, Kansas. 

Daniel L. Clapp; f. Muncy, Pa., pres. res.; 72-3. Phrena. Clerk. 

James L. Henderson ; f. Lewistown, Pa. ; 72-3. Philo. Delta. Physician, 
Pemberton, O. 

Samuel S. Ingle; f. Washington, D. C, pres. res.; 72-4. 
John M. McConaughy; f. Johnstown, Pa.; 72-4. Phrena. Sigma. Clerk. 
William H. Musselman; f. Woodensburg, Md.; 72-3. Phrena. 
William J. Ricker; f. Salona, Pa., pres. res.; 72-3. 
John S. Russel ; f. Ballinafad, Canada. 72-3. Phrena. 
O. E. Shannon ; f. Butler, Pa. 72-4. Printer, Yankton, Dakota. 
J. Edwin Smenner; b. Sept. 17, 55, in Cumberland, Md. 72-3. Druggist, X'ew 
Wilmington, Pa. 



41 6 PREPARATORIANS. 

Hiram Van Dyke; f. Mummasburg, Pa., pres res. 72-4. Philo. 
Charles F. Warren; f. Gettysburg. 72-3. 
John L. Wible; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 72-5. 
David G. Wilson ; f. Philadelphia. 72-4. 

1873-4. 

Walter M. Bantz; f. Gettysburg; 73-5. Phrena. Lovettsville, Va. 
. Samuel R. Bayley ; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res. 73-4. 

Samuel Cobean ; f. Gettysburg, pres. I'es. 73-4. 

Loren A. Gulp; f. Gettysburg; 73-5. Lawyer, Chambersburg, Pa. 

Charles Griffith ; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 73-5. Philo. 

WilHam A. Hagerty; b. Jan. 22, 57, near Clearfield, Pa., pres. res. 73-4. 
Phrena. Lawyer; adm. to the bar, 76. 

Wesley Ploffacker; f. Manchester, Md., pres. res. 73-4. Phrena. Merchant. 

Jacob A. HoUinger; f. Gettysburg; 73-4. 

Frank S. Pusey ; f. Clearfield, Pa. ; 73-4. Phrena. 

Daniel Rider; 'b. July 15, 55, in Clearfield county. Pa.; 73-4. Phrena. Book- 
keeper, now merchant, Baltimore, Md. Mar. Feb. 26, 80, to Helen Willson, Balti- 
more, Md. 

Henry Rider; f. Clearfield, Pa., pres. res. ; 73-4. 

Solomon Rider ; f. Clearfield, Pa., pres. res. ; 73-4. Jeweler. 

William Shannon; f. Butler, Pa.; 73-4. 

Charles K. Sill; f. Manchester, Md. ; 73-4. Phrena. Philadelphia. 

John Smith; f. Ginger Hill, Pa., pres. res.; 73-4. 

Howard A. Volk ; f. Catonsville, Md., pres. res. ; 73-4. Lawyer. 

1874-5. 

Jacob H. Bantz; b. April 10, 58, in Lovettsville, Va. F. Clearfield. 74-5. 
Phrena. Lawyer, Lewistown, 111. 

Van Wyck Bayley ; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res. 74-5. 

Samuel M. Birely ; f. Ladiesburg, Md. 74-6. Phrena. Graceham, Md. 

Samuel Collings ; f. Lutherville, Md., pres. res. 74-6. Philo. Butcher. 

Robert D. Croll; f. York, Pa., pres. res. 74-5. Delta. Commission merchant. 

John S. Davis; f. Manayunk, Pa., pres. res. 74-5. Phrena. In woolen mills. 

Edwin P. Deal; f. Charleston, Mo. 74-5. 

Edgar S. Faber; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 74-5. Tobacconist. 

W'. H. Grabenhorst; f. Frederick, Md. 74-5. Phrena. Government clerk, 
Washington, D. C. 

Jonathan B. Harpster; f. Frankstown, Pa. 74-5. Philo. 

Samuel L. Herman; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 74-5. 



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Franklin Ilinkle; f. Columbia, Pa., pres. res. 74-5. Phrena. Delta. M. D., 
Univ. of Penna. 

John J. Horn; f. Eureka, Nevada. 74-5. 

Cyrus A. Horn; f. Eureka, Nevada. 74-5. 

Arthur L. Hummel ; f. Hummelstown, Pa., pres. res. 74-5. Philo. Sigma. 

Charles W. Johnson ; f. Ellerton, Md. 74-6. Phrena. 

* William A. Johnson ; f. Spring Forge, Pa. 74-5. Phrena. 

Robert L. Keller; f. Brooklyn, N. Y., pres. res. 74-5. Philo. Auction .store. 
Dentist. 

Charles F. Kurtz; f. York, pres. res. 74-5. 

David M. Rebert; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res. 74-5. 

Mahlon L. Rice; f. Ellerton, Md. 74-5. 

Richard W. Baylor; f. Schuylkill Haven, Pa. 74-6. Sigma. M. D., New York 
Med. Coll. 

James S. Scott; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 74-7. 

Charles S. Smith; f. Emmittsburg, Md. 74-6. Liveryman. 

Millard F. Stover; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 74-5. 

Amos H. Stover; f. Cashtown, Pa. 

Morrell Swank; f. John.stown, Pa., pres. res. 74-5. 

Edward H. Thomas; f. Columbia, Pa., pres. res. 74-5. Psi. Brakeman, P. & 
R. R. R. 

^' Aaron Waitersdorff; f. Deep River, Iowa. 74-5. D. at Hanover. 

1875-6. 
Stephen Baldy; b. Jan. 20, 60, in Tamaqua, Pa. 75-6; f. Catawi.ssa, Pa., pres. 
res. Psi. Merchant. Mar. Oct. 20, 80, to Hallie P. Chrissman, Catawissa. 
Millard F. Church; f. Gettysburg. 75-8. 
Adam G. Clark ; f. Taneytown, Md. 
Daniel P. Kistler; f. Catawissa, Pa., pres. res. 75-6. 
George K. Linton; f. Johnstown, Pa., pres. res. 75-6. Psi. 
David H. Melhorn ; f. New Chester, Pa., pres. res. 75-6. Physician. 
John B. Phillips; f. Baltimore, Md., pres. res. 75-6. Psi. 
Charles S. Smith; f. Emmittsburg, Md. 75-6. Philo. Psi. 
Collins E. Spangler ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 75-8. 
Joseph S. Stayer ; f. New Enterprise, Pa. ; 75-6. 
Alexander K. Taylor; f. Catonsville, Md., pres. res.; 75-6. Philo. Psi. 

1876-7. 
Frederick G. Cowie; f. Washington, D. C, pres. res.; 76-7. 

George W. Eaverson ; f. Jacksonville, Fla. ; 76-8. Student, Military Academy, 
Chester, Pa. 
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41 8 PKEPAKATOKIANS. 

John W. Fahr; f. Kintnersville, Pa. ; 76-9. Easton, Pa. 

John L. Galhitin; f. Hanover, Pa.; 76-7. 

Johu L. Harding ; f. Gettysburg, Pa. ; 76-S. 

Philip S. Hills ; f. Mill Hill. Pa.; 76-7. Philo. Student at Dickinson College. 

Addison A. Hoftman ; f. Annandale, Pa. ; 76-7. 

Richard E. Sossano : f. Washington, P. C. ; 7t.->-7. 

John E. McCammon ; f. Gettysburg; 76-So. Philadelphia. 

William McCamnion ; f. Gettysbui-g; 76-Si. rhiladelphia. 

Charles G. Neely ; f. near Gettysburg ; 76-S. 

George P. Whipp; f. Jeflerson, Md., pres. res. ; 76-7. 

1877- S. 

Oliver SaboKl Keely ; f. Roxborough, Pa. 77-S. Psi. Student, l>afayette Col- 
lege. 

Charles E. Monfort ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 77-S. 

Jerome Peters; f. Middletown, Pa., pres. res. 77-S. Psi. 

John A. Philson; b. June 13, 59, at Stony Creek, Pa.; f. Heilin, Pa., pres. res. 
77-S. Clerk. 

Frank A. Spangler ; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 77-9. Bank clerk. 

1S7S-9. 
Robert E. Beal ; f. Cumberland, Md. 7S-9. Theta. 
Charles H. Bishop; f. Liverpool, Pa. 7S-9. Phrena. Farmer, Kansas. 
Franklin P. Bossier; f. Williamsburg, Pa., pres. res. 7S-9. Philo. Teacliing. 
George M. Brenneman; f. Gettysburg, pres. res. 78—9.. 

Charles H. Garling; f. Hagerstown, Md., pres. res. 78-9. Phrena. Student, 
Wittenberg College. 

Samuel F. Gladfelter; f. Logansville, Pa,, pres. res. 7S-9. 

James I. Goodlander; f. Luthersburg, Pa. 7S-9. Printer, Clearfield, Pa. 

Henr\- W. Leister; f. Huntingdon, Pa., pres. res. 7S-9. Druggist. 

Cleason M. Musselman ; f. Fairfield, Pa., pres. res. 7S-9. 

Charles W. Stine ; f. York, pres. res. 7S-9. Philo. Fanner. 

Philip H. Wingert; f. Hagerstown, Md.. pres. res.; 78. Farmer. 

Harry L. Zeigler; f. Gettysburg, Pa., pres. res.; 7S-S0. Clerk. 

1879-80. 
George B. Faber ; f. Gettysburg, Pa., pres. res.; 79-So. Tobacconist. 
William L. Heathcote ; f. Glen Rock, Pa., pres. res.; 79-80. 
Elmer E. Hewitt; f. Williamsburg, Pa., pres. res. ; 79-80. Merchant. 
William F. Hoffa; f. Milton, Pa., pres. res.; 79-81. 



i88o-i. 419 

Henry Keller; f. Gettysburg, pres. res.; 79-80. 

William II. Oyler; f. Arnfltsville, Pa., pres. res.; 79-80. 

Harry C. .Smith; f. Limestoneville, Pa., pres. res,; 79-80. Philo. 

1880-1. 
Ivlward M. Bender; f. near Gettysburg, pres. res. ; 80-1. 
John E. Bittle; f. p;ilerton, Md.; 80-1. 
Harry L. Carlisle; f. Fortress Monroe, Va. ; 80-1. 
Warren H. Eyer; f. Danville, Pa., pres. res.; 80-1. 
E. (jr. P'ahnestock, jr., son of Dr. E. G. ; Gettysburg, pres. res.; 80-1 
Christian Gosh; f. Watsontown, Pa.; pres. res. ; 80-1. 
Harvey McD. Loraine; f. Fortre.ss Monroe, Va. ; 80-1. 
Hezekiah H. Spangler; f. Somerset, Pa., pres. res. ; 80-1. 



SKETCH OF CO. "A.," (COLLEGE CO.), 26th 
REGT., PENNA. MILITIA. 



BY E. W. MEISSENHELDER, M. D. 

D1S.A.STER and defeat had once more overwhelmed the Army of the Potomac, and, 
from the bloody field of far-off Chancellorville, the Union forces had recoiled dis- 
heartened and dismayed. On the contrary, the Confederate Army of Northern Vir- 
ginia, under the command of General Lee, flushed with victory, after a brief respite, 
surged through the mountain passes, and, entering the Shenandoah Valley, over- 
powered Milroy at Winchester, and on the 15th of June, 1863, pushed its advanced 
avalry across the Potomac. It was the sting of this Parthian dart that awakened the 
oyal people of the great North to a realizing sense of a sharply -impending peril. 

On that day (June 15th), President Lincoln called upon the Governors of the loyal 
States for 50,000 volunteers to assist in repelling this threatened invasion. This was 
supplemented by General Order No. 43, issued by Gov. Curtin, calling upon the 
people of Pennsylvania to arm for the emergency, and promising transportation to 
Harrisburg to such organizations as should offer their services. 

Due notice thereof reached Gettysburg by noon of the ensuing day (June i6th), 
and the demands and dangers of the hour were warmly discussed by the students of 
Pennsylvania College, as, after their noonday meal, they congregated, as their custom 
was, in front of Buehler's book-store. The quiet, peaceful, uneventful current of 
student-life had met with a rude shock. It was like awaking from a dream of fancied 
security to the full measure of a threatening public danger. Brave words, nobly 
spoken, were added fuel to the patriotic fire smouldering in each loyal heart. The 
time for decisive action had come. 

It matters not how, nor can the writer now recall, whose was the moving spirit 
around which crystallized into a living force the deep feelings of the hour. It is 
enough to say that a call for volunteers was posted in Buehler's book-store ; that 
student^after student appended his name to that roll of honor, until within the short 
space of a few hours, fifty-seven students (of whom four were from the Seminary) 
had enrolled their names, and thus made a formal tender of their services to the 
Governor of the State for the then existing emergency. The complete roll will be 
found in President Valentine's article, in this volume. 

It is proper to say here that Rev. W. E. Parson, of Washington, D. C, states that 
this movement had its inception at an informal gathering in front of Horner's drug- 
store — a statement not disputed, for it is not impossible that the same brave, patriotic 
purpose may have flashed through half a dozen minds at the same time. It was the 
magnetic, unifying influence of a common impulse in the face of a common danger. 
It is just possible that, as the lights and shadows of well-nigh a score of years have 
toyed with the fitful memories of the busy actors in that early drama', this matter will 

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remain forever in dispute; but the writer's mind is firmly fixed that the statement, as 
first given, is correct. 

The die had been cast, and the Rubicon of patriotic purpose had been crossed '. In 
a body the .signers to the roll marched to the College, and made known their deter- 
mination. Dr. Baugher, then President, addressed the embrjotic heroes, counseling 
discretion, and advising an immediate return to their collegiate duties. Placed in a 
paternal capacity over them, he could not well do otherwise, brave and patriotic 
though he was; and it is a fair presumption that his own heart, wrung as it had been, 
but a short twelve-month before, by the death of a dear son at the battle of Shiloh, 
felt all the more keenly the grave responsibility that would rest upon him, if, in this 
emergency, he should lightly consent to yield his better judgment to the demands of 
a loft)' patriotism. No man could ever doubt Dr. Baugher's loyalty. It was unques- 
tioned and unquestionable I Wise though his counsel may have been, yet no human 
agency could have stayed the ardor of the .students. 

The command of the Company was tendered to Prof. F. A. Muhlenberg, who 
declined for the reason that its acceptance would interfere with the discharge of his 
official duties at the College. The Company was then drawn up in front of Linnaean 
Hall. Officers were elected and the organization completed, when its services were 
offered to Gov. Curtin, accepted, and transportation ordered for the ensuing day. 
The students dispersed, each to make his preparations for the eventful morrow. 
EacTi was treading upon the ragged edge of a near future, deeply shadowed by un- 
certainty and doubt. That the Rebel army was on its onward march, that its ad- 
vance had cro.ssed the Potomac— these were stublxirn facts. The shades of evening 
gathered around scenes which, ere they should return, would echo with the tread of 
contending hosts, the roar of cannon, and the sharp rattle of mu.sketn,'. 

Wednesday morning, June 17th, came, but with it there was no abatement of the 
war fever. The Company gathered in the Diamond was briefly, but pertinently, 
addressed by Prof. Muhlenberg, who endeavored to impress upon each and all the 
demands of an enlightened patriotism. He counseled to a faithful discharge of 
ever>- dut}-, that they might prove an honor to the State, to Pennsylvania College, 
and to themselves. 

With his parting injunction ringing in their ears, the boys are off for Harrisburg. 
About six miles from Gettysburg, near Gulden's Station, occurred the first mishap; 
going at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, the cars ran off the track, and the rough 
jolting of iron wheels over wooden sleepers shakes the patriotism out of a few faint 
hearts, and hastens their return to peaceful Gettysburg. But again on the way, with- 
out further accident, the Company reaches Harrisburg, is promptly sent to Camp 
Curtin, and finds the whole camp in an uproar. Thousands of men are unwilling to 
be mustered in under the conditions named— to be sworn into the U. S. .ser\-ice and 
to ser\e for " the emergency ;" the former condition placing those so enlisted under 
the control of the U. S. Government for use wherever they might be needed — the 
latter, " emergency," being a term of doubtful interpretation. The College Company, 
impelled by the one overma-stering desire to serve their country, waived all condi- 
tions, and were at once sworn into the service of the United States. The patriotic 
example so bravely and cheerfully set, exercised a powerful influence upon other 
organizations in inducing them to pursue the same course. The prompt action of 



422 SKETCH OF CO. " A," 26tH REGT., PENNA. MILITIA. 

the College Company led to the concession of the post of honor to them in the first 
regiment organized under the " emergency'" call. It became Co. "A," 26th Regt., 
Pa. Mil, 

After being mustered into the service, the company was assigned quarters in some 
tents already pitched, near the railroad. Government rations were also furnished 
them, and rare was the culinary skill displayed by many of the students. 

Night came at last ! and A\'ho of that brave company will ever forget the first night 
in Camp Curtin ? The wild pranks of " boys let loose from school," the practical 
jokes, the college songs, the loud laughter, the genial uproar of hearty good-fel- 
lowship, lasting long into the night. And some will perchance recall the coarse song 
and coarser jest of neighbors less refined. But "silence came," at last, " to heal the 
blows of sound." By many the weary night was spent in the vain endeavor to find 
the soft side of a boai^d, of all things in the world unlike a bed of down ; others, 
worn out by the fatigue of the day, wooed refreshing sleep, to be broken only by the 
rushing trains as they bore fresh defenders to the capital of the impei-illed State. 

After midnight came the fierce crash of heaven's artillery, the vivid lightning, 
and the descending torrent, and Company "A" had its first brief lesson of war's dis- 
comforts, in aching limbs and well-soaked clothing. 

The morning of June i8th dawned bright and clear, and with the break of day 
the College boys emerged from their tents, in vain essaying to make themselves com- 
fortable and presentable after a miserable night. What futile efforts to make " natty" 
toilets, perishing in their inception ! On this day some additional members of Com- 
pany "A" were mustered into the service. 

The monotony of the next few days of camp life was relieved by the drawing of 
uniforms and the arming of the company. Then also the hearts of the boys were 
gladdened by visits from warm friends. The drawing of uniforms was a sight never 
to be forgotten. Every man drew a prize — as unlike what he would have as could 
be. How those suits did fit! How the useless effort was made to crowd a No. 13 
foot into a No. 6 shoe ; and how the biggest man in the company in vain essayed to 
get his huge proportions into the smallest suit ! How the long, lank, thin student 
paraded before his armed comrades in the short, stumpy suit made for a man 5 feet 
4 inches tall ! But by dint of a lively system of exchange, the absurdities of dress 
were rectified. 

Each day now witnessed repeated drills in the manual of arms, and a patient striv- 
ing after discipline. Rev. Chas. A. Hay, of Harrisburg, visited the boys in camp, 
furnished each with a Testament, and invited them to attend service in his church on 
the ensuing Sabbath, June 21st, which they did. 

On Tuesday evening, June 23d, it was announced that a forward movement was in- 
tended on the ensuing day. Rations and ammunition were distributed in such a man- 
ner and such quantity as to indicate beyond question that earnest, dangerous work 
was apprehended. 

The morning of June 24th found the boys ready for the march. The cars were 
taken at Harrisburg, and the regiment sped on its way aci'oss the river, southward 
along the Susquehanna, toward Gettysburg, now well known to every one to be its 
destination. At Hanover Junction the train was divided into two sections, and 
pressed forward without incident until within six miles of Gettysburg, near Swift Run, 



SKETCH OF CO. " A," 26tH REGT., PEXNA. MILITIA. 423 

when the forward section ran over an unromantic cow, the result being that the loco- 
motive was thrown off the track. This stopped any further advance for the day. 
The Regiment disembarked from the cars, and camped in a woods on the north side 
of the railroad. During the next day the Regiment was busily engaged in drilling in 
a cleared field to the south of the railway. Rumors of the approach of the Rebel 
forces reached us, and in the evening there was a call for one hundred picked men, 
ten from each company, to go as scouts towards the mountains beyond Gettysburg, 
and there harass such Rebel detachments as might be moving down their eastern 
slopes. The storm of the ensuing night put a stop to this projected movement, the 
scouting party getting no farther than Gettysburg, where it rested for the night. 

With the morning of Friday, June 26th, came fresh orders to advance, and break- 
ing up our camp in the woods, in the midst of a pouring rain, we took the cars for 
Gettysburg, reaching there about 9 a. m., and being joined by the scouting party of 
the night before. 

Here the good citizens of Gettysburg pro\'ided us most bountifully with hot coffee, 
pies, sandwiches, etc. Language cannot do justice to the kind word* and kinder 
deeds of its hospitable inhabitants. As soon as the regiment reached Gettysburg, 
Col. Jennings, commanding the force, called upon Major Haller, who, by virtue of 
his commission in the regular army, was the ranking officer, for instructions. Not- 
withstanding the remonstrance of Col. Jennings, who was well aware, from reliable 
information previously furnished, that the Rebels were steadily advancing. Major 
Haller ordered the 26th Regt. to move out the Chambersburg pike to Marsh Creek, 
thus thrusting a body of raw and comparatively undisciplined troops into the very 
jaws of the advancing Confederates. The order was obeyed. 

Through Gettysburg, with steady, martial tread, moved this solitary Regiment — one 
man against a score of Rebel veterans. Out the pike for three miles, meeting refu- 
gees at every step, through a drizzling rain, it marched ; then its course was deflected 
sharply to the north of the pike, across an open field for a few hundred yards, into a 
thick woods, where it was ordered to stack arms and pitch its tents. Scarcely had 
the word passed along the line, when the boys of Co. " A" fell to work — some pitch- 
ing their shelter-tents, others scattering through the woods in search of dry leaves, 
brush, and newly-made shingles, of which latter an abundance was to be found. 
As soon as the camp was formed a lieutenant with twenty men. Privates Henry and 
Hill being taken from Co. " A," were sent forward beyond Marsh Creek to act as 
pickets, and to give to the Regiment early warning of the approach of any hostile 
force. 

This precaution being taken. Col. Jennings and Adjutant McKnight started for 
Gettysburg to receive further orders, but were soon overtaken by Major Bell, of the 
Independent .Scouts, who, addressing the Colonel, exclaimed with much emphasis: 
" Colonel, the Rebels are in force within three-fourths of a mile of your regiment, and 
are coming rapidly." There was no need to go to Gettysburg ! The supreme ne- 
cessity was to save the regiment from capture. With hot haste the Colonel and Ad- 
jutant retraced their steps, and the command, "Fall in! fall in!" went sharply 
along the line of tents. There was something in the tone of command that brooked 
no delay, and within a few moments tents were down and arms taken, and the regi- 
ment on its march to the north and east through woodland and forest. The regiment 



424 SKETCH OF CO. " A," 26tH REGT., PENNA. MILITIA. 

could not have been camped in the woods more than half an hour before the alarm 
was given. (The author of this sketch distinctly remembers that having left his 
messmates to pitch the tent, he wandered westward through the woods in search of 
some of some of those coveted shingles — and how, upon coming back within a brief 
period, he found the camp silent and deserted, with here and there a musket or a 
discarded haversack. The truth flashed. through his mind as an intuition, and hastily 
grasping a musket, he stood not upon the order of his going, but went at once after 
the retreating regiment, now out of sight. Thanks to a good pair of legs and a 
wholesome dread of Lil:)by, he overtook the regiment.) The safety of the regiment 
depended solely upon the celerity with which it moved. Fearing that the Rebels 
might be advancing on the Mummasburg road as well as on the Chambersburg pike, 
Col. Jennings, private Baugher acting as guide, rapidly led the regiment beyond it, 
and striking the Hunterstown road, followed it until at Bailey's Hill the advance of 
the Rebel cavalry came in sight and commenced firing upon the regiment. The 
Colonel ordered the regiment to move off to the right of the road into an open field 
and take position behind a worm-fence, there to receive the charge of the cavalry, 
if they were inclined to attack, and to return their fire. 

After a brief skirmish, in which neither party sustained any loss in killed or 
wounded, the Rebels retired. From an eye-witness, E. L. Rowe, esq., of Emmitts- 
burg, it has been satisfactorily ascertained that the regiment fired too high, their bul- 
lets passing over the heads of the Rebels, but whistling in unpleasant proximity to 
those of our comrades who had been taken prisoners. He further states that the 
advancing Rebel cavalry were dressed in blue overcoats, and were at first mistaken 
for Union troops 

This skirmish impressed the colonel with the necessity of using every endeavor to 
get beyond the Rebel advance. Leaving the fence along which we had been sta- 
tioned, we retreated rapidly, avoiding the public highways, lest we should fall in with 
the Rebel cavalry. About nightfall we rested in a woods and called the roll, and 
found that many of Co. "A." were missing. Prone upon the ground, and caiitioned to 
absolute silence, we could hear the Rebel scouts as they passed along an adjacent 
road, no doubt in searchf of the escaping regiment. As the shadows of the night 
deepened, we resumed our weary tramp. About ten o'clock at night we crossed the 
Big Conewago on a foot log, Co. "A" in the advance. Whilst the regiment was 
crossing the clattering hoofs of approaching horses were heard, and it was feared the 
Rebel cavalry had overtaken us. In the panic that momentarily ensued, some of 
Co. "A"^ were thrown from the foot-log into the stream. Co. "A" formed along 
the farther side of the stream to meet the supposed enemy, and for their coolness re- 
ceived the commendation of Lieutenant-Colonel Jenkins. In the excitement the two 
rear companies became separated from the rest of the regiment, and crossed the 
stream lower down. Later in the night was heard the advance of marching men, 
and then the stern challenge, "Halt: who comes there?" "Friends," replied the 
colonel. The voice of the colonel was recognized by the challenger, (Lieut. Hinkle 
with the two companies,) and where just before there had been doubt, dismay, and 
an ominous crashing of inoffensive rails, order was restored and the march resumed. 
This episode nettled our brave colonel, and led him to use language certainly more 
forcible than polite. 



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About midnight the regiment halted along a worm-fence in an open field for an 
hour. From this point we could distinctly hear the sound of a Rebel bugle, borne 
to us through the oppressive stillness of that summer night. Scouts were sent out to 
ascertain our position, and whether it would be safe to advance. With their return and 
an injunction to absolute silence, as the enemy was known to be near at hand, the 
regiment moved forward, and rested for an hour by the roadside at 3 a. m., Saturday 
morning, June 27th. To every weary soldier that sleep on the damp ground came 
like the "sleep of the just." Dawn found the regiment pushing forward across fields 
and through woodland, until, near Petersburg, it camped for a few hours for needed 
rest and food. The time was not idly spent, for the guns that had been rendered un- 
serviceable by the heavy rains of the day fcefore, were carefully cleaned for deadly 
use. It was cool preparation for hot work. The wearj' troops, refreshed by kindly 
hands, in the afternoon resumed their march for Harrishurg. Near Dill.sburg word 
came that the enemy were advancing, and would probably meet us there. The regi- 
ment was promptly formed across the public road in two lines of battle, the front 
rank of each kneeling, with bayonets fixed, to receive the expected cavalry charge. 
The alann was false, and, with company front, we passed through Dillsburg, to halt 
half a mile beyond in an advantageous position on a high hill. This movement was 
observed by the Rebel advance from a distance, and the position occupied by them a 
few hours afterwards. That night the regiment encamped on the farther .shore of 
V'ellow Breeches Creek for a few hours. Company "A" being thrown out as pickets. 
Before day we were again on the march, with skirmishers in advance of the regiment. 
Here an alarm was cau.sed by a few random shots, fired at some belated swain on 
horseback, who at the command, " Halt ! " failed to do so. Darkness still around 
us, we passed through Siddonstown. The gray of a quiet Sabbath morning found us 
in Lisbon, much to the surprise of its inhabitants. At noon we reached New Cum- 
berland, within sight of Harri.sburg, and ere the evening shades had gathered, we 
were safely camped behind the frowning guns of Fort Washington. Here we were 
located upon the side of a hill, at an incline of about 45 degrees, passing the night 
without shelter, and sleeping only on what we had saved in our wear)' flight. The 
morning proved that we had illustrated the law of gravity by sliding down an in- 
clined plane to near its base. 

As for the rest, the career of Company " A" was uneventful. The night that the 
Carlisle Barracks were burned it did picket duty along the river, towards New Cum- 
berland, to intercept and hold at bay any hostile force that might attempt, in the 
darkness, to destroy the Harrishurg bridge. Subsequently it guarded the railroad 
near Bridgeport, picked up Rebel stragglers, and ultimately the regiment was sent 
down the Cumberland Valley as far as Greencastle. 

Each and all of Company "A" can readily recall that hot midsummer march from 
Shippensburg to Chambersburg ; the big spring at the camp beyond the latter place; 
the camp at Greencastle ; the daily drill and dress parade ; the return ; the few days 
sport at Bridgeport; the muster-out — and " The Emergency" was a thing of the dead 
— but unforgotten — past. 

To his comrades of Company " A," and all others who have kindly furnished fact 
and incident for the preparation of this sketch, the writer desires to return his cordial 
thanks. He can only regret that the limit fixed for this article prevents the Intro- 



426 SKETCH OF CO. " A," 26tH REGT., PENNA. MILITIA. 

duction of many incidents of an interesting character, affecting individual members 
of Company "A." Tlie experience of Privates Ziegenfuss, Henry, Hill, Fegley 
("Birdie"), Rowe ("Shorty"), Morrison, and others, as prisoners; the phmge-bath 
of Corporal Pritchard; the tricks of the boys ; the story of the conscripted team ; the 
open-handed libei-ality of the good citizens of Petersburg, Dillsburg, Lisbon, and 
New Cumberland, to troops suffering for want of rations ; all these would form a 
volume, and a volume we do not write. Let some other hand, with facile touch, 
gather these scattered strands of the narrative, and mould them into " thoughts that 
breathe and words that burn," 



MEMORABILIA. 



I HAVK chosen this title as sufficiently loose to embrace all, and sufficiently signifi- 
cant to define all the contributions that might be offered for this part of tlic College 
book. Though less has come into my hands than would be necessary to set forth 
distinctly and adequately those days of old, in which the foundations of our Alma 
Afah'?- wtrt laid, it is pleasant to record that the memories of the older Alumni seem 
to have been especially stimulated, and thus the very recollections, that must soon 
have been hushed, will now continue to speak to the younger Alumni, the coming 
Alumni, for many years to come; and the younger men, after time shall have en- 
riclicd and experience chastened their memories, will have their opportunity when 
some future anniversary of the College shall again call for contributions to her 
" Memorabilia." 

As to the order of the documents, I have chosen the chronological. It is the 
simplest. I have allowed the contributors to speak for themselves. This seemed the 
most satisfactory. By adopting this method, each contributor becomes a colal^orer, 
sharing both in the honors and in the responsibilities of these reminiscences. So far 
as I have exercised the privilege of abridgment and the duty of excision, it has Ijcen 
in the interest of unity, and for the ]3reservatif)n of the history of the College rather 
than the biograjjhy of the individual. I hope my ])urpose, if not its execution, will 
meet the favorable judgment of all. 

I have given large room to names and dates. These are of the essence of history, 
and ]-)ossess a power of .stimulating the recollections, as well as of rectifying them, 
that no quasi-historical work even can afford to neglect. 

Contributions of this kind are necessarily fragmentary, and exposed to errors of 
time, particularly in the sequence of events. The fragmentariness of one narrator will 
often be complemented by the fragments of another ; and when one has deranged 
dates, another will set him right. Here and there I have allowed myself the editorial 
prerogative of adding a few notes, a few prefatory remarks, and — excepting Dr. Mil- 
ler's paper — I have put titles to the contents of some of the paragraphs. The hand- 
ling of these records has warmed my heart towards the College. Her white walls 
now rise before me pure and stately as the Parthenon. If these pages are read in the 
sjiirit in which they have been written, I am persuaded they will reli.sh so well, that 
your only demand will be — Oliver Twist's — more ! and the poor editor, like the poor 
steward, can only look surprised and grieved, and say — 

Benevolent readers ! the Metnorabilia are before you. 

Sezijickley, Pa., April 14^ 1882. J. B. Bittingkr. 

(427) 



428 MEMORABILIA. 

EARLY HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 

" The nucleus from which Pennsylvania College has grown was the ' Gettysburg 
Academy,' which was incorporated by the Legislature by the act of March 19th, 
1810 (see Pamphlet Laws of 1809-10, page 136). The law appointed eight trustees, 
and their successors were to be elected by the people of the county. The state ap- 
propriated two thousand dollars (^2,000) to this academy, of which ^1,000 was to be 
applied to the erection of a building, and $1,000 put to interest to assist in compensat- 
ing a teacher. As only five of the eight trustees signed the draft for the money, a 
supplemental act was procured March 31, 181 2, to remedy the irregularity, and 
another sujDplement dated March 24th, 1817, repealed the clause requiring $1,000 to 
be kept on interest to support the teacher. Gettysburg must have been a small vil- 
lage in those days. The first county buildings were erected in 1803 (see act accept- 
ing them dated March 26, 1804), the county having been formed in 1800. 

" I can find no law incorporating the ' Gettysburg Gymnasium,' and I think it never 
was incorporated as such; but I understood from my father that the Academy became 
in debt, and its property was sold by the sheriff. The county records will show this, 
if it was so. It was purchased by individuals, who contributed the necessary funds, 
and who organized a classical school called the ' Gettysburg Gymnasium,' which 
was first taught by David Jacobs, afterwards by him and Michael Jacobs, and after 
David Jacobs' death H. L. Baugher took his, place. 

"J. Macfarlane." 

The subsequent growth of the Gymnasium into Pennsylvania College is re- 
counted elsewhere by President Valentine and Dr. Schmucker. 

In the following papers of Brown, Hay, Suman, and Miller, we are introduced 
into the interior' workings of the institution. There were " commons" in those early 
days. The custom had come down from medieval times, when learning and religion 
and poverty went very frequently in company. A common table was cheaper than a 
private table. It could be combined with abstemiousness and piety ; and it is spirit- 
ually edifying to look at the long benches and narrow tables in the old refectories of 
Europe, and think how they united spare diet with high thinking and humble piety ; 
but we doubt whether poverty and piety ever showed better in those brave days of old, 
than they have often shown in less conspicuous places in our days — as witness the 
picture sketched of the sainted Harrison, by his "chum." There were many such mar- 
tyrs in those days, as Hai-key's Recollections also attest. The College was poor, the 
Professors were poor, and most of the students were poor. Well do I recall the 
meagre furniture and threadbaix wardrobes of that time. The "gay clothing" of a 
few of the boys often put to shame the wearers of " the vile raiment." In that day 
there were only two gold watches in all Pennsylvania College. Well might such 
impecuniousness breed thoughts of rebellion at the charge of 12^-^ cents extra for " the 
cleaning of the rooms." It is pleasant to think, though hard to believe, that when 
this impost was taken from the rooms, and added to the table, the generousness of the 
diet proportionately increased. It is pleasant to add that the $i.Sy)4 pei' week 
included washing and mending ; and well do I remember making personal appeals, 
and not in vain, to Mother Aughinbaugh for additional buttons, and for the greater 
permanency of those already in position. " Darning" was also done, if it was not 
" nominated in the bond." 



MEMORABILIA. 429 

EXTRACTS FROM A PAPER BY JAS. A. BROWN, WYTHEVILLE, VA. 

" I entered the preparatory department of Pennsylvania College in the year 1835, 
when the old Academy building was still occupied. It stood on the outskirts of the 
town of Gettysburg, and had but little appearance of a college. It contained but 
four rooms, all of which were daily occupied. There was no boarding department 
and no provision made for boarders, except that candidates for the ministry were al- 
lowed to board in the Seminary building, located half a mile distant. No one unac- 
quainted with the facts would suppose that the institution which has the reputation 
which Pennsylvania College has secured, had its origin in that humble building. 
And yet at that time this was the only school of importance in the Lutheran Church 
of this country. Wittenberg, Roanoke, Selinsgrove, Carthage, etc., were not yet in 
existence. 

" The number of students at this time was a,bout one hundred. The Faculty con- 
sisted of Dr. Krauth, Profs. Baugher and Jacobs in the College proper, whilst Profs. 
Reynolds and Heisly had charge of the Preparatory Department. A better set of 
men could not have been found in the Lutheran Church, and perhaps a more compe- 
tent Faculty could not have been found in the state of Pennsylvania. Each one 
seemed to be the right man in the right place — Christian gentlemen in the highest 
sense of the term, beloved by the students, and revered and respected by the whole 
community. And, with the exception of Prof. Heisly, who withdrew in conse- 
quence of impaired health, and was soon after called to his reward, all labored to- 
gether in harmony and with great success for years in advancing the interests of the 
institution, and the cause of education in general. Prof. Reynolds retired for a while 
soon after I entered the school, but in a few months returned again to his post, and I 
well remember the kindly greeting which he received, each student grasping him by 
the hand as he entered the school-room. His defection from the church of his 
fathers in later years is greatly to be regretted, and detracted much from his former 
popularity ; yet we must do him the justice to say that a more high-toned gentleman, 
a more popular teacher, or a kinder heart, did not perhaps exist in the institution. 

PORTRAITS OF THE ORIGINAL FACULTY.— PRESIDENT KRAUTH. 

" I do not suppose it comes within our province, in this sketch, to eulogize those 
noble men, the first Faculty of Pennsylvania College, yet the recollection of their 
greatness and goodness is so vivid that I cannot refrain from expressing my great ad- 
miration of their character. 

******■?:-*:- * 

" One of the most prominent features in the character of President Krauth was 
his gentleness and leniency toward the students. Amid all their faults and violations 
of law he seemed ever to carry with him that "charity that thinketh no evil." Al- 
ways placing the most favorable construction upon every irregularity or failure to 
discharge duty, it seemed hard for him to utter a word of reproof, and when com- 
pelled to do so, it was done with such mildness and gentleness as to melt the hardest 
heart. His own son has more than once told me that the most pungent reproof he 
could receive for some of his waywardness was a simple look from his father, and 
' Charles !' That was enough. And when occasionally some of us were detained in 
the class-room to answer for some violation of the rules of the College, his soft, gen- 



430 MEMORABILIA. 

tie words, and those large, pierciiig eyes, \\ould liumble us at once, and make us feel 
guilty. On one occasion several of us M-ere called to account for absence from our 
rooms after the nine o'clock hour Sabbath evening. The first one replied that he had 
merely accompanied a lady friend to her home from church, and returned as soon as 
he conveniently could. The Doctor put on a pleasant smile, and said, 'Well, young 
gentlemen, I suppose you all have about the same excuse. I would suggest that if 
you/lesire to see your lady friends home from church on Sabbath evening, you should 
have a general permission for absence on these occasions.' ' Well, Doctor,'' said one, 
' we now respectfully ask for a general permission to be absent from our rooms on 
Sabbath evening.' ' Veiy well ; you can have it, certainly.' 

"It was rarely necessary for him to command attention in the lecture room or in 
the pulpit. His preaching was so pungent, gospel truth was presented with such elo- 
quence and power, that he seldom failed to have the attention of his hearers. I 
think I never saw him disturbed in church but once. He simply made a short pause. 
' I hear whispering in the gallery. . Be silent.' That was all, and that was sufficient. 
The congregation was shocked as if a voice had come from the clouds. There was 
no more whispering that night. 

THK KIKST REVIVAL IN PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 

" I think it was in 1837, about the time \\e entered the new College building, that 
there was a remarkable work of grace in Clettysburg, mostly among the students, 
though many of the citizens were also interested. Day and night the meetings were 
continued for about two weeks. Of course the students were not allowed to be 
absent from their recitations without permission. Some of those who were not much 
concerned made this a pretext for not attending the services. If they could not go 
to preaching without permission, they would not go at all. This came to Dr. 
Krauth's ears. At the hour of morning prayer in the College Chapel, he took occa- 
tiou to refer lo it. Said he : ' I undei-stand that some of you decline going to the 
religious services now being held in the church, because you are required to obtain 
permission for absence from your recitations. This, it seems to me, is a very strange 
pretext. You have no hesitation in asking permission to go elsewhere, to attend 
other meetings and other entertainments, and you know it is always granted when 
considered proper ; and why should you hesitate now, when this wonderful work of 
grace is progressing, and when your immortal interests are at stake ? But this shall 
be a pretext no longer.' And raising his voice, he continued with much emotion, 
' I will jjo longer require you to ask permissioir. Go and seek an interest in Jesus ! 
Go and seek the salvation of your precious souls ! Go and prostrate yourselves at the 
foot of the cross, and cry for mercy in Jesus' name, and may the God of mercy go 
with you !' It was a powerful appeal. All felt the force of it, and many were brought 
to Christ; and probably in the great resurrection morning it will be seen that the 
result of those services had much to do in forming the character of the Lutheran 
Church in after years in this country. 

SOME NEW MEASURES. 

■' It may not be out of place to say that the professors and the other ministers who 
participated in the exercises were not over fastidious about means and measures. There 
was an altar for prayer. Seats were set apart for inquirers, and there were sometimes 



MEMORABILIA. 43 1 

as many as fifty penitents in tliose seats for instruetion ami prayer. I need searcely 
say that Dr. Kraiith was all alive (lurin<^ this glorious work. One incident connected 
with it is so indelibly impressed upon my mind that I shall relate it. One morning 
after the regular services had closed, and the congregation was retiring, a lady was 
seen standing in the aisle weeping bitterly. She seemed loth to leave the church. Dr. 
Krauth approacheil her, and after addressing a few words to her he said, ' Let us 
kneel down and pray.' And O ! what a prayer that was ! It reminded me of the 
remark that some one made about Luther, 'that he sometimes prayed as if he would 
do violence to Heaven.' The portion of the congregation that yet remained wan 
bathed in tears, and that lady, we trust, was made a new creature in Christ Jesus. 
During the remainder of the session a marked solemnity pervaded the institution and 
the town. The students continued to hold prayer-meetings in their rooms long after 
the meetings closed, and those services were commonly very interesting. In one of 
these meetings there was an unusual amount of weeping. It was late at night. Dr. 
Krauth had retired. It was thought advisable to wake him up. He dressed himself 
hurriedly and came into the room. When he heard the penitents crying for mercy, 
his heart was full. He addressed us with all the tenderness and affection of a father 
speaking to his own children, gave us the instruction and advice which we needed, 
offered up a most fervent prayer, commended us to God, and retired. No one could 
fail to feel the effect of his words, so appropriate and so comforting. 1 could now 
name several who professed faith in Christ at these private prayer-meetings, and who 
became prominent in the Church in after years. It will also be remembered by many, 
no doubt, that at the ensuing Commencement there were several members of the grad- 
uating class who were not professors of religion, which fact weighed so heavily upon 
Dr. Krauth that it was with much difficulty that he could pronounce his Haccalau- 
reate address. He wept almost during its entire delivery. 

" Dr. Krauth possessed naturally a very cheerful disposition, and when in company 
it could easily be seen that there was a streak of fun about him. He seemed to 
realize that 

"'A little nonsense now and then, 
Is relished by the best of men.' 

" It was not an uncommon thing for him to have a little innocent merriment at the 
expense of some one else. For instance : The West Pennsylvania Synod once met 
in a village not a great way from Gettysburg. A number of students were present. 
Several of us were quartered with Dr. Krauth and a German minister who was 
somewhat eccentric. On Sunday they were both to preach. The Doctor was to hold 
forth in the morning and the other man in the evening. ' Doctor,' said the German, 
' we should have an understanding aljout our subjects. What is your text ? ' ' Well, 
I don't know,' said Dr. K. ' What is yours ?' ' I am going to u.se the words, " And 
Felix trembled." ' 'That is the very text I intend using,' said the Doctor; ' I can 
always preach upon that without any preparation.' ' Now, Doctor, that won't do. 
That is the only sermon I have with me, and I must use it.' The Doctor's manner 
showed that he had no thought of using that text, but he saw that the German was 
in a dilemma, and he enjoyed it. 



43- MEMORAHir.IA. 

A oinirsK OK riiK prokkssor ov i;krman. 

'• The Doctor aini Trot". Schniidt wore one ovoning walkint; together. A group of 
students was in front ot' them. .^aid Or. Iv., • There are three voung men whose 
names liave the san\e termination, l.aubaeh, Albaeli and .Vnspaeli. I liave not 
learned to distinguish them.' Saiil Prof. S., "OI that is not a difheuU matter. 
Don't you see how low and stooped that one is? Well, that is I.,au-baek. And see 
what a large, broad back that one has. That is All-back. Then the other one is 
Anspach.' I can still hear the Doctor's hearty guttural laugh at this ingenious dis- 
tinction of Prof. S. 

•* One of the students overheard a little private conxersalion w itli a merchant from 
w liom the Doctor purchased liis lamp oil. ."^aiil Mr. S.. • Doctor. I have a small 
account against you of which you perhaps are not aware.' ' No sir. no sir,' said the 
Doctor. 'I make no accounts with anyone; 1 pay as I go." "It is only a small 
account for oil." ' No. sir ; T always sent you the money.' ' Well, but Doctor, 
the price oi the oil is 6\ cts. a quart, and you sometimes sent only six cents, and 
during several years it has amounted to five cents.' The Doctor found himself fairly 
caught, and with a signitieant grin, paid the tivc cents. 

" In our class in Hebrew there was a very eccentric Scotchman, a man of very 
good sense, but remarkably slow in his progress in the Hebrew language. On one 
occasion when it came to his turn to read, he seemed quite at a loss. He held the 
book tirst in one position then in another, turned his head from side to side, twisted 
his mouth into all sorts of shapes, until Dr. K. became impatient. He said : ' Mr. 
W., remember this goes backwards.' ' Faith and indeed, doctor, it won't go at 
all,' said he. 

" It is well known that Dr. K. was remarkably gifted as an extemporaneous speaker. 
In his pulpit performances he would often base his sermon on Sabbath evening upon 
some te.Kt or subject suggested by the sermon of the morning. It was often observed 
that duritig the sermon on Sabbath morning, when the Doctor's turn was to preach 
at night, he was restless in his seat, moving from side to side, fumbling on his chain 
with his fingers, etc. It was not uncommon to hear a student remark, • I know what 
Dr. K.'s subject will be to night.' , 

.VN'OTHER GLIMI'SK OK TROF. SCHMIDT. 

" The Professors commonly preached in regular rotation. But occasionally there 
was a misunderstanding about the arrangement. In that case Dr. K. was almost 
always brought into requisition. On the other hand. Prof, S. never would attempt 
to preach without his manuscript. He was so scrupulous that it was said that even 
his announcements were written down and read. On one occasion the otliciating 
minister was late coming in. Prof. S. was the only preacher present. There was 
danger of disappointment. He had no sermon with him, and what was to be done ? 
He took his hat and left for home, but fortunately met the preacher who was to 
officiate, and returned. But Dr. K. was not of that sort. He seemed to be always 
prepared, and ready for any emergency, and I suppose no one ever heard him make 
a failure. 

1 shall be ipardoned for adding one or two features to Mr. Brown's sketcli of this 
somewhat notable man. He was a most courtly man in his bearing. Erect in per- 



MEMORABILIA. 433 

son, dignified in deportment, scrupulous in dress, well-brushed clerical black, his 
buttoned swallow-tail coat adding to his military look, unimpeachable linen, the 
white, broad cravat, supporting a high standing collar, always tied in the same man- 
ner, though no one ever saw the ends, or could divine where they were — his cane 
carefully carried under his arm, never used for walking — who that ever saw Prof. 
Schmidt could ever forget him, in his stately march to or from the College. He was 
as precise in his pronunciation as he was in his dress, and the slovenly way in which 
the French nasals and the German umlauts were rendered made his class-room life a 
burden to his critical spirit. During his connection with the College he published a 
work on ' Pedagogics." Authorship was less common then than now. He stood 
alone in this honor, and we all looked with awe at ' the man of one book.' 

PROF. BAUGHER. 

" Dr. Baugher, though a great, good man, was entirely of a different make-up. 
Whilst he was kind and affable, and much beloved by the students, yet he was stern 
and rigid both in and out of the recitation room, and every student was expected to 
meet the requirements of the Institution, or abide the penalty. Aware of this char- 
acteristic, we were commonly more careful in our preparations for his department 
than any other. Notwithstanding all this, the students revered him for his goodness, 
and loved him for his conscientiousness. There never was a regular rebellion in 
Pennsylvania College during my connection with it, but on one occasion there was a 
regular tiff in the Junior class in Dr. B.'s department. It was claimed that his 
remarks to the class were uncalled for and insulting. They refused to return to their 
recitations, and the matter threatened to be serious. After some days the Doctor 
called them to his room, acknowledged that he had perhaps been too hasty in his 
remarks, apologized as humbly as a child, and all was forgiven and forgotten." 

" Dr. B. was not what the world would call an eloquent preacher. He cared little 
for rounded periods and smooth sentences. But he had power in the pulpit — such 
power as few men possess. He seemed to feel himself the force of the truths he pre- 
sented, and no one could fail to be impressed by his words. He was stern in his 
reproofs, but at the same time they were tempered with kindness. He was once 
preaching in the chapel of the old building. He saw a young man laughing and 
annoying the one by his side. He paused a moment, and said, 'Jacob D., walk out 
of this room.' And as the young man was passing out, he added, " I pray that vou 
may not thus be turned out of heaven.' Tears came in his eyes as he spoke, and it 
was some time before he could resume his discourse." 

EZR.A KELLER. 
" One of the most prominent students of Pennsylvania College, when I became a 
member of it, was Ezra Keller, of precious memory-. I soon learned to look up to 
him as a father, and it was evident from his grave demeanor and dignified bearing, 
that he was not only respected, but revered by all. He took no part in athletics or 
college sports of any kind. His very presence seemed to be a check to levitv- and 
mirth. No one dared to approach him with undue familiarit}-. Perhaps few men 
that have been connected with Pennsylvania College ever developed better traits of 
head and heart than Mr. Keller, and no one exerted a greater influence for good 
amongst the students in his day than he. It was very common for young men to 
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434 MEMORABILIA. 

group together after dinner and engage in conversation until the hour for study. But 
Mr. K.' would invariably pass them by and make for his room. Sometimes they 
would become rather loud and noisy, when he would approach them gravely, admin- 
ister a kind rebuke, which all would receive in good part, and again return to his 
room. I never knew him to be absent from a College recitation but once, and that 
was when a stranger came into his room on one occasion on some agency, when Mr. 
K. was about starting to his class-room. He found that the man was a Roman Cath- 
olic, and they got into a controversy which was so sharp that Mr. K. forgot his reci- 
tation. ' But his excuse was readily received. His ardent piety, his industry, and his 
stability of cliaracter, gave unmistakable evidence that he ^^■ould make his mark in this 
world. And he did. * - i<- * * * * * 

THE FIRST DUEL, .A.ND THE L.'^ST. 

" Two youngsters had a tift". One of the parties was a green country chap. The 
other one and his friends took advantage of this, and concluded to have some sport. 
A challenge to mortal combat was given in due form, and accepted. The parties and 
their friends repaired to the field of conflict for satisfaction. All the preliminaries 
being arranged, a young man who professed to be a mutual friend, and who was 
thoroughly in the secret, approached the countryman and said in much solemnity : 
' Mr. S., in the event that this unfortunate affair should terminate in your death, where 
do you wish your remains to be taken?' This question moved the poor fellow. He 
was unable to reply for a few monients, but at length said, ' Take me to Berks ! ' 
The parties now took their position, and when the word was given, fired ! But no 
blood was spilled — no brains were lost. A reconciliation took, place, and both parties 
returned home covered all over with glory ! The matter was about to be reported to 
the Faculty, but it leaked out that the rascally seconds had loaded the pistols with 
tow instead of bullets, and the matter was passed over. * * -x- -s- 

" Some of our best and most prominent students were quite careless in their habits 
of dress, nor did it at all disturb them that they were poor and had not always a de- 
cent change of garments. One of this class is no\\' one of the leading men of our 
church. On one occasion he was chosen as one of the performers at a literary con- 
test. All knew he could prepare a creditable production, but as the representative 
of a literary society he must also present a respectable appearance on the stage. He 
had nothing of his own fit to wear for such an occasion ; and it was with much difii- 
culty tlTat he could be induced to wear clothes that were borrowed for him. Soon 
after, the young man entered College ; it was found that he was a youth of great 
promise, and notwithstanding his poverty and shabby appeai^ance, he was respected 
by all. One evening Dr. Schmucker sent for him, he obeyed the summons with 
some degree of trepidation, he was not conscious of having transgressed, yet he 
did not know what awaited him. After the usual salutation, his fears were magnified 
when the Doctor deliberately rose from his seat and began to lay off his coat. ' What 
does this mean? If it is to be a free fight, I must make the best of it.' But his 
worst apprehensions subsided when the doctor told him the coat was rather small, 
and requested him to try it on. The young man said that after all he rather liked 
such an episode, as it gave him an idea, for the first time in his life, how a man did 
feel in a fine coat. 



MEMORABILIA. 435 

RECITATION ANECDOTES. 

" Prof. K. was examining a class on mental philosophy. Reference was made to 
the influence which different occupations would exert upon the mind. Hea.sked the 
question, ' What kind of a mind do you suppose a man would have who did nothing 
but sharpen pins all his life?' The reply was, ' I think it would be pretty sharp.' 

" An amu.sing incident once occurred in the department of Dr. Gilbert, lecturer on 
Anatomy and Physiology. These lectures were principally objective. On this occa- 
sion the subject of his lecture was the bone that terminates the lower end of the 
spinal column. It has some little resemblance to the lower jawbone, having a num- 
ber of foramina, which the uninitiated might suppose were the receptacles of veritable 
teeth. When the Doctor was about closing his lecture he told us that a backwoods 
minister once came into his office and .seemed much interested in examining the bones 
that were lying around. At length he got hold of this bone, and after a careful and 
minute inspection of it he seemed puzzled, and inquired what it was. " That," said 
Dr. G., 'is the OS coccygis.' 'Ah! yes,' said the preacher, and placing it under 
his chin, he continued, ' I suppo.se it is applied in this way.' ' Now, young gentle- 
men,' said the Doctor, ' I hope that our future preachers will know enough about anat- 
omy so as to apply this bone to the other end of the spinal column, where it properly 
belongs.' 

THE TWO IJTERARV .SOCIETIES; THE CONTEST OK 1838. 

"Our literary society exercises were commonly occasions of much interest and ex- 
citement. Of course each strove for the mastery. Ever)' new arrival was carefully 
watched, posted and caressed, and generally had a hard time until one or the other 
society got him into its clutches. The annual poblic contest was a great event with 
the students, as well as with the citizens. I do not know whether the same programme 
is still in vogue or not. But in the times of which I write, about two months before 
the time set apart for the exercise, a challenge was given by one of the societies in 
due form, and the subject for debate was agreed upon. An election was held for 
reader, speaker, and debater. The best talents of the parties were brought into 
requisition, and preparations were carefully made. 

********* 

" Many, no doubt still remember the contest of 1838. It was regarded as the most 
spirited one that had occurred up to that date. The debaters were both men of rare 
calibre, and were considered the best speakers of the institution ; and withal high- 
toned gentlemen, neither of whom was capable of an intentional wrong. But there 
was an ingenious piece of strategy used by one of them. According to the rules of 
the societies, Mr. A. had the opening address. In view of this fact his antagonist, 
Mr. K., whose hand -writing was well known, and who was suspected of being the 
representative of the other society, wrote on small strips of paper the headings of a 
number of arguments which might be used on his side of the question in the debate, 
and dropped them careles.sly in the College Campus. These were picked up and 
carried to Mr. A., and of course he prepared himself to anticipate the arguments of 
his opponent. He made a flaming .speech. His friends were jubilant, and supposed 
he had completely demolished his antagonist ; and whilst Mr. K's friends trembled 
for the result, he was quite calm and composed, and to the astonishment of everybody 
did not use a single argument that Mr. A. had anticipated and fought so bravely. 



436 MEMORABILIA. 

No one who was present can forget how triumphantly Mr. K. turned upon his oppo- 
nent, and suiting his gesture to the remark, " Has not the gentleman's argument, like 
Hudibras' gun, 

" ' Whether aimed at duck or plover," 

Shot far and wide and knocked its owner over ?' " 

JOTTINGS BY PROF. C. A. HAY, GETTYSBURG, PA. 

Before the erection of the College building, the students boarded and lodged with 
private families in town, and there was no possibility of the exercise of nocturnal 
discipline. The wildest pranks were then quite common, such as hoisting carts and 
wagons astride the comb of the roof of the old market-house, that then stood alongside 
of the old Court House in the public square ; building a worm-fence around' the Court 
House, and penning within it a dozen or more of the cows of the town; tearing out 
the benches of the chapel in the old Academy on High street, where recitations were 
held; and putting together a huge broad-wheeled wagon in the chapel, and loading 
it with brick. 

When the College building was ready for occupancy, the Faculty assembled in the 
room now occupied by the President, and awaited the coming of the students to 
draw lots for the choice of rooms. Instead of going out, however, for that purpose, 
they gathered in the old market-house and organized a formal rebellion. Old Mr. 
Aughinbaugh, the steward, at whose table all were then required to board, demanded 
^1.75 per week for board, and 12^ cents for cleaning the rooms. No objection 
was made to the price of boarding; but the extra 12^ cents seemed to be extortion, 
imposition, an outrage, etc. A committee was sent to the Faculty to protest against 
this high-handed measure. They were graciously received, and presently returned 
to the rebellious assemblage in the market-house, with the news that the Faculty had 
raised the price of boarding to $1.87 )4t with no extra charge for the cleaning of the 
rooms. That made it all right ; and the spick and span new building was soon 
swarming and reverberating with its delighted occupants. 

A REMINISCENCE BY J. J. SUMAN. 

SHOWING HOW TWO INCIPIENT BISHOPS EARLY PRACTICED THAT HOSPITALITY 
WHICH BELONGS TO THE EPISCOPAL OFFICE. 

I went to Gettysburg in 1838 or 1839, and, like most of the students of my class, 
had to g.et along the best I could on the pittance that was allowed us. W. H. Har- 
rison, myself, and some others, rented a house in the town, and went to keeping 
bachelors' «hall. We used to live on the fat of the land. We would buy from an 
old lady who lived near, about a gallon and a half of saur-kraut, put in it about a 
pint of lard, then cook it, and eat it for breakfast, dinner, and supper, until it was 
gone ! 

Did you know brother Yearick, of the Reformed Church? While we were living 
thus, he made his appearance at Gettysburg. He was a total stranger there, and in 
the generosity of our souls — for we were large-hearted, if we were small-pursed — we 
ofi'ered him our hospitalities, until he could do better. He accepted them, and we 
fed him on satir-kraut morning, noon, and night, until he almost died. 

Harrison and I took turn and turn about, he cooking one week, and I the next. 



MEMORABILIA. ' 437 

It was Harrison's week for cooking. As was our custom, on Saturday we would 
bake corn-bread enough to last all the week. He had baked a lot of Johnny-cakeS, 
stood them around the cupboard as long as there was room, and the balance he piled 
up, one on top of the other. Next day, Sunday, we went to church, came across an 
old friend from Frederick, and invited him home with us. He, supposing we lived 
at the top of the pile, accepted the invitation. After we were in the house awhile, 
Harrison said, " Well, I suppose we must have some dinner." He went to the cup- 
board, got out the pile of Johnnies, commenced pulling them apart, for you must 
know, being hot when put in, they stick together, and the skin came off. He put them 
on the stove, on a tin plate, to warm. Our company kept eying him all the time, 
stretching up his neck as the cakes were spread out, looking to see what else was 
coming, and when ive were nearly ready to dine, he said, " Well, I reckon I must go." 
We, to carry on the joke, tried to persuade him to stay— told him he was perfectly 
welcome. But he said they would expect him where he stopped, and a dozen other 
excuses. We couldn't keep him with such fare before his eyes, for any consideration. 
And I don't wonder — do you ? We never saw that poor fellow again — he gave our 
house a wide berth. 

THE SALT OF THE EARTH, AND OTHER SALTS. 

You knew Harrison, didn't you? Well he was one of the best souls that ever 
lived. He and I always roomed together. After the above incident, we had a room 
furnished us at the Seminary. Poor fellow I he was very much subject to the sick- 
headache. He thought nothing would do him good in this condition but Glauber's 
salts. One day being sick, his accustomed medicine was resorted to. He put in a 
glass tumbler what I thought was a big dose. He went to get some water to mix it, 
when there was none in the room. He took the pitcher, went down to the pump, 
and while he was gone for water, I mischievously put in as much more. When he 
came back he looked at it and said : " S., that looks to be a big dose." " Oh, Will, 
I reckon not.' In a moment he became deathly sick — in fact, fainted. I was terri- 
bly frightened, and not until it was all over did I tell him what I had done. His 
only rebuke was, " Well S !" 

FROM NOTES BY EPHRAIM MILLER, SMICKSBURG, PA. 

.K LAZY STUDENT. 

In our days Dr. Baugher was Professor of Latin, etc. Himself a diligent and 
thorough scholar, he could not endure negligence or indolence in a student, and knew 
how to avail himself of an opportunity to administer a keen reproof. 'One of the 
class, who could have stood at its head but for his want of application, one day while 
we were reading the Jugurtha of Sallust, had read a passage which included the fol- 
lowing : "Nam Jugurtha, ut erat impigro atque acri ingenio," etc. After having 
stumbled through a sort of translation. Prof. B. asked him for the derivation of the 
word " impigro." The student, rolling his eyes upward, as if searching for an answer 
in vacancy, finally replied, " Don't know, sir." It was the Professor's opportunity. 
With a keen glance of his dark eye, and a biting stress of voice, all the more so for 
its quietness, he answered, " In, not, and/4''''''> lazy." 



438 MEMORABILIA. 

A " CORKSCREW." 

One of the class when reciting in Paley's Natural Theology, was called on to 
describe the "intestinal canal"' of the "sea-fox," which the author speaks of as a 
" straight intestine," in which there "is a winding, corkscrew, spiral passage," etc. 
The winding passage seemed to be a labyrinth in which conceptions and memory 
became sadly confused, and the hapless student had only one recollection. After 
considerable hesitation, and a desperate -effort to twist himself out of the intricacies 
of the subject, all he could say was, "Well — it — has a — corkscrew," with a sort of 
gasp, as if afraid of being wrong in some way. The Professor caught the comical 
feature of the student's answer and manner, and with a humorous twist in his voice 

inquired, "Well, Mr. , and what does it want with a corkscrew ?" Answer 

— some audible smiling in the class, which the Professor did not repress. 

A JUNIOR REBELLION. 

One of the professors was credited with a good deal of impatience when recita- 
tions undulated so much as to make the student's head swim in his efforts to stee 
straight through. 

On one occasion he had assigned about double the number of pages in " Cavallo" 
for a lesson. The students could prepare only about half of it or a little more. 
Aware of the unusual length of the lesson, the Professor began about the middle of 
it ; and of course it w'as not long till the class was at the " end of the string." This 
nettled him, and he soon dismissed them, with the remark that if they could nor 
recite better the next time they should not come at all. 

Next morning most of the class were absent, but one who was a considerable 
oddity, a German, with abundance of talent for languages, but scaixely anything 
else, remained outside in the corridor, afraid to stay away altogether, and yet unwill- 
ing to go in. The Professor heard him pacing back and forth at the door, and sent 
for him to come in. As he entered the Professor asked, " Why did you not come 

m, Mr. ?" " Vy, you told us if ve didn't know our lessons better, ve shouldn't 

come." Professor: "Yes, but you know I didn't mean that." Student: "Veil, I 
didn't know vot you meant ; I only knew vot you sedt ; and I took you at your 
Yort." 

There was another rebellion that many will recall, " and the students all mur- 
mured against the steward and said: what shall we eat?" This was because the 
boiled ham was very strong-smelling — the butter was very strong also. It was agreed 
that we would consume the butter by putting it liberally on our plates and pouring 
molasses over it. The meat we put on our forks — two -pronged iron forks — thrust 
them under the table, where they were found on the following Saturday when the 
tables-were turned up in order to give the dining-room its weekly scrubbing. The 
ham improved — the backbone of . that rebellion wms broken. 

REV. SIDNEY L. HARKEY'S RECOLLECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA 

COLLEGE. 

I WENT to Gettysburg in the fall of 1S44, and entered the Freshman class in Penn- 
sylvania College. I was without money, and the Beneficiary Education Society 
would receive no more students on its funds, being heavily in debt. To the noble 



MEMORABILIA. 439 

generosity of Prof. II. L. Baugher, Sen., at that time Prof, of Greek, I am indebted 
for my continuance in the Institution. He took me to his hou.se, and boarded me 
gratuitously for one whole year, and treated me as one of his own family. This he 
proposed to do during my whole course ; but after the first year I boarded myself, 
clubbing with several others, at a cost of 60 cents per week. In this ab.stemious living 
I injured my health for life. I was one of the victims of the terrible fever that raged 
in the winter of 1846-7, during which time_ George .\lbert and Wm. A. Renshaw, 
and others, died. I knew nothing of those deaths until I was able to walk on the 
street, having been confined in a house in town for eight weeks. After I could walk, 
I went out in the 'street and met George J. Martz, whose head was shaved as clean 
as his face, and he frightened me by his looks, and still more by telling me who had 
died. I fell against the wall and wept, most of all for George Albert, whom I loved 
perhaps more than any other. I went a little farther and called at a private house to 
see Milton Valentine, who was very low. WTien I saw him I well nigh fainted. 
His face and nose were covered with dried, black blood, his mouth open, tongue 
black, flesh wa.sted away, unable to speak. 'It must have been almost a miracle that 
he was restored. 

Some humorous incidents occurred during this sickness in the Seminary. Two 
students roomed on the fourth story in the Seminary, near together, and one of them 
being delirious, and having no watcher, got up in his night-clothes and slipped over 
into the other room, and without saying a word, sat down in the rocking-chair by 
the stove, and did not move for several hours. The other waked up and turned 
over, w hen he beheld this white object and took it to be an angel come to take his 
soul away to the eternal world. When the watchman came in, the poor .student was 
covered with cold perspiration and almost unconscious I 

This epidemic was the cause of my leaving College in the Junior year. I was one' 
of the founders of the "Naiidel and Haydn Association,'" sometimes leading the 
vocal department and .sometimes playing the violincello. 

Dr. C. P. Krauth, sen., was President of College, and sometimes was quite terrible 
to the boys, though mostly very mild. Once a lot of us were in the room of John 
A. Lynch and Reuben A. Fink, reading over our Greek lesson, when suddenly Dr 
Krauth stood in the door, having been attracted by some unusual noise made Vjy 
some intruders. Some of the boys crept under the bed, and .some attempted to 
creep out between the Doctor's legs and under his arms, which he had spread out wide 
to keep all in. Two were caught by the coat-collars and .shaken until their heads 
danced like popinjays upon their shoulders. Some of us sat still and took a reprimand. 

REVIVALS IN COLLEGE AND A FEW OTHER FACTS. 

P,Y THE EDITOR. 

I wish that the reminiscences of these religious movements, or " excitements," if 
any one prefers to call them by that name, might be somewhat minutely set down, 
while the actors in them, and the subjects of them, are .still living. 

I am satisfied in my own mind, that few phenomena have been more influential in 
determining the lives and characters of the young men then in college, than those so- 
called revivals. A wave of religious excitement was at that time moving over Eng- 
land as well as over the United States. The "Oxford Tracts" then had their 



440 MEMORABILIA. 

counterpart in this country, and Puseyism, The Anxious Bench, Mercersburg The- 
ology, and Revivalism, were all of them merely so many ebbs and flows of the same 
restless sea — it has not quieted down yet into a calm. 

THE SUMMER OF 1839. 

The religious feeling during this session was very deep. Even at this far remove 
I can feel its solemnity. Perhaps I was more open to such impressions then, for I 
had just come to College from a course of catechetical instruction, under the pious 
labors of the Rev. Jacob Albert, of Hanover; had been confirmed and admitted to 
my first communion. My heart had grown thoughtful and tender, and I was no 
doubt sensitive to religious influences. 

There was one incident which greatly intensified the religious sentiment then per- 
vading the institution : that was the sudden death of young Key, of Baltimore. He 
died in the College building, and it seemed a voice from the grave calling to 
repentance. 

Many religious meetings were held — Sprayer-meetings especially. I do not now 
recall any additional preaching services, but "morning and evening prayers," which, 
in colleges, are usually perfunctory and never very devout, were at that time deeply 
serious, and often painful in their solemnity. The younger students were gathered 
into small prayer-meeting groups. They met in each other's rooms, or, perhaps, more 
often, in the rooms of the older Christian students. Henry Ziegler's room was one 
of these "places where prayer was wont to be made." Gottleib Bassler's room was 
also an oratory. So, too, Harrison's and Suman's room or rooms, for I do not 
recall who of these roomed together, but I distinctly recall that the rooms of all of 
these brethren were on tlie fourth floor back. The only larger prayer-meetings held 
'were on Sunday evenings. These were conducted by the theological students. The 
names most deeply impressed on my memory as active in revival work at that time, 
are those of Passavant, Hay, Harris, Ziegler, Bassler, Harrison and Suman — and 
later, John E. Graeff, Fred. Barnitz, and Benedict. 

THE WINTER OF 1842-3.' 

This was a revival season pretty wide-spread. I was out of College during the 
winter term, and therefore am unable to give any details. I only remember that, on 
my making a visit to Gettysburg at the time of the contest between the two literary 
societies of the College (February of 1843), I observed the deep religious feeling 
which pervaded the community and the College. It was during this revival that 
Robert Clarkson and his brother Joseph, Luther Albert, the son of my old pastor, 
and others, whose names have escaped me, became interested in religion. I shall 
never forget the eloquent address made by some of the young men — especially by 
the present Bishop of Nebraska — on that occasion. 

THE SPRING OF 1844. 

The religious impulse of the previous year — perhaps of the preceding years — was 
carried over, and its momentum increased. The day of prayer for colleges was 
looked forward to with fear and dread. All the devotional exercises of the college 
reflected the excitement that was coming. The preaching was serious, whoever did 
it; but of Prof. Baugher's, the acting pastor of the college church, this was particu- 



MEMORABILIA. 44I 

larly true. Always earnest, always pungent, he was now perfervid in his pulpit min- 
istrations. 

Before the spring communion, the Revs. Harkey and Conrad were invited to hold 
a series of meetings. They were simply preaching meetings. I never heard of an 
inquiry meeting conducted by them, or even a prayer-meeting. This work, so far as 
it was done, was in the hands of those zealous men, some of whose names have al- 
ready been mentioned. 

The sermons were preached in the college church, mornings and evenings. They 
continued for several weeks. The first of the series was by the Rev. Mr. Harkey, 
then settled in Frederick. The entry in my diary is as follows: "Rev. Harkey. 
March 18, 1844. Luke xviii. 1-8. The first sermon of a protracted meeting. Showed 
the special obligations which rest on Christians in the commencement of such a series 
of meetings." This was on Monday evening. On Tuesday morning he followed 
with a sermon on " Consecration" — Rom. xii. i ; and in the evening with one on 
" Faith." 

On Wednesday morning, the Rev. F. W. Conrad, of Hagerstown, preached on 
" Backsliding," and on Friday evening on " Madness." Eccl. ix. 3. Thursday and 
Saturday the pulpit was occupied by Rev. Mr. Harkey. The Preparatory Sermon 
was on " Christian Fellowship." I John i. 3. The Lord's Supper was celebrated 
on Sunday morning, March 24; the theme was " The Plan of Salvation." i Tim. 
iii. 16. In the evening, " Resisting the Spirit." 

Mr. Conrad seems to have gone home after Friday night, leaving the work to Mr. 
Harkey. His public work closed with two sermons on Monday. In the forenoon 
on " N'eglect of Salvation." Heb. ii. 3. At night on " Death — Natural, Spiritual, 
and Eternal." 

I took notes of all these fifteen sermons. The subjects were all practical, vital, 
and were treated with great seriousness, and some of them with very great power. 
The preaching was direct and personal, and the appeals and the exhortations tender 
•and importunate. I do not recall any " scenes;" there was no " anxious bench," 
and there was no confusion. They kept good hours, and maintained orderly deport- 
ment. 

Looking back at those revivals, after forty years, I recall nothing in the manner of 
conducting them that is unpleasant. Possibly those who were older may have seen 
things of which they disapproved. I am glad to say that the deepest impression left 
on my mind was the importance, solemnity, and nearness of eternal things. Some 
of my best resolutions date from that time. Some of my tenderest friendships are 
rested there, and among the names of those who were most zealous for " these 
things," there are many whose after-life and labors have been an ornament and a 
blessing to the church of Christ. 

The interest did not stop with the personal labors of Harkey and Conrad. The 
meetings continued, also the extra preaching services in the College church. Col. 
Lemenosky, a converted soldier, carried on this work for some time in April, but I 
find no records of any other names. I know not what has been the religious history 
of our Alma Alatcr in other years ; but on those which I have written, and of wliich I 
was a part, this is my judgment : " Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even 
they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord." Ps. cvii. 43, 



442 MEMORABILIA. 

I entered the Preparatory Department of Pennsylvania College in the spring of 
1839. The two rooms on the first floor, in the east end of the building, were used 
as recitation rooms. Mr. Geo. Diehl (now Doctor) "presided over" the right-hand 
room, Tutor Schock (J. L.) had charge of the left-hand room. In this latter room we 
met for morning and evening prayers, roll-call and declamation. I see yet the mot- 
ley crowd of hastily and half-dressed boys rushing pell-mell to be in time to answer 
to their names — nearly half the roll runs through my mind as I think of those days, 
and with equal distinctness I recall the different ways in which " the boys" answered 
to their names; the timid " here," sometimes abridged to "yer," or flattened out to 
"hyer;" now and then the English " yes" would come up, and occasionally the 
Latin " present." Then the Scriptures and prayer — brief interval of quiet, to be 
broken by the noisy, hurried e.xit for breakfast, or for the completion of the unfin- 
ished toilets. 

In those days the majority of the students boarded in commons — a few favored 
ones had the freedom of the town. Mr. Peter Aughinbaugh was steward, and the 
dining-room was on the first floor, under the portico. Two lines of tables extended 
the length of the room. At the head of each table sat one of the tutors, to ask the 
blessing, preserve order and carve. The students stood while grace was being said. 
Instead of chairs, we sat on long benches, and it sometimes happened, in our zeal to 
be seated, or in some superfluity of naughtiiiess, that one of those benches would be 
overturned with a great crash, to the delight of the boys and the confusion of the 
tutor, or the principal of the Preparatory Department. 

Sed paido inajora caiiamiis : These ground-floor rooms were used also for gen- 
eral study. I think, however, they were only thus used by students not rooming in 
the building — and possibly for the younger members of the Preparatory. " The 
town boys," I know, were kept "in durance vile." I well remember the cheery, 
chubby face of the present Bishop of Nebraska and his brother "Joe," now " starred" 
in the catalogue. I could not well forget that these rooms were both for recitation 
and general study — for having entered late in the term, I recited at such times as 
were convenient for the teacher. Here I said my Latin Grammar to Tutor Diehl, 
and here I wrestled with the Greek Reader. I was once quite audibly smiled upon 
by that room, for crowding " Penelope" into three syllables — Pen-e-lope. But as I 
and some others were obliged to put in our recitations at odd times, perhaps we put 
them in sometimes rather oddly. 

My classmate, Gather, must have had his troubles too in Latin and Greek, for he 
declareiJ to Tutor Diehl that committing the Latin declensions was " like pulling 
teeth," and as for getting a Greek paradigm — "he'd as soon climb a shell-bark tree 
backwards." This comparison smacks more of the Illinois than of the Ilissus, and 
James Gather was a true westerner. 

The other recitation rooms were Prof. Reynolds' (Latin) over Mr. Diehl's, and 
Prof. Jacobs' (mathematics) over Tutor Shock's. The Ghapel, which was used by 
the College students for prayer, roll-call and declamation, was Prof. Baugher's 
(Greek) recitation room. Prof. Schmidt (German, French and History) had the 
right-hand room as you enter the building from the front portico — and across the - 
broad hall was the President's (Krauth) room. There the Theological stu- 
dents recited Hebrew ; the Seniors, Mental Philosophy and Natural Theology. 



MEMORABILIA. 443 

There too the facuhy met — and into that dread abode were summoned the delin- 
quents. The room across the narrow hall from the faculty room, was our " Read- 
ing room." 

The President's family, at that time, occupied a suite of four rooms on the second 
floor, we.st end. In those large parlors the Commencement parties were given. The 
President's dining room was on the ground floor opposite the foot of the west stair- 
way. The rest of the ground floor was given over to the kitchen, store rooms, and 
the steward's family. 

The tutors also occupied rooms in the College building — the front rooms at each 
end of the third-story hall. Prof. Reynolds occupied a house a few doors below 
Buehler's drug store. Prof. Jacobs' house stood on the corner of Washington and 
Middle streets. Prof. Schmidt, holding a professorship in the Theological Seminary, 
occupied the house west of the Seminary building. Prof. Baugher lived in his own 
house on Mt. Airey. 

Buehler's drug store was the Faculty "club-room" in those days. There Dr. 
Schmucker and President Krauth especially crossed swords in high debate, assisted 
occasionally by others. In warm weather the good President did not disdain to wear 
his gown — not academic, but of light color and slight texture — into the village ; and 
that airy style of garment, more comfortable than classic, was adopted by many of the 
students. 

The societies use the same rooms now as then — sed iniitatits ab illo. Their libra- 
ries were near by — the College Library was across the hall from the Chapel. The 
College campus as we now see it was not yet. The front yard was bare as your hand, 
the back yard was the general wood-yard. I think it was in '44 that the campus was 
set out m trees. Benedict (F.), now of Bedford, Pa., was a leading spirit in those 
improvements, and in honor of him, I named the road leading from the Portico to 
Washington street — the only path then laid down — Via Benedicta — a name which, I 
believe, it still retains. 

Our campus, in those days, was the field back of the present Preparatory building. 
There we played some "corner-ball" and much "long-ball," till "town-ball" 
drove those rustic games out of fashion. Base-\yaX^ was not yet known to the curric- 
ulum, nor did the college course embrace rowing and the other modern improvements. 
The good boy came with his " Bible," but left his "bull-dog" at home. Nor were 
pistols necessary to teach young ideas how to shoot. I suppose the time of such 
ignorance is winked at now, but where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be otherwise. 

THE CLASS OF 1852. 

BY JOHN W. HASSLER, NEW HOLLAND, PA. 

The class of 1852 was, from its entrance, an unfortunate class. Small in numbers 
when it entered (don't know the exact number, nor who they were), it remained a 
small class throughout its course, and was graduated as the smallest class of the insti- 
tution for a number of years prior to it, while the institution has never since grad- 
uated so small a class. I don't remember its original members, but I think all its 
graduated members entered with it in the Freshman year, excepting perhaps Kregelo 
and Scherer. I believe none of the graduate members, except myself, prepared in 
the Preparatory Department of Pennsylvania College. 



444 MEMORABILIA. 

It was with this class that the Junior Exhibitions of the Commencements of Penn- 
sylvania College were begun, and the class of 1852 had the honor of being the 
pioneers in the Junior Exhibition business. But there were no prizes or any of that 
sort of thing when we were students, and quite as well perhaps, for very likely some 
of us would have been disappointed. The subjects of some of our Junior speeches 
were: Mr. Spang, "The Hopes of Italy," Mr. Waggenseller, "Mens Conscia 
Recti;" my own, " Struggles for Swiss Liberty." 

We had the usual amount of fun and jollity during our College course, but I doubt 
whether students then were as " fast" as they are now. It belongs to the honor of our 
class of 1852 to have given the name to, and perhaps immortalized, the little stream 
known then, perhaps still, as the Tihei-, which runs between College and the town. 
It grew out of an unfortunate trick played upon Mr. Peter Aughinbaugh, then janitor 
of the College, in which a fine calf of his was the victim, and the victimizers were 
chiefly members of our class, who promptly and generously paid Mr. A. for his loss. 
The whole transaction induced Mr. Spang, who either was, or became, familiar with 
the facts, to write a poem on it, in which the Tiber was immortalized. 

A REMINISCENCE OF 1868; OR, A HOT SPELL, AND WHAT 
CAME OF IT. 

BY DR. CHAS. E. SADTLER. 

Fourth of July occurred in the midst of a hot spell of weather ; for a week past 
the recitations had dragged in a spiritless way, and outside of the recitation-rooms 
the usual good order had given way to anarchy. 

On the afternoon of the 3d, some one started singing patriotic songs in the College 
building. This seemed to strike the fancy of the crowd, and soon the whole popula- 
tion of the building gathered in the hall of the third floor, most of them in rocking- 
chairs, forming a double row up and down the hall. The fun waxed fast and furi- 
ous; never before had such a rousing choi'us been assembled in the old college walls. 
The tutors walked the halls in despair, or if they sought refuge in their rooms, were 
recalled by volleys of fire-crackers. Finally, the din having aroused the neighbor- 
hood, a message came from the President peremptorily ordering a rest. This was 
immediately obeyed, and whistling of the same tunes substituted, and though the 
neighbors profited by the change, the tutors did not. The whistling being in turn sup- 
pressed, violent rocking of the chairs and animated discussion took its place, and so 
on all the evening, until the poor tutors felt life to be a burden. 

At about II o'clock p. m., when some semblance of order had been restored, and 
the tutors had retired to their rooms, the sudden cessation of all sounds led them to 
investigate. The College was deserted ; not a soul was to be found, and in suspense 
they awaited the Explanation of this new feature. In the meantime a sorry-looking 
lot of scarecrows, a regular Guy Fawkes procession, had filed in silence through 
town. Each clad in his most ragged and disreputable-looking garments, they 
Avended their way out to the battle-field, having taken a notion to greet the approach- 
ing 4th in the National Cemetery, the good people of town being in a state of bewil- 
derment as to the meaning of this peculiar ceremony. 

On the arrival of the crowd at the Cemetery, they seemed to feel the sacred char- 
acter of the place, and the burlesque celebi-ation was, by common consent, changed 



MEMORABILIA. 445 

to more becoming exercises ; the short remaining time before midnight was improved 
by appropriate remarks from some of the older students, and at 12 o'clock the old 
anthem, " My Country 'Tis of Thee," was feelingly sung by the assembled crowd, 
aild the march home begun. Again the spectres filed silently through town, and as 
a final vent to their spirits, after gathering quietly on the College porch, broke for 
their rooms on a run, yelling like Indians. 

The Board of Trustees, at the annual meeting following, changed the Scholastic 
year to its present limits. 



Among the war reminiscences, it may be of interest to record that owing to the 
frequent presence of dangerous characters about Gettysburg, and especially after a 
serious conflagration, it was deemed expedient to have the town protected by an 
armed patrol at night. The able-bodied men were enrolled, and each one was re- 
quired to take his turn as guard, among them the College Professors. Drs. Jacobs 
and Muhlenberg were always, when on duty, in company. The nights generally 
passed without any noteworthy incident ; but on one occasion York street was aroused 
by the vigorous pursuit of a notoriously desperate man whom these professorial 
guards found prowling in the darkness, and who soon, finding that their arms were 
bent on execution if resistance were made, was promptly arrested. The current 
report concerning two other members of the Faculty was, that on one occasion their 
lot fell on a rainy night, and that one carried the umbrella while the other carried 
the rifle. H. E. J. 

[From the Original.] 

PROGRAMME OF THE FIRST COMMENCEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA 

COLLEGE. 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 7, 1834. 

1. Music by the Euterpean Band. 

2. Prayer by President Krauth. 

3. Latin Salutatory by William Smith, of Georgetown, D. C. 

4. Oration on Greek Language and Literature, by J. B. Bacon, of York, Pa. 

5. Music. 

6. Oration on " The Spirit of the Age," by E. Keller, of Middletown, Md. 

7. Oration — " Pleasures of Science " — by Theoph. Storke, of Salisbury, N. C. 

8. Music. 

9. Oration — " Fictitious Writings" — by M. G. Dale, of Lancaster, Pa. 

10. Valedictory — by D. G. Barnitz, of York, Pa. 

11. Solo — by Mr. Heerbruegger. 

12. Conferring of Degrees and Baccalaureate Address by the President. 
Keller, Storke and Dale were Juniors at this time. 



TOPICAL INDEX. 



PAGE 

Academy, the Ciettysburg ... 2, 95, 96 
Addresses to Alumni Association . .130 

to Phrena. Society 104, 1 1 1 

to Philo. Society 109, 122 

to Linna;an Society 129 

to Alumni Association 131 

Agents for Endowment — 

Prof. Reynolds 66 

Rev. A. Babb 67 

Dr. F. W. Conrad 76 

Rev. J. B. Crist 77 

Rev. B. Keller 71 

Rev. A. McLaughlin 78 

Dr. S. S. Schmucker 78 

Rev. J. F. Probst 78 

Prof. H. L. Baugher 79 

Rev. P. L. Harrison 79 

Rev. M. L. Young 79 

Alumni Representation in Board of 
Trustees Sought . . . .* . . .130 

Alumni Association 130 

Organization, officers, etc 130 

Decennial reports of 130 

Reunions, endowment work, etc. . 130 

Addresses to 131 

Anniversariesof Phrena. Society. 104, 109 

of Philo. Society II7, 123 

Anti-Tobacco Society 87 

Apparatus 47, 75 

Architect of College 13 

of Preparatory Building 41 

Appropriation from the State . lO, 66, 99 

Conditions of 10 

Association.s — 

Alumni 129, 130 

Linnitan 15; 48 

, Y. M. C. A 63 

Astronomical Observatory .... 28, 79 

Badges of Phrenakosmian Society . . 104 

of Philomatha;an Society . . . .120 

Ball Alley 87 

Bath-house 88 

Battle of Gettysburg 88-93 

Relation of College to 88 

Students entering service. . . . 88-91 

College as hospital 92 

Gen. Lee on cupola 92 

Baugher, Dr. H. L.— 

Teacher in Gymnasium 2 



As Professor 6, 7, 38 

Pastor 9 

President 12, 19 

Resident officer • • 94 

and Greek Professorship . . . 19, 71 

and Y. M. C. A 63 

and Endowment 74 

Death of 24 

Sketch of 149-153 

Baugher, Prof. H. Louis — 

Elected 24 

Financial Secretary 79 

Resigned 28 

Bikle, Prof. P. M.— 

Elected 28 

Principal of Preparatory 42 

Latin Professor 29 

Blythe, Hon. C, Address by 5 

Board of Trustees. See Trustees. 

Botanical Cabinet 49 

Breidenbaugh, Prof. E. S. — 

Elected 28 

OckershauseiT Prof, of Physical 
Sciences 29 

Buildings 75 

Gettysburg Gymnasium 7) 96 

College 10, 13, 14 

Linnaean Hall 48, 126 

Preparatory Department .... 39-41 

Observatory 48 

McCreary Gymnasium 78 

Professors' Houses 75, 78 

Cabinets 48, 75, 127 

Botanical 49 

Geological 48 

. Mineralogical 48, 75 

Zoological 49 

Campus 14 

Work on, by Linnrean Society . .127 

Carthage College, Sketch of . . . 184-6 

Catalogues of Phrena. Society . . . 106 
of Philo. Society 121 

Chapel 88 

Charter, obtained 2, 97 

its Provisions 3 

Amended 16, 81, 83 

by whom and where written . . . .97 

Chi Phi Fraternity, Chapter of . . . 144 

Christ Church, as College Church. . . 9 



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448 



TOPICAL INDEX. 



PAGE 

Preaching in g 

Pastor of 9 

Rights and privileges of College in . lo 
Church members, proportion of . . .63 

College. See Christ's Church. 
Church- Relation of College. 

4, 61-63, 95-97 

College building erected 13 

Site bought 13 

Description of 14 

used as Hospital 92 

Colleges which have grown out of the 

influence of Penna. College . 1 74-186 

Commencement, First 9 

Day of 9 

Conrad, Dr. F. W.— 

Address by, at Endowment Conven- 
tion 70 

Agent 70 

Y. M. C. A. address by 64 

Conrad, Prof. V. L.— 

Elected 22 

Resigned 26 

Contests of Societies 105, 117 

Speakers on no, 122 

Corporators 3 

Croll, Prof. L. H.— 

Elected 22 

Vice President . 25 

Curriculum — 

First 7 

Grade of 17,31-32 

Tresent 31-37 

Daughters of Pennsylvania College. 

174-186 
Degrees- 
Honorary 50-53 

Medical Si, 83 

Regular 49 

Discipline • • . . 59-61 

Ehrehart, Prof. C. J.— 

Principal of Preparatory Depart- 

ment_^ . ". 22, 39, 40 

Endowment — 

History of 65-80 

what it includes 75 

without at first 10, 65 

by Scholarships 66-70, 71 

Franklin Professorship 71 

German Professorship 71-74 

Graeff Professorship 76 

Ockershausen Professorship .... 76 

Pearson Professorship 77 

Present Amount of So 

by iVlumni Association 130 

Erection of College 13 

Erection of Preparatory Building . 39-41 



Euterpean Society 87 

Faculty — 

First 6 

Changes in . 15, iS-29 

Present 29 

Ferrier, Prof. E., elected 22 

Vice President 25, 27 

Resigned 27 

Sketch of 172 

Financial History of College, 10, 13,65-80 

Financial Secretary — 

Prof. H. Louis Baugher 79 

Rev. P. L. Harrison 79 

Rev. M. L. Young -79 

Founded, the College, 2, 10, 12, 61, 65 

Founders of Phrena. Society .... loi 
of Philo. Society 113 

Franklin Professorship — 

Established 16, 71 

Right to nominate for 17 

Nominations for not confirmed, 23, 24 

Department of changed 24 

Right of nomination surrendered, 72, 

73. 74- 

Incumbent of I9) 24 

French 8, 15, 31, 36 

Freshman Prize 5^)57 

Friederici, E 8, 38, 44 

German Language 8, 15, 16, 20 

made a part of Curriculum . . 20, 36 
German Professorsliip — 

Required by Charter 11 

Endowed by Pa. Synod . . 19, 71-74 
Collected by Rev. B. Keller ... 71 

Fund held by Pa. Synod 71 

Fund transferred to College . . 72-74 
Incumbents . . . . 15, 16, 19, 21, 25 

Original Amount of Fund 71 

Present Amount 74 

Relation of to Theological Sem., 19, 21 
Right of Nominating for. . . . 19, 71 

German Society 88 

Gilbert, Dr. D.— 

Lecturer on Anatomy . . .15, 20, 30 

Prof, in Medical Dept 83, 85 

Sketch of 16^ 

Gilbert, Hart, Principal of Prep. Dept., 42 
Government and Discipline . . . 59-61 

Graeff Prize ....'. 57, 59 

Graeff Professorship . . . . -21,27,32 

Incumbents of 22,27 

Gymnasium, the Gettysburg, 

2, 7, 13, 95-97. 
the "J. B. McCreary" ... . . .78 

Harrison, Rev. P. L. — 

Superintendent 42, 45 

, Instructor 42, 45 



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449 



Financial Secretary -jg 

Hassler Prize 57, S8 

Haupt, Prof. II 15, l6 

Sketch of 162, 16^ 

Hay, Dr. C. A.— 

German Professor 16 

Hazelius, Dr. E. L . . . . 6, 12, 98, 99 
Sketch of 157, 158 

Himes, Prof. J. A. — 

Graeff Professor 27 

Honors 'i'?-'i7 

Huber, Dr. H. S.— 

Lectures on Anatomy . . . . . . .20 

Illinois .State University, Sketch of. . 179 

Inauguration — 

of Dr. Krauth 9 

of Dr. Valentine 25 

Incidents in Early History of Philo. 
Society 115, 116 

Jacobs, Rev. David 2, 95, 97 

Sketch of 145 

Jacobs, Dr. M. — 

Teacher in Gymnasium 2 

Professor 7 

Professor Emeritus 22 

Death of \ \ 

Sketch of le^^. 

Jacobs, Dr. H. E. — 

Elected Franklin Professor .... 24 
I'rofessorship made Greek 29 



• 27 
-160 



Origin of ,24 

Character and Design of 125 

Achievements of 125-128 

Journal 12c 

Annual Addresses to. . .•... . .128 

Linna'an Hall ^g 

Building of. 126 

Uses of 127 

Literary Record and Linnsean Journal. 125 

Lord's Day, Order for 9 

Lutheran Connection of the College. 

4, 16, 62, 94 

Martin, Prof. A.— 

P^lected 21; 

Ih.structor in French 29 

Sketch of i-j-! 

Marsden, Prof. J. H . . . .... 7, 15 

.Sketch of . . j5o 

Matriculation, first g 

Mayer, Prof. Alfred .M.— 

Elected 21 

Resigned 22 

Sketch of 171-172 

Medical Department 80-86 

Membership of Phrena. Society . . .101 

Summary of 106 

of Philo. Society 11-7 

Summary of 121 

Military Companies 88-92, 93 

Mineralogical Cabinet 48,75 



un.orIr.ze 57- 58 i Monthly, the Pennsylvania College. 

Krauth, Dr. C. P. — .u^- 



Professor g j Morris, Dr J. G.— 



186-187 



President 

Inauguration of o 

Resident officer 93 

a FouVider 12 

Resigned ig 

Death of 24 

Sketch of 146-9 

Latin Prize e-,^ eg 

Law Department 15 

Lecture Courses, by Societies, in 1868, 

'69 105, 122 

Legacies — 

of Davis Pearson 77 

ofChas. A. Morris 78 

of Mr. Stroup [ jg 

Library — 

of College 4S-47' 

Fund of 46, go 

Number of Volumes 46, 47 

Society Libraries and Funds . . 47, 80 

of Phrena. .Society 103 

of Philo Society ng 

Fund (J I'hilo. Society 119 

Linntcan Association . . 15, 48, 124-129 \ 
29 



8 I a P'ounder 3412 

I a Trustee 5 

1 Lectu.er 16, 30 

.Service for Cabinet 49 

I Sketch of 167-168 

j Morris, Charles A. — 

j and Endowment Work 74 

i Legacy by 78 

Muhlenberg, Prof. F. A. — 

Elected jg 

Resigned 23 

.Sketch of i5q 

Muhlenberg, Dr. II. H.— 

Endowing Freshman Prize .... 57 

Gifts to Library 46 

Muhlenberg College, sketch of . 1 79-181 

Museum 48. 49 

Newberry College, sketch of . . . .178 
Noith Carolina College, sketch of. .178 
Notz, Prof. F. W. A., appointed ... 25 
Obsevatory, Astronomical . . . . 28, 79 
Ockershausen Professorship. . 21, 32, 76 
Incumbents of. . 21, 22. 26, 28, 29' 31 
Officer, Resident 03 



450 



TOPICAL INDEX. 



Origin of College . . . . 2, 4, 6i, 94—99 

Pastor of College Church 9 

Patrons 3, 9^ 



Ceased 17 

Duties of 3, 

Privilege of Free Tuition . . 3, 98, 
Sketch of Organization of . . 1S8- 
List of 

Pearson Legacy 

Pews for Students ... 

Phi Delta Theta, sketch of Chapter of. 

Phi Gamma Delta, sketch of Xi Chap- 
ter of 

Phi Kappa Psi, sketch of Pennsylva- 
nia Epsilon, Chapter of ... . 

Philomathjean Society 112— 

Organization 

Founders 

Honorary Membership . . . 113, 

Mutual Regulations of Societies. 1 14, 
Admissions and Dismissals .... 

Early incidents 115, 

x\nniversaries and Contests. .117, 

Removal of the Society 

the Library and Library Fund.iiS, 

Reading-Room 

the " Philo-Union " 119, 

Application for Charter 

Badges and other Paraphernalia. . 

summary of Membership 

Lists of Public Exercises and Speak- 
ers 121- 

Phrenakosmian Society .... 100, 

Organization 

Founders 

Contributions loi, 

Honorary Members . 

Library 

Pins and Badges 104 

Public Exercises 104, s^^. 

Publications 106 

Presidents 106 

Preadiing by the Professors 9 

Preparatory Department . . . 37-45, 77 

Beginning of . . 37 

under the Faculty 37 

Principals of . 15, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43-45 

Superintendents of 42 

Tutors of . . . . 8, 15, 38, 39, 42-4^ 
Early Teaching in by Professors . . 38 
New Building and Re-organization, 

39. 77 

Grading of Grounds 41 

Presidents of Board of Trustees . .192 
Principals of Preparatory Department. 

i5> 38.39.40,42-45 
Prizes 57-59 



01 
01 

02 



PAGE 

De Peyster 105 

Professors, List of. 30-31 

Proctors 94 

Reading Room of Phrena. Society . 104 

of Philo. Society 119 

Regulations, Mutual, of the Societies, 

loi, 114 
Relation of the College to the Theologi- 
cal Seminary 2, 61, 95-99 

Religious Histor)' 9, 61-65 

Resident Officers 93 

Revivals 64 

Reynolds, Prof. W. :NL— 

Principal of Preparatory Depart- 
ment 15. 44 

Elected Professor 15 

Sent to Collect Funds 66 

Resigned 18 

Sketch of 161-162 

Roanoke College, Sketch of. . 176-177 

Sadtler. Prof. S. P., elected 26 

Resigned 28 

Schaefter, Dr. C. F. — 

Elected 19 

Resigned 20 

Sketch of 169-171 

Schmidt, Prof. H. I 15 

Sketch of 163-164 

Schmucker, Dr. J. G 3, 5 

Schmucker, Dr. S. S. 

his relation to founding of College. 

3. 12,95,99 

a Patron 3 

a Professor 6, 7, 98, 99 

Trustee 6 

before the Legislature 97, 99 

in First Faculty ." . 7, 8 

Agent 78 

Sketch of . 154-7 

Scholarships 59, 66-77 

Thompson 59 

Hall 59 

Number of Permanent 70 

Secretaries of Board of Trustees . .192 
Sentman, Rev. S. 

Superintendent 42 

Death of 42 

Seymour Cabinet 48, 75 

Sigma Chi, Sketch of Theta Chapter 

• of 13S 

Site of College 10, 13 

of Preparatory Department .... 40 
Societies. 

Euterpean 87 

Anti-Tobacco 87 

German 88 

Phrenakosmian 1 00 



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451 



PAGE 

Philomathcean 11 2- 1 24 

Joint Addresses to 122 

Lecture Courses by 122 

Spieker, G. F., Instructor in German . 20 
Sketch of 173 

Stevens, Hon. T. 

Aid of, in Securing State Appro- 
priation 10, 12, 99 

Site of College, Bought of 13 

Stewardship 87 

Stoever, Prof. M. L. 

Principal of Prep. Dept. . .16, 38, 44 

Elected Professor 16, l*< 

Resident Officer 93 

Death of 26 

Sketch of 164-167 

Stroup Legacy 79 

Theological Seminary. 

Established 2 

Relation of the College to. 2, 61, 95-97 
Relation of Ger. Professorship to . 19, 21 
Instruction in by College Professors . 27 

Thiel College, Sketch of. . . .181-184 

Thompson Scholarship 59 

Treasurers of Board of Trustees . .193 

Trustees — 

First Board of 6 

how Appointed 3i '7 

Number of originally 3 

Number under modilied Charter . .17 



PAGE 

Tenure of office 3, 4, 17 

Authority and Duties of . . . . 4, 1 7 

Self-perpetuating 17 

Sketch of Organization .... 188-189 

List of 188-192 

Tobacco, Anti-Tobacco Society ... 87 

Tutors 33-43. 94 

Li.st of 44-47 

Upsilon Beta Fraternity, Chapter of, 

140, 144 
Valentine, Dr. M. — 

Collections by, for Observatory . . .79 

Elected 25 

Inauguration of 25 

Teaching by, in Theol. Seminary. . 27 

Resident Officer 94 

Work of, for endowment . . . 78, 79 
Vice Presidency — 

Established 25 

Incumbents of 25 

War for the Union 8S-93 

Wells dug 15 

Wilkin, Prof J. F.— 

Elected 21 

Resigned 25 

Sketch of 172 

Wittenberg College, Sketch of. . 174-176 
Young Men's Christian Association . . 63 
Young, Rev. M. L., Financial Sec'y. . 79 
Zeta Psi Fraternity, Chapter of . . . 144 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



BY S. G. VALENTINE. 



Acker, Geo. N 297 

Acker, Wm. J .373 

Acker, Frank J 413 

Acker, Walter H 415 

AckM^orth, L. F 409 

Adair, Jas. A. . . . 337 

Adrain, Jas 390 

Albach, J. Wm 210 

Albert, Jos 398 

Albert, Geo 350 

Albert, Jacob 349 

Albert, L. E 225 

Albert, Chas. S 283 

Albert, A. D 372 

Albright, Jno 403 

Albright, J. B 349 

Alexander, J. L 368 

Alleman, Saml 345 

Alleman, Horace ('42) 388 

Alleman, M. J 388 

Alleman, Henry 399 

Alleman, Horace ('66) 288 

Alleman, Jno. S 309 

Alleman, H. C 328 

Allen, Jno 337 

Allen, Mervin 393 

Alston, Geo. B 228 

Altman, D. S 350 

Ames, A. B 323 

Amick, G. W. W 323 

Anderson, Geo. W 233 

Angle, Jno. S. .■ 402 

Anspacliu, Luther W 359 

Anspach, F. R 204 

Anstadt, P 219 

Anstadt, Wm. W 323 

Anthony, J. B 375 

Anthony, Wm. D 366 

Apolos, Jno. H. . . 388 

Apple, B. F 261 

Arey, B. F 332 

Armor, D. M 256 

Armour, C. H 390 

Armstrong, Mart 398 

Arndt, Moses 394 

Arnold, S.J 395 



Arnold, A. S 

Askam, Wm. B 

Asper, J. W 

Atkinson, Wm. F 

Aiighey, A. H 

Aiighey, Sainuel, jr. ....... . 

Austin, C. H 

Babb,Aug. ('31) . . 

Bacon, ]. B 

Bachteli,'J. J 

Bachtell, Wm. B 

Badham, D. W ' 

Badham, J. C 

Baightel, W. L. ; . . . . . . . 

Bailey, O. J 347. 

Bailey, R. W 

Bailey, D. D 

Bair, D. G 

Baker, Henry 

Baker, A. H 

Baker, Conrad , . . . . 

Baker, C. L • . : . . 

Baker, Wm. B. . . 

Baker, Elias 

Baker, Maurice . . 

Baker, C. W 

Baker, D. B 

Baker, Wm. 

Balch, Wm. F 

Baldwin, Henry W.- 

Baldy, Steph. . .• 

Balsbaugh, Dan'l 

Balsbaugh, Christ 

Balsbaugh, Geo 

Bamberger, J. A. 

Bamford, Edw. H. . 

Bantz, W. M. 

Bantz, J. H 

Bansemer, J. ..... 

Bansemer, H 

Barbour, Wm 

Barnhardt, Peter D 

Barnet, Elias 

Barnitz, Wm 

Barnitz, D. G 

Barnitz, F. A 



411 

385 
314 

377 
349 
248'' 
40b 

332 
197 

358 
357 
228 
231 
363 
349 
404 
•;66 



337 
204 

363 
346 
386 

323 
32S 
328 
393 
371 
417 
395 
395 
395 
400 
386 
416 
416 
332 
332 
350 
410 
388 

337 
197 
212 



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INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



453 



Barnitz, Geo 34- 

Barnitz, C. J -}-,j 

Barnitz, S. B 064 

Barret, Wm. E i.j 

Barrett, S. H 381 

Barrich, Geo. R igr 

Barrick, D. J 2^-' 

Barringer, V. C -752 

Bartholomew, E. F. . . 204 

Barry, D. J.- • • •' ' 332 

Bassler, Gotlieb 200 

Bast, A. M ' 3QI 

Batdorff, Z. C 328 

Bates, Jas. K 7yi 

Baugh, Allen A. . 301 

Baugher, J. W 337 

Baugher, Oscar F 219 

Baugher, Legh R 245 

Baugher, Jno. F '. . . .2-"^ 

Baugher, H. L 21;'' 

Baugher, F. \V 36r 

Baugher, Nesbit 242 

Baughman, C. C 204 

Baughman, J. O 37-1 

Baughman, G. W 321 

Baum, Wm. M 222 

Baum, J. C 207 

Baum, Chas oq-, 

Baum, Wm. M.,jr ^u 

Baumgardner, H . . . n^c 

Bayly, S. R '.'.'.'.'. 416 

Bayly, Van W . 4,6 



Bell, Peter 362 

Bell, Jas .02 

Bell, Albert 314 

Beltzhoover, F. E 269 

Beltzhoover, G. M 276 

Bender, Edw. M 419 

Benedict, Fred. ('^8) . . ^c-- 

Benford, J. P . . ....'..[[ 4„ 

Benner, S. C ^ce 

Benner, D. J 2159 

Benner, Geo. J 314 

Benson, Geo -.t-: 

Benze, A. L 355 

Berg, Andrew 34? 

Berger, D 337 

Berger, W. F ^26 

Bergstresser, Peter 243 

Bergstresser, R. W 369 

Bergstresser, J. E 407 

Berkemeyer, F 243 

Berkemeyer, Wm 399 

Berlin, S. J 257 

Berluchy, Saml 348 

Berluchy, Chas 391 

Berst, Titus • ^76 

Best, S. D ; ; 407 

Besore, J. S 337 

Besore, A. L ■ . . . . 328 

Bevan, R. F -577 

Bickel, Jno. F 3^9 

^ickel, Henn,' 402 



„ , „, ^ -r-- Bickle, H. M 2-^8 

bSV^-^V 291 [ Biddle, Thad '. '. 409 

Beal, Robert E 418 | Biehl, ]. B ^8^ 

Bear, Jacob 347 ' ' -'^ ^ 

Beard, W"" 



356 
Beard, M. L 307 

Beates, Fred 304 

Beaver, G. C , . . . 410 

Bechtel, Jacob 



J3 
Biesecker, |. J 303 

Biggs, J. W .' .' 388 

Bigham, Jas 411 

Bigham, Mervin A . . . . ^58 1 

Bikle, L. A ' ' ' i,^ 

Bikle, P. M 281 

• 407 



Bechtel, Jacob T 337 I BiJlig', J„o. H 

Billheimer, T. C 279 

^21 



Bechtel, M. M 225 

Beck, R. H 409 ' Bingham, C.^ W. . 

Becker, D. R 326 ' j^-^.^i^^ Michael L 

Beck ey, E. L 37^ Birelv, S. M. . . . ' 416 



Beckley, Geo. H 3,50 

Beeber, J. A 281 

Beeber, Thos. R 289 

Beeber, T. D . ! 303 _ 

B^^echer, S • ^ 337 j Bishop,' Chas." h".' 

3ehrmger, Geo. F 374 Bittenbender, H. C 



Bishop, Henry 3-^7 

Bishop, J. M. F 386 

Bishop, A. L. ('43) 389 

Bishop, A. L. ('60). 367 

418 
377 



Belch, Jas. E 392 ! Bittinger, J. B . 2IQ 

Be ch, Jno. W 397 I Bittinger, H. N '.'.'. 208 

Be ch Ralph 407 | Bittinger, Jno. W % 

^^ '}^"^-.B, 348 I Bittinger, Jos. H ^7^ 

S^"'Lew:%J 238 I Bittle, D. F %i 

Bell, Fred. A 394 | Bittle, D. H ^16 



454 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



PAGE 

Bittle, Wm 406 

Bittle, John E 419 

Bixler, Lewis 338 

Bixlev, Wm. T 338 

Black, Henry ('39) 384 

Black, A. B 404 

Black, Henry ('63) 407 

Black, Wni. S . 411 

Blackford. Thos 384 

Blaise, Chas. L 338 

Bkmo, Ino. 1' 349 

Blank,"}. F 393 

Blanvelt, T- B 259 

Blessing, B. L 392 

Blocher, F. D . ; 415 

Bloom, E. S 411 

Blose, G. A 297 

Blyholder, J. G . 283 

Blymeyer.J. P 273 

Boblitz, J. A. H 405 

Boehm, C. W 338 

Boehme, E. H 40 ^ 

Boggs, Alex 388 

Boggs, Chas. H 35S 

Bollinger, Dan'l C 359 

Bomberger, Henry 397 

Bonsall, Jas. C 400 

Bouse, J. A 409 

Born, Peter 229 

Bossert, Wm 338 

Bosserman, Alex 352 

Bosserman, Jacob 392 

Bossier, Frank P 418 

Boteler, Wm. C 379 

Bott, M. L 411 

Bott, Wm 338 

Boughter, J. R 415 

Boyd, Wm". J 358 

Boyd, Thos 375 

Boyer, C. A. 357 

Boyer, C. C. . . , 404 

Boyer, David 332 

Boyer, i. S 353 

Boyer, M. G 279 

Bowers, Wm. W 395 

Bowers, Geo. S 317 

Braden, E 338 

Bradshaw, J. A 226 

Brame, Ira F 329 

Brauns, F. A 402 

Brauns, F. Wm 225 

Brauns, H. F. . . . 402 

Breckenridge, A. N 355 

Breidenbaugh, Edw 212 

Breiclenbaugh, E. S 286 

Breisch, Jos 365 

Brenneman, Jesse 397 



P.\GE 

Brenneman, Levi 400 

Brenneman, Geo. M 418 

brenneman, Jere. B 329 

Brenner, Wm 403 

Brenner, Ed. 1 326 

Brewer, Jacob H 361 

Brewer, H. M 395 

Brewer, L. A. 323 

Bridges, J. S 377 

Bright, J. A 408 

Brightbill, [.A 401 

Brinkerhoft', D. C 415 

Brinkerhoft; F. C 380 

Brinkerhoff. G. M. 259 

Brinkerhoft", H. M 414 

Brinkerhoft", J. G 415 

Brinkerhoff, j. J 289 

Brisbane, Wm 332 

Britt, C. A. ■ 324 

Brobst, Jno. A 359 

Brodhead, Barton 385 

Brotlhead, J. Edgar 385 

Brodhead, J. M 348 

Brooke, C. R ; . . . 400 

Brougher, C. A . 223 

Brought, C. E 415 

Brown, G. M 326 

Brown, Jas. A 209 

Brown, Jas. A 381 

Brown, Jas. Allen 213 

Brown, J. H 283 

Brown, Jno. W^m 381 

Brown, t. C 386 

Brubaker, Jno 298 

Brumm, C. N 398 

Brunner, F. B 367 

Bucher, J. C - . . 379 

Buchanan, J. E 338 

Buck, W. B 379 

Buehler, C. H. . . 345 

Buehler, D. A 217 

Buehler, L. R 389 

Buehler, Geo. E 413 

Buehler, Guyon H 415 

Buehler, Huber G 323 

Buehler, M. H 321 

Buehler, H. F 329 

Buehler, W. E 326 

Buffington. J. F 356 

Buhrman, E. M. Z 413 

Burgoon, Davis 33S 

Buric, A. H 407 

Burke, I. C 265 

Burkert, G. H 338 

Burket, J.N 349 

Burnman, Daniel 393 

Burns. J. G. W 3S6 



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455 



PAGE 

Burrell, C. W 319 

Kuriell, J. A 326 

Buricll, J. 1 247 

Burrell, J. L. A. . 304 

Burrell, L. A. . 304 

Burrell, S. P 398 

Burrowes, T. B 257 

Burwell, Frank 338 

Bush, D. F 401 

Busliey, F. A 403 

Busser, S. E 294 

Butler, J. G 356 

Butler, F. W 372 

Butt, T. F . . 355 

Butt, J. L 324 

Byer, Lewis 363 

Byers, Andrew 360 

Byers, J. W 319 

Byers, Wm 389 

Canii)]>ell, Geo. W 329 

Campbell, W.H 404 

Campbell, W. R 352 

Cann, Geo. \V 374 

Cantner, D. G 407 

Capp, (ieo. T 390 

Carl, C. W. . . ■ 325 

Carl, Daniel 390 

Carl, Geo. D 358 

Carlisle, H. L 418 

Carpenter, A. E 377 

Carpenter, Jno. C 362 

Carroll, W. J. T 234 

Cashman, Frank L 329 

Cassatt, D. W 291 

Cassel, F. C 329 

Castle, Geo. T 338 

Castleman, W. A 239 

Gather, Jas 346 

Chamberlain, Jno 389 

Chaney, Josjph 392 

Chares, Jose J 415 

Chorpenning, F 391 

Chrissman, Abr. J 393 

Christ, I*" 391 

Chnt/.man, Henry 338 

Chritzman, J 338 

Chritzman, W 393 

Church, Wm 338 

Church, Millard F 417 

Clabaugh, Harry M 31 1 

Clabaugh, Geo. C 379 

Clapp, iMn. L 415 

Clark, Thos. B 398 

Clark, Adam G 417 

Clark.son, R. G. 11 220 

Clarks'jn, Jos. V 220 



Claudy, A. M 398 

Clement, J. M 223 

Clement, L. H 309 

Clement, W. A 3O8 

Clemson, Jas. H 369 

Clever, Conrad 371 

Clever, Sam. K 411 

Cline, H. B. H 325 

Cline, Henry C 353 

Cline, R. R. 1> 329 

Clippinger, I. A 359 

Glippinger. I>. T 395 

Clutz, Jacob A. . . . ; 289 

Cobean, Alex 392 

Cobean, Roljt. C 401 

Cobean, Samuel 416 

Coble, Jno. E 391 

Cockey, Chas. T 390 

Cockey, (Jco. B 404 

Cockey, Sam'l O .^ . . 353 

Colder, Jno 338 

Coleman, Chas. M 413 

Collier, Chas. \V 355 

Collings, Sam'l 416 

Collins, B. B 298 

Collins, S. B 369 

Colver, Michael 273 

Colvin, Frank E 321 

Com])hcr, Walter 378 

Cone, Wm. H 359 

Connelly, J. I' 414 

Conrad, V. 1 229 

Cook, II. S .281 

Cooper, Chas 384 

Cooper, C. J 283 

Cooper, David 349 

Cooper, Geo 350 

Cooj^er, Thos. B 384 

Cooper, Walter J 400 

Copenhaver, A 245 

Copenhaver, W. K 3II 

Corbet, Thos. W 220 

Cornell, Nathan H 210 

Cornell, Samuel 392 

Correll, Jacob 338 

Cover, W 413 

Cowie, Fred. G 417 

Cowgill, Albert 357 

Cowpland, J. J 265 

Cox, E. J 372 

Cox, H. F 375 

Cox, J. B. F 378 

Crapster, Jas 203 

Crawford, Geo. D 375 

Crawford, Robt. S 409 

Crawford, Wm. H 368 

Crebs, W. C 397 



45^^ 



INIM'.X VO NAIMl'-.S IN I'l'.KSONAi: Kl'XOl^O. 



rAi;i! 

'rt>sslor, jos. 1'' 2S() 

'rossvnaii, j. j 276 

ri'ssnian, M;\ik S 307 

Vissmaii, 1'". II 32_? 

lissiunii. Thus. M 3S6 

'viswrll, Ro]^{ -588 

list, I.I! 208 

rist, J. il 311 

risl, Lox'i 3()S 

rocker, J. I'' 234 

rol'l, .'^aml 40-^ 

roll. I'M. 1 381 

roll, Cii'o. 1 319 

roll, J. \V 269 

roll, las. S 329 

roll, Ino ... 307 

roll, r,. II 247 

roll, IM, li 307 

roll, V. C 300 

roll, R. I) 416 

ronholin, N.N 301 

nmiliaiii^h. jiio. S 2'^Q 

uIUmi, jno. "11 386 

uUor. riuist. (,' 345 

ulK-r, 1.1 3152 

ulk-r, M. 1 269 

ulU'V, Jos. R 407. 

iilp, (u'o. M 314 

ulp, I.<iron ,\ 416 

ulp, Rulus I<' 27^ 

ulp, S. II 298 

^llp. Win. (J.) 308 

"iiniuuu^s, A. S 384 

'urtis, SyUaiulor 348 

Aipp, jno. 11 231 

\ipp, .VK'x 386 

'uslor, I. R 283 

'ulshall", J, II 305 

'utlor, Jno. ,*-! 240 

■Ju^or, |arol> :; ^^ 

>aio, .\ir. A Vm 

>aK\ C. 11. NV 352 

)ale,(.'lcnu'nt 304 

)alo. M. (,; 199 

)alo. Win. J 400 

)aviilhoisor. 11. 1. R ^70 

>avis, 11. V. . . 381 

>a\is, J. r. 332 

>a\is, Jno. S 378 

)avis, Jos. I' 416 

Dawson, t'has. M ^72 

)oal.K(I. r 416 

)cavor, lIiMU)' 348 

lochort, Walt'cr II 413 

ii-fohl, l.srael R 30 1 

■Jclbnl, T. J 357 



PACK 

Dcfrees, T. M 380 

noibovl, J. T 415 

Deinbndorfcr, J. M 362 

Doininy;er, C. J . 348 

Deiningor, 1,. T 374 

Dciniui^er, R. W 361 

Doit/lor. IM. 1 412 

Dcit/lor, W. II 412 

Dclp. Wm. S 37S 

Dorr, vS. 1 323 

netrick, "l,. \V 367 

Dt'twcilor, I'^ih 391 

Delwoiler, |no. S 294 

Dctweilor, M. I) 325 

Dewoir, Stephen ^97 

DcvelM.ss, |. T V?S 

Diekev, W'. C 338 

Dickey. I'liil. .'> 379 

Diehl. Ailani 409 

Diehl, dirist -,52 

Diehl. VAw. J 329 

Diehl. (leo 202 

Diehl, Jni\ .A 408 

Diehl, Martin 409 

Diehl, Michael 220 

Diehl. S. A 298 

Diehl. \Vn\. K 329 

Diehl, \\'m 412 

Diener, Jno. V 371 

DierdorlV, (.'has. S 415 

Dielrick, Ino 384 

Dill, Ino.'h- 358 

Dill, Win. II 262 

Dillcr, .Vilaui S 398 

Dinini, J. R 254 

Dinkle.K.. jr 367 

DinwiiKlie, D, W 391 

Ditto. N. J 355 

Diven. D." 11 326 

Di\en, Cloori^e S 316 

Piven, \\in. 11 • . 361 

Dixon, J. \V 406 

IM/inger, }. C 274 

Dock". Gilliard 352 

Doerr. Phil 276 

Donahue, P. tl 413 

DonaKlson, \Vn\ 348 

Dcnuncvcr. 1. I'.eo 21 1 

Dosh, i'. W. 1 249 

Dottercr. John S 41? 

Douty. n". \V 1.08 

Downey, llui;h D 2lo 

Downey, J, M 338 

Downini;', A, S 304 

Du lUiis, Nicholas 349 

Duce. I'etcr 325 

Duck, Cillianl 383' 



INDEX TO NAMUS IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



457 



J>ufIflerow, J. W ^f,c 

Duff, J,ufhcr. . . . 4QC 

ln>ff>M, I. K ■ V, 

Dunbar, VV, }f 2,^4 

iJuncan, Chas. S -721 

Duncan, Jno. S ^29 

Duncan, W. M ^2^ 

Duncan, Warren If 

Duni^lore, Aaron ]', 

Duplap, Anrlerson 

DurfK^rrow, C. S, . 307 

Dyess, G. A. M 325 

Dysinger, Ifolmes 315 



Ealy, Frer], G 3,, 

Kaly, Ifenry F. ('51) ' 349 

Ealy, Isaac 3^$^, 

Laly, Jacob fl 3c, 

Ealy, Jos. M '385 

Earlcy, Henj. W 407 

Earley, J>aviH ^fjj 

Earley, Jno. W 254 

Flarley, .Silas 1 407 

Earnest, J. A 
Earnest, J. I 



399 
259 



llavtrmn, Geo. W 417 

Ebbert, Jcre 

Ebbert, J. \V. . . . 

EI>eling, Albert. . . 

P-berman, E. S. , . 

Ebert, Edwin 

FIckel, Oliver C 

Eckels, Oliver . . 

Eckert, Henry C. . 

Ege, Eflward .... 

taggers, Lewis G. . . 

Eggers, Luther E 

Ehrehart, Chas. E 413 

234 
304 
413 
304 



Elliot, Jas. . . 

Elliott, Daniel 

P^liis, Anders^^n . . 

Emerick, Chas. E. 

Emory, .M. J. A. . 

P^ngler, Sanril. . , . 

Eppler Jno 

405 Errlman, A. j. . . 
362 Enlman, (j,nst. J. 
395 Erflman, I'. K. . 

Ernst, Jno. E. . . 
Essick.Abr. . 
F^vans, VV'm. I'. 
Etzler, Chas. . 
Evans, H, M. . . 

Evans, Jno 

Evans, VV. P. , 
Ewalt, H. E. . . 
Eyer.VV. IL . . 
EyIer, C. A. . . . 
fCyler, D. J. . . . 
Eyster, Alfre^l E, . 
Ey.ster, Chas. .M. . . 
Eyster, David A. .S. 
Eyster, Geo .... 
Eyster, Geo. h. . 
Eyster, Geo. L, , . 
P^y.ster, Geo. .S, . . 
270 F:y.ster, Jacob .VI. . . 
,338 F^yster, Jos. A. 
P2yster, .Micha* 1 
F^yster, VVm. 1 
Eyster, VVm. P, 



254 
329 



390 
399 
392 
223 

332 
405 



Eaber, Fxl. .S.', . 
Faber, Geo. B. . . 
Fahnestock, Alex. T. 
Fahne.stock,Chas. H. 
Fahnestock, Ed. G. . . 
Fahnestock, F>1, G,, jr. , 
fahnestock, Gates D. . . 
Fahnestock, H. J. , . . 
\orj Fahnestock, H. J., jr. . , 



Ehrehart, <Jhas. J 
Ehrehart, Jno. If.. 
F^hrehart, \L J. . . 
Ehrehart, Phil. T. 
Ehrehart, 'ITios. E. . 
F'hrenfeld, Geo, F. . 
Ehrenfelt, A. (',. . 
F;ichell>erger, Byrd C 
F:ichellM:rger, Cha«. D 
Eichelberger, E. . . . 

Eichell^rger, Jno. .M 234 Fair, M \V 

Eichell>erger, Webster 240 Farber, E I 

F;ichoItz, Amos F ^ .. . ' _ J 

E 



35 » 
382 

362 



Fahne-stock, If. P 
Fahnestock, Jas. . 
Fahnestock, Jno 
Fahr, J. VV. . . 
Fair, F. Adam . . 



Eisenbrowri, V. 
Ei.senhart, J. .S. 
Elder, Jas. . . , 
F-lder, Jno. . . 
P^IIendien, Jno. 
Ellinger, j. G, . 



410 

394 
362 

3«5 

5^3 
339 



Farber, F. M. . . 
Farfx:r, H. J. , , 
Farrow, Jno, . , 
Fastnachl, Abr. G, 
Fechtig, Jas. A. 
Fegley, O. E. . 
Peidt, (ieo, L. , . 



393 
395 
355 

3^2 

294 

339 

. 410 

. 286 

• 279 
286 

339 
226 

37« 
370 
378 
39' 
378 
392 
419 

3'7 
226 

35 » 

3'9 

. 205 

239 

408 

37« 
286 

345 
339 
339 
205 

259 

416 

4/8 

394 
408 

. 226 

.419 

.408 

, 221 

.382 

. 381 

• 339 
3'6 
418 

274 
406 
378 
379 
379 
394 
291 
410 
274 
3^3 



458 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



PAGE 

Feidt, Jno. H 398 

Feitshaus, F. R 289 

Fell, F. S 391 

Felton, A. K 298 

Felton, Eph 316 

Felton, S. R 372 

Felty, Geo. W. . 413 

Felty, Jno. C 292 

Fetzer, Christian 358 

Fichthoni, A. S 3215 

Fichtner, Joseph 356 

Fick, Peter W 415 

Fiddler, Isaac 405 

Field, Edw. 1 379 

Fiery, Frank P. 412 

Fiery, Lewis P . .355 

Fiery, Nathaniel 408 

Fiery, Samuel L 250, 412 

Figart, Jno. W 400 

Filbert, Benj. A 381 

Filbert, C. L 383 

Finckle, Sam'l G 372 

Finckie, Wm. H 409 

Fine, Christopher 243 

Finfrock, Aaron 357 

Fink, Chas. B 376 

Fink, Chas. E. .- 375 

■Fink, J. H 357 

Fink, R. A 226 

Fink, Sam'l P 391 

Finkbinder, S. S 404 

Finkbiner, Jno. W 289 

Firestone, P. D 394 

Fishburn, LP 393 

Fishburn, Jere 389 

Fisher, A. H. F 317 

Fisher, B. V. D 319 

Fisher, C. L. T 321 

Fisher, G. C 384 

Fisher, jno. M 412 

Fisher, R.J 283 

Fisher, Wm. E 299 

Fissel, Wm 413 

Fitz Hugh, Wm. T 345 

Fleck, C. L . 325 

Fleck, Henry R 254 

Fleck, L. N 317 

Fleckenstein, E. J 364 

Fleischer, Dan'l 317 

FloM'ers, M. F 377 

Flowers, Hiland 414 

Focht, D. H 355 

Focht, Jno. B '. . . . 305 

Focht, Jos. R 386 

Follinger, Fred 370 

Folsom, L. W 229 

Foose, L. G 368 



PAGE 

Forney, Henry. 351 

Forney, D. P 361 

Forney, D. S 391 

Forney, J. S 393 

Forrer, V. L. C 372 

Forrest, R. F 319 

Forry, Wm 345 

Forthman, Jno 359 

Fortney, G. W 299 

Fortney, Wm. H 400 

Fouke, Geo. S •. . 345 

Foulk, U Z 294 

Fox. J. B. ('60). . 262 

Fox. J. B. ('80) 317 

Fox, Jas 339 

Fox, Jno . 339 

Fox, R. V 329 

Fox, Thos 339 

Francis, S. A. K 270 

Frank, Albert E 395 

Frank, Jno. H 395 

Frary, C. F . . . 348 

Frazey, H. P 409 

Frazier, Jere 247 

Freas, LI. M 321 

Freas, Wm. S 301 

Frederick, Geo. W 274 

Freeman, G. R 309 

Frey, C.J 339 

Frey, Ed. S 325 

Frey, Emanuel 202 

Frey, Robt. A 382 

Friday, Jacob 362 

Friday, J. M 299 

Fritts, J. T 369 

Frondheiser, E. H 413 

Frontz, Walter C. . . ■ 382 

Frost, Thos. W 408 

Fulweiler, W. H 332 

Funk, Aaron 397 

Funk, C. A 395 

Funk, J. M. . 339 

Furst, Geo. T 415 

Furst, S. E 274 

Gable, L. H 405 

Gable, Z. H 279 

Gallagher, Chas 404 

Gallatin, Jno. L 418 

Gait, A. F 378 

Gait, J. M 374 

Gait, Norman 326 

Garber, Chas. H 346 

Garber, David 385 

Garber, Davis 274 

Gardiner, F. B 370 

Gardiner, W. H 402 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



459 



PAGE 

Gardiner, W. R 402 

Gardner, A. C 362 

Gardner, D. H • . . . .412 

Gardner, J. A 387 

Gardner, Jno. W 390 

Garling, C. H 418 

Garnett, Thos 391 

Garrett, Cyrus 410 

Garver, A. S 372 

Garver, C. L 369 

Garver, Daniel 235 

Garver, David 385 

Garver, Jno 383 

Garver, Martin 391 

Garver, Samuel 348 

Garver, T. F 283 

Garvin, Edgar 384 

Gaskins, Wm. H 384 

Gaver, Jno 332, 339 

Gaver, M. D 316 

Gaver, T. M 382 

Gaver, W. S. . 329 

Gebert, E. L 402 

Gebhart, A 339 

Gebhart, Josiah 383 

Gehr, Chas 412 

Gehr, Jno. H 405 

Geiger, Hez. R 223 

Geiger, Hiram 385 

Geiselman, G. M 413 

Geisz, Henry 399 

Gelwicks, Chas. A 361 

Gelw icks, Geo. F 387 

George, Chas 368 

George, D. S 367 

George, Jno. E 363 

George, Wm. E 401 

George, Wm. G 239 

Gephait, J. T. B 372 

Gephart, Marshal 372 

Gerhart, Wm 211 

Gerhart, N. V 389 

Gettys, Wilberforce 371 

Gibson, A. M 370 

Gibson, J. B 339 

Gilbert, Daniel 372 

Gilbert, D. M 254 

Gilbert, G. R 339 

Gilbert, Hart 284 

Gilbert, Jas. E 379 

Gilbert, Jno. E 299 

Gilbert, Wm.K 232 

Giles, Geo 363 

Gill, Edward C 407 

Gilland, Jas. R 332 

Gillespie, Jos 339 

Gillespie, Wm 339 



PAGE 

Gilliland, J. J. F 398 

Gilmore, Tilghman 414 

Gitt, Henry L 349 

Gitt, J. C 339 

Gitt, J. S 339 

.Gladhill, J. T 292 

Glasgow, S. L 352 

Glatfelter, S. F 418 

Glatfelter, W. L 329 

Glaze, Alfred R . 315 

Glenn, G. G 404 

Gletch, Henry 377 

Goettman, J. G 260 

Goetz, G. H 367 

Gohn, Geo. F. H 400 

Goodlander, J. I 418 

Goodman, S. H 394 

Gosh, Christ 419 

Gosh, D. L 327 

Gosh, Jno. D 364 

Gossler, S. W 301 

Gotwald, Geo. A 388 

Gotvvald, Geo. D .• ... 321 

Gotwald, L. A 255 

Gotvvald, Robt. C 325 

Gotwald, Wm. H 282 

Gotwald, W. V 262 

Gould, Chas. T 414 

Gougler, D. G. W 363 

Gougler, Isaiah 353 

Gouley, G. F 360 

Gower, Jas 393 

Grabenhorst, Wm. H 416 

Grabill, Peter 346 

Graeft", Jno. E 217 

Graeff, Philip 302 

Graff, Alex. C 355 

Graff, Chas. H 310 

Graff, Jno. F 316 

Graft", Joseph 39 1 

Graft", Peter 413 

Graft", P. M 295 

Graff, Wm 391 

Grant, H. H 382 

Gratz, Hyman 383 

Graver, Samuel E 402 

Greaver, Wm. F 235 

Green, Rob't F 394 

Greenewalt, Henry C 355 

Greever, J. J 339 

Grier, Smith 339 

Griffith, Chas 416 

Grifiith, Jas. G 370 

Griffith, Jesse 339 

Griffith, Rob't 400 

Grim, Henry A 241 

Grim, Joel M 394 



460 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



PAGE 

Groft", J. R 262 

GrotT, Jiio. H 405 

CJroh, Abr. M 262 

Groh, Israel W 398 

Groh, Leonard 266 

(iroseclose, Levi G 352 

(!rosh. Levi 332 

Gross, Jacob M 200 

Gross, Geo. W 312 

Grossman, C>eo \oj 

Grossman, H. C 3i>7 

Grove, 11. II 339 

Grove, J 330 

(>rove, M. 1 3S9 

Grove, Samuel 387 

Graver, G. B 370 

Ciuiney,l'M 3S0 

Guinther. Wm. L 374 

(Uinkle, Daniel G 3S5 

Gunkle, Geo. \V 3S4 

Guss, Abr. 1 200 

(iwynn, \\ lu 3S4 

Haag, Ed. N 325 

Haas;', Metc'rius (.1 359 

Ilaagenson, J. M 399 

Haas, John P 413 

Ilachenberu'er, J 363 

Haefner, CL A 369 

Hafer, Wm. \V 397 

lIaj:;erty,\V. A 416 

Haifleigh. ]esse 390 

Haines, I. K 397 

Ilains, Geo 351 

Hake, IVter. jr ^04 

llallenbeek, li Q ^^^^ 

1 laller, C. R 330 

llamiiion, .Mien 332 

Hamilton, A. T 303 

Hamilton, CaJvin 404 

Hamilton, Jno. l^ 375 

Ilamme, L. K 3S7 

Hammer^ Geo 3S8 

Hamii\ei-sley, R. G 357 

Hamn\ill. Geo 3S4 

Hanmiill, Geo.' A 3S3 

Hanunond, W. C ^92 

Hankey, Fred. A. ('58) 397 

Hankey. LB 243 

Hankev, 1. G 266 

Hankev, P. D. W 24? 

Hankey, U. A. L. E 316 

Hapeman, H. J 327 

Harhauy;!!, Carleton 339 

Ilarbauyh, Geo. S 3S9 

Hardin^:, Jno. L 418 

Hardinc-.R. M :;2r 



Harkey, Sid. 1 353 

Harkey, Simeon W 332 

Harman, H. E 327 

Harmon, INI. \V 403 

' Harner, S 403 

' Harold, J., jr 401 

' Harper, Jno 333 

Harper, Kent N 37S 

Harper, R. G. . 235 

Harper, Wm. M 395 

llarpster. J. B 416 

Harris. Fred 333 

Harris, J. G 205 

' Harrison, Abr. H 3S7 

' Harrison, Wm. H 217 

Harry, B. F 348 

Harrv, W. G ^^9 

Hart! D. D 385 

Harter, .\br 3^9 

Harter. 11. W • 305 

Hartman, Andrew 340 

Hartman, A. S 287 

! Hartman, G. G 329 

' Hartman, Geo 395 

! Hartman, Isaac 340 

Hartman, J. F 302 

Hartman, Jas. A 315 

Hartman, j- S 327 

Hartman, R. INIcC 414 

Hartman, Sol 402 

Hartzell, F.'ekiel 390 

Hartzell, Milton B 305 

Hartzell, Wm 399 

Harvey, Joshua 399 

Haslet't, "S. P 401 

llassler, J. E 414 

llassler, j. W 241 

llassler, S. 1" 402 

llassinger, R. F 380 

Hauer, W. G 349 

Haughtelin, J- H 400 

Haupt, Lewis 3S3 

Haupt, Thos 383 

Havei-stick, J- G 374 

Hav, Chas. A 205 

HaV, C. E 295 

Hav, E. (.; ?o8 

Hay, John W 287 

Hay, Thos 39S 

Hay. Wm 250 

Hays, Wm 404 

Heathcote, Wm. 1 418 

Hebbard, M. B 340 

Hecht, 1. P 312 

Heck, J. H 227 

Heck, Tno 206 

Hedges. S. .\ 275 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



461 



I'Ani'. 

lleffiicr, Geo. II. . . . 374 

■]Iei<^lil, Adam R 214 

Ileilig, C. A 277 

Heilig, (ieo. W 384 

Heilig.J. .S 355 

Heilig, '1 heoi:>hilus 260 

Heilif^. Will. M 206 

Heiliker, F. W 366 

Heilman, L. M 287 

Heilman, H. M 327 

JJeim, R. I 357 

Heindcl, Alfred 372 

Heiudel, Wm. .S 290 

Heinit.sh, Clias 340 

Heisler, C. W 317 

Heisler, M. L 290 

Heister, H.J 410 

Heitz, H. H 340 

Helfriek, E 387 

Heller, I). F 3,^5 

Heniniinger, Geo 369 

Hemperly, F. H . ^577 

Hemperly, Geo. W 383 

Hemping, Jno. A 340 

Hench, M. T 329 

Henderson, Wm. B 358 

Henderson, Jno. W 407 

Henderson, Jas. L 415 

Hengerer, C. C 282 

Htnnigh, H. K 346 

Henry, E. S 232 

Henry, G. C 310 

Henry, Samuel 279 

Henry, Samuel S . , 355 

Hentz, Jno. P 266 

Hepler, Harry A 327' 

Herbst, Ed. A 37^ 

Herbst, G. E. M 308 

Herbst, Jacob 354 

Herbst, Jno. E 223 

Herman, H. S- 372 

Herman, Jno. F 321 

Herman, S. L 416 

Hersh, Chas. H 239 

Hersli, .McClellan 376 

Her.sh, W. M ^ 340 

Hershey, Andrew M 333 

He.ss, Christ 414 

He.ss, Jno. H 378 

Hewitt, E. E 418 

Hewitt, Homer H 376 

Heyer, Chas. H ^^-^-^^ 

Heyer, Theophilus E 351 

Heysinger, D 394 

Hickman, B. J 292 

Hickman, Geo. S 370 

Hiestand, Jno. A 391 



1'A(;k 

Ilildel)raiid, Francis 398 

llildeljraiul, G. W 400 

lliieman, J. B 325 

llileman, Octavius 377 

Hill, Alf. H 363 

Hill, Chas. M ^61 

Hill, Chas. W 354 

Hill, Edward .... 321; 

Hill. J. C ; ■ ; 277 

Hill, J. I.., jr 292 

Hill, JiK^. E 353 

llill, Reuben. . . . 24*' 

Hill, Wm. F. . . . , ' ■ ■ 287 

Hill, Wm. K 316 

Ililleary, Thos 3^2 

Hillegas, DeWitt C 308 

Hillpot, Jos 279 

Hills, Phil. S ; 418 

Himes, Jno. A 292 

Hiiickle, Chas. F .368 

llinckle, Wm. jr 401 

Hiiicklc, I'raiik 417 

Hineard.Win 340 

H inkle, Wm. F 408 

Hinks, Ed. R 386 

Ilippee, L. F 245 

Hitz, K. H 406 

Hoagland, Jno. R 371 

Hoch, E. K. ('50) 243 

H<jch, Wm. R 312 

Hocker, M. P 318 

Hoffa, C. S 255 

Hoffa, Cyrus 3O5 

Hoffa, Wm. F 418 

Hoffacker, Wesley 416 

Hoffheins, Jno. A 363 

Hoffman, A. A 418 

Hoffman, E. H 404. 

Hoffman, F. F. (G.) 340 

Hoffman, Joel W 407 

Ibjffman, E. B 364 

Hoffman, E. T 402 

Hoffman, R. \ 362 

Hoffman, Walt. T 394 

Hoffman, W.W ' ! 405 

Hollinger, J. A 416 

Holloway, H. C 266 

Holloway, ^E L 325 

Holman, S. A 247 

Holman, W. S. (A.) 357 

Holman, W. W 340 

Holmes, Geo. B 340 

Holtz, A. G 404 

Holtz, Jos 409 

Homan, B. F 382 

Homrighaus, Albert 308 

Hooper, P. S 363 



462 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



PAGE 

Hoover, CD 323 

Hoover, Christ 299 

Hoover, David 340 

Hoover, Jesse ^33 

Hoover, S. G 408 

Hope, Jno. C ^:is 

Horine, Jno. H. . . 395 

Horine, M. C 266 

Horine, M. L 329 

Horn, C. A 417 

Horn, E. T 290 

Horn, J. J 417 

Home, A. R '. . . . . 257 

Horner, A. L 407 

Horner, Chas. A 413 

Horner, David 310 

Horner, D. A 397 

Horner, Robert, sr. . • • 348 

Horner, Robt., jr 329 

Horton, S. A 361 

Hoshour, E. E , . . . 327 

Hoshour, J. H 376 

Floshour, J. V 340 

Houch, D. E 340 

Houck, J. A 224 

Houck, J. M 389 

Householder, G. W 392 

Hoverter, G. A 329 

Hoverter, S. M 330 

Howard, A. H 406 

Howbert, Abr. R 3S8 

Howerter, R. A 404 

Hoy, Adam 250 

Hoy, Jere 266 

Huber, Eli 247 

Huber, Fred. A 358 

Eluber, J. M 360 

Huber, Jas. H 374 

Huber, S. S 405 

Huber, Wm. A 224 

Hughes, Benj. F 377 

Hughes, Carleton 397 

Hughes, E. C 413 

Hughes,-'Ed. A .413 

Hughes, T- M 255 

Hughes. \V. S .233 

Hull, Wm. H 390 

Hummel, A. L 417 

Hummel, C. C 406 

Humphrey, C. E 267 

Humrichhouse, J. W 290 

Hunderdosse, Wm. FI 348 

Hunt, B. H 360 

Huntzinger, A. J 391 

Huntzinger, J. J 391 

Flursh, B. F 399 

Flutton, Jno. C 370 



Hutz, Hiram 



PAGE 

■ 340. 



aeger, T. T 388 

aeger, Theo. S 397 

fert, Jere. W 365 

"gle, S. S 415 

rvine, Jas 340 

rvin, R. K 348 

rwin, Addison 346 

rwin, Wm. B 390 



ackson, F. T. . . . 
ackson, Jno. M. . . 
ackson, Wm. A. . . 
acobs, G. E. . . . 
acobs, H. E. . . . 
acobs, Henry . . . 
acobs, Horace L. . 
acobs, Jno. G . . . 
acobs, J. N . . . . 
acobs, L. D. . . . 
acobs, M. W . . . 
acoby, J. C. . . . 

aeger, N 

ames, B. H. ... 
arrett, J. H. ... 
enkins, L^aniel . . . 
ohnson, C. W^ . . . 
ohnson, H. C. ('56) 
ohnson, H. C. ('61) 
ohnson, J. B . . . 
ohnston, E. S . . . 
ohnston, Wm. A. . 
ones, D. Y. . . . . 
ones, J. S., jr. . . . 

ones, S. R 

ordv, Wm. H. . . 



351 
387 
394 
409 
270 
227 
321 
369 
403 
275 
284 
310 
3S6 
366 
404 
333 
417 
401 
406 
382 
257 
417 
367 
377 
355 
323 



kammerer, J. B 361 

[vaempfer, J. 366 

[\.aempfer, S. 235 

abler, F. R 319 

[vahler, Wm 340 

Rain, Wm. H 295 

[vamp, Jno 395 

1-Carn, Aaron J 214 

I'vai-thaus, F'red. • • ■ 384 

ivast, A. J. B 295 

Ivasten, Wm. J 327 

Cauffman, L. S 368 

[vausler, J. S 325 

[vautz, Benj 312 

veckler, Wm 260 

Ceedy, C. L 256 

Ceedy, G. W 404 

Ceedy, Henry H 271 

veedy, Marbourg 327 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD, 



46-3 



PAGE 

Keedy, K. M 262 

Keedy, Samuel H 368 

Keefer, David 34 

Keefer, John C 388 

Keelv, Ed 415 

Keely, O. S. . 418 

Keerl, Henry 340 

Keil, J. F 390 

Keiser, E. M 405 

Keiser, Jas. R 203 

Keller, Christ. K 398 

Keller, CM 410 

Keller, Croll 327 

Keller, Ezra 199 

Keller, E. A. M 203 

Keller, Henry 399 

Keller, Henry 419 

Keller, Jacob B 271 

Keller, Levi 356 

Keller, Paul P 390 

Keller, Peter P 390 

Keller, R. 1 417 

Kelly, Geo. Pj : . 391 

Kelly, Jas. N 401 

Kemcrer, D. McF 271 

Kemp, A. S 374 

Kemp, C L 394 

Kemp, Thos. W 244 

Kempton, Saml. C 401 

Kempton, Sidney 401 

Kendlehart, J. L 292 

Kendlehart, J. W 305 

Kennedy, Art. T 355 

Kennedy, Jno 340 

Kephart, F^eter 386 

Kepner, Danl. K 284 

Kepner, Hez 404 

Kerlinger, C. C 308 

Kern, A. M 397 

Kersiincr, J. B 257 

Kettering, Henry W 398 

Ketterman, Wm. II 374 

Key, Edw 346 

Key, Wm. 384 

Keyser, B. II 384 

Keyser, C. A 224 

Keyser, Phil. W 384 

Kibler, Jas. 1 409 

Kieffer, E 409 

Kime, Jno. F 310 

King, T. S 3 iO 

Kirk, Benj. S 406 

Kistler, A. T 267 

Ki.stler, Jno 367 

Kistler, J. L 299 

Kistler, D. P 417 

Kitzmiller, J. H. A 267 



PAGE 

Klapp, R. H 363 

Klar, J. C. F 384 

Kleinschmidt, CM 404 

Kline, Jacob 364 

Kline, Jno 312 

Kline, R. G 295 

Klinefelter, Fred • . 271 

Klink, Chas. M 351 

Klopp, David 399 

Knapp, Ed 361 

Knapp, Fred. G 295 

Knauif, C. W 267 

Knight, Lloyd 218 

Knodle, C. S 364 

Kno.x, CM 397 

Koch, J. M 360 

Kohler Jno 214 

Koli), Jacoi; M 397 

Koller, J. C 279 

Keller, W. C 312 

Koogle, H. A 413 

Koons, Henry S 232 

Koons, jno. \V 398 

Koons, Ed. J 258 

Koons, Jno. A 408 

Kooser, F. J 409 

Kopp, Wm. A 218 

Koser, A. S 380 

Koser, D. T 296 

Koser, J. A 299 

Koser, J. y^tchlcy 409 

Koser, Simon 376 

Kost, J. K 235 

Kraber, Geo. B 377 

Kraljer, J. L 292 

Kramlich, B. E 250 

Kramlich, M. J 374 

Krapp, T. W 406 

Krauth, C. P. ('39) 206 

Krauth, C. P. ('63) 367 

Krauth, J. M 277 

Krebs, Wm. I"" 349 

Kregclo, Eph. 1 395 

Kregelo, Jno. 'W 242 

Kretzer, A. J 364 

Kreitzer, J. II 258 

Kriechbaum, C. B 376 

Krise, C. W 410 

Krise, H. Jeff. 404 

Kritzer, W. H 366 

Kroh, F. H 361 

Kroh, H. K 381 

Kruger, A 395 

Krumrine, Jacob A 280 

Kuhl, Conrad 354 

Kuhlman, [no. F 399 

Kuhlman, Luther 316 



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PAGE 

Kiihn, J- F 391 

Kuhnle, Chas. F 366 

Kuhns, Danl. K 340 

Kiihns. Harry \\" 250 

Kuhns. Jno 362 

Kiihns. L. M 323 

Kvinkle. C. F 3S3 

Kunkle. C. W 390 

Kiinkle. J- C 340 

Kunkle, Saml. ("5^ 403 

Kunkle. Saml. ("6q 412 ^ 

Kunkle. \V. P. M.' 381 

Kvmkleman. J. A 24S 

Kunklemai^, M. K 406 

Kunu. Jno. J 374 

Kuntz, \Vm. H 374 

Kurtz, Benj 296 

Kurtz, C. F 417 

Kurtz, F. A 312 

Kurtz, Mark A 362 

Kurtz, M. D 340 

Kurtz. Wm. B 392 

Kutzner. Jno. D 3S2 

Lady, David E 370 

Lahm, Saml 340 

Laitzle, \V. G 340 

Lambert. Jesse 405 

Lamott, Dan'l V 302 

Lampe, F. C. 11 260 

Landis, Jos. 1' . 359 

Lane, Jno. C. 403 

Lane, P. P . 340 

Langston. J. F 340 

Lantz, Wm. L 410 

Lashell. J. A 405 

Lathrop. Geo. R 409 

Latimer. Geo. S 363 

Laub, Henry C 391 

Laubaugh, Ben; 346 

Layton, jno. 414 

La^Yson, Jacob > 360 

Lawson, Sam! 34S 

La\vson,^Saral ^ 401 

Leas, J. G 20S 

Lease, Wm, H 340 

Leberman, L. D. . . 3S9 

Lechlider, Alex. A 262 

Leech, J. A 340 

Lees, Jno. S 365 

Leeser, J. H. H 300 

Lefe\Te, Geo. W 397 

Lefevre, Isaac 353 

Lefevre, Jno 340 

Lefevre, J. A 239 

Lehman, F. -A. 370 

Lehn. Jno. P ;97 

Leib. \\ m. T 355 . 



PAGE 

Leidigh, Jno. W 40S 

Leisenring, E. H 302 

Leisenring, Peter S 357 

Leiser, Wilson 406 

Leiser, Wm • . . . . 349 

Leisher, Geo. W. . . 251 

Leister, Harn.- W 41S 

Leiter. Henrj- 333 

Leith. Geo :;S8 

Leith, Saml C 3SS 

Leitzell, C. B 379 

Lemcke, H. J. H 263 

Lemley, Jos. T 399 

Lenher, John W. C. . 410 

Lenker. W. G 3S1 

Lentz, Alex. W 405 

Lentz. H. Max 315 

Lentz, John X 326 

Lepley, C 340 

Lerch, John 3S0 

Leslie. A. W ^66 

Leslie, R. H 384. 

Levergciod, M. L 401 

Levergood, Peter 3S3 

Levy, C. V. S 272 

Lewars, Jas. S 30S 

Lewars. Wm 3S9 

Li^htner. H. E 397 

Lillv. A. W 229 

Lilh-. M. G :;26 

Lilly, W. H 296 

Lindemuth, John H 341 

Line, Wm 392 

Linn, Phil. E 412 

Linn, T. C 3^9 

Linton, Geo. K 417 

Linton. Reuben M ^24 

Linville, H. J 3S0 

Lipe. L. L ,76 

Ust, W. A 293 

Livengood, Jere 346 

Livingston. Jas. S 392 

Livingston. John B 3S4 

Livingston, Peter 324 

Logie. Jas 352 

Long, Adam 245 

Long, DanI 397 

Long. Geo. A 251 

Long, Jas. F -leS 

Long, L. R 355 

Longwell. J. M 341 

Longwell, R. H 403 

Longwell. R. W 406 

Loraine, H. McD 419 

Loucks, Geo. E 410 

Loudon, E. L 310 

Loudon, W. ? :;Si 



INhl'.X Vn NAMI'lS IN I'l.KSONAI. Kl'XOKD. 



4^'5 



1,()\\ lU's, Win. I\ _5S') 

l.uilwij;, C. 1! .?7(> 

l.ii(K\i^,f, (has. M. (04 

1 .likens, J no jSy 

l.iil/. (u'o. \V 415 

I. lit/, |<)Ihi ^()4 

I. y lull, J. A ;,5;, 

l.yiuli, \\'in. li YH 

l.yttli-, K. .\ [](i$ 

Mai'larlaiu', las JO 5 

.Mack lev. I-. V. . . ,^15 

Malioii,' 1). I) .vvv.vJ' 

Malion, 'I'lios. I) ^41 

Major, [no. II V)- 

Malaiin, |iu). II J12 

Maliclv, M. 1 5S1 

Malsi-li, Kd. A .i.S2 

Mangfs, ImI 2*)] 

Manliail, !''. I' \\2 

Marlioiir^, I'laiik M ]Uy 

Maihoiii-^, I lev,. VV '561 

Mailiour^, Ji-iv. I 3(11 

Mailioiii-j;, Ma\ 362 

Mark ley, -Vitliui 370 

Maniiaihiko, 1 341 

Maisliall, Daii. W 410 

Marshall, J no. K 379 

Mailiii, t'lias. M 402 

Marliii, Clias. \ 3S() 

Marliii, David 341 

.Martin, havid .\ 210 

Martin, lieo. \V 353 

Martin, jno. .\ 402 

Martin, 'TIkis 341 

Martonis, .MlVed 415 

Mart/., lleo. J 224 

Mathews, I larry 414 

Mathews, Jas. I'', 362 

Mathews, I.ycurgus 35^) 

Mathews, Win 35() 

Matlern, A. j 410 

Maiick, C'laii'iiee ](>() 

Maiiiid, (Ico. C 22<) 

Maurer, J. K. 31S 

Mayer, itevorly R 3X6 

Maxwell, 'I'lios. li 360 

McAlisler, jno. 1! 326 

McAtec, J.'(,) "25S 

McCallum, \Vm. M 41 1 

MeCainnion, J. 1'^ (iS 

MeCainjnon, Win 4I1S 

McClean, Colin (' 57? 

McCican, O. O V?3 

Mi-Clean, R. I' 2kS 

McClean, Win 353 

McClean, Win. A 321 

30 



i'Ar;i( 

McCleave, Scoll |i)S 

MeClellaii, Win. 11. (' 51)) -' ' ' 

MeClellan, W. W. . '. 3 ;3 

McCollimi, Win. M 1 1 1 

Met 'onaii^hy, havid J,.[l 

McConaiij^hy, havid, jr 31S 

McConaii^hy, Jas 30S 

McConaiinhy, Jno. M, .415 

McConaii^hy. S. C . . . 324 

McConiiell,'l,. C 315 

McCoosh, S. ,\ 341 

McCosh. Sain'l .\ 377 

Met reary, Jno. I' 2(13 

McCreary, M. J. 374 

McCreary, Rolk. (i . . 35J 

MeCreary, Rohl. S 404 

Me(iilloii^;h, ( ieo. W 30') 

McCiilloiinh, j. II 411 

Mi'tiirdy, Clias, M 374 

Mchennad, ). A ^ ^O 

Mel'.llatrick,"j. R 408 

Mil'.lroy, Jas. K 3()i) 

Mel'iirland, Jno. M 221 

McC.avick, 1,. M 330 

Mc(;inley, Win. ,\ 356 

Mel leiirv, Solomon 3S4 

Mellhen'ny, D. McC 3S2 

Mellhenny, I'' rank ),()2 

Millheniiy, Jas. W |I ( 

Mellvaine, Jas. M 34(') 

Mellvaine, jas. V 3<)4 

McKay, Rohl. H 351 

McKeldin, I liitdi 409 

McKenzie, 1). 1 287 

McKesson, Jas, C 397 

Me Key, Clias. E. S 360 

McKnii;ht, David 407 

McKni^lil, II. W 2S0 

MeKni;4ht, Jno \<)t) 

Mel.aii.nhlin, Alex .365 

Mcl,aiif,diliii, C. M 327 

Mcl,auf.;hliii, S. / 402 

Mcl.cal', Jno. R 391 

McLean, Alex 541 

McMillan, 11. K 408 

McMillan, (Ieo. Wash 214 

McMiller, (1 397 

McNair, J lirani S 403 

Mcl'her.soii, Chas 341 

Mcl'lier.son, ("has 384 

Mel'hcrson, l')dw 229 

Mcl'hersoii, J. H. ('41 ) 341 

Mel'hcrson, [no. U. ('83) 324 

Mcl'her.soii, Wni. 1 324 

McSherry, (Jeo. W 318 

Means, i'hos 202 

Mcdtart, J 341 



466 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



PAGE 

Mehaffy, F. W 293 

Mehaffy, Jas 384 

Mehl, Theo. A 393 

Mehring, Dan. E. L.- 360 

Meily, . ■. 392 

Meily, H.J 397 

Meisenhelder, E. W. 277 

Meisenhelder, R. N 371 

Melcher, O. H 310 

Melhorn, D. H 417 

Melhorn, L. E 330 

Melick, J. E. . • 327 

Melick, J. W: 330 

jNIellinger, S. H 397 

Melsheinipr, G. M 347 

Melsheimer, L. F 392 

Mennig, W. G 333 

Mensch, J. F 341 

Menshall," J. A 387 

Merryman, M. W 227 

JNIetz, Jno. W 405 

Metz, Manoah 408 

Metzger, G. B. M 382 

Metzger, Geo. K 377 

Metzger, Jno. A 318 

Metzger, Jno. L 321 

Metzger, V. H 315 

Metzger, Wm 333 

Metzger, W. S. T 305 

Metzler, E. J 377 

Mewhinney, jas 3S2 

Michael, F. P 414 

Michael, Geo. M 296 

Michael, John M 415 

Middlekauff, Jos. H •. .380 

Middleton, R. S 392 

Middleton, Wm. F 412 

Mikesell, S. P 369 

Miller, A. A 4Q7 

Miller, Adam R 376 

Miller, A. G ; .... 346 

Miller, Alex. M 272 

Miller, AT Rautch 407 

Miller, Benj. K 313 

Miller, Benj. R 3S4 

Miller, C. A 330 

Miller, Daniel R. ('56) 251 

Miller, Daniel -. 333,341 

Miller, Daniel R 411 

Miller, DeW. C. R 330 

Miller, Edgar G 327 

Miller, Edmund 230 

Miller, Emanuel 397 

Miller, Eph 211 

Miller, Geo 402 

Miller, Geo. P 313 

jNIiller, Henry 403 



PAGE 

Miller, Jas 384 

Miller, J. E 402 

Miller, J. K. . . . .' 231 

Miller, John 341 

Miller, John G 349 

Miller, John W 222 

Miller, M. A 354 

Miller, Mathias 222 

Miller, M. M 366 

Miller, Prest. E 407 

Miller, S. A 341 

Miller, V. D 402 

Miller, Victor 258 

Miller, W. H 333 

Miller, Wm 387 

Miller, Wm. G 399 

Mills, Robt 358 

Minke, Geo. W 409 

Minnigh, Henry N 362 

Minnigh, Jno. M 402 

Minnigh, Jno. W 411 

Minnigh, L. M 409 

Minnigh, M. R 293 

Minshall, E. E 341 

Minter, Daniel 400 

Minturn, Edw 239 

Mitchell, G 400 

Monfort, Chas. E 418 

Monfort, Geo. C 330 

Monfort, J. A 406 

Moore, Benj, E 409 

Moore, C. A. R 373 

Moore, Jas. H. 261 

Moore, J. G. W 347 

Moore, P. J 363 

Moore, Saml. B 364 

Moorehead, C. E 40S 

Morris, Jno. T 221 

Morris, Wm. H 227 

Morrison, H. C 369 

Moser, J. S 378 

Moser, D. M. . ■ 300 

Moses, C. S 413 

Motter, Wm 341 

Motter, Josh • 373 

Moul, E'. T 409 

Moul, M. A 371 

Muhlenberg, C. P. . . . • . . . . i25i 

Muhlenberg, E. A 369 

Muhlenberg, F 277 

Muhlenberg, F. A 341 

Muhlenberg, F. P 364 

Muhlenberg, H. A 374 

Muhlenberg, H. E. . . 341 

Muhlenberg, W. F 369 

Muller, Wm. H. A 414 

Mumma, T. F 411 



INDEX TO NAMES IN PERSONAL RECORD. 



467 



PAGE 
30 



Mumper, Jno 394 Orwig, M. T 

Munroe, Jno. A 358 Csborn, Henry lo\ 

Murray, C. E 267 Osman, W. W. . . ■ ■ • • ^ j 

Murray, Thos 400 Oswald, Jno. . . ' ' V^d. 

Mu.sser, I F. 405 Oswald, Philip '.'.'.'.'. 341 

Mus.ser, W. P 320 Oswald, Sam'l . ... it, 

^ usse man, A. C 400 Oswald, Solomon .... ' ' ' iil 

Mu.sse man, A. .S 376 Ot.stot, Hiram ' ' ' 1q1 

Musselman, CM 418 Ott, F. M. . . 20^ 

Musselman, J. E 3,4 Ott, P. J. ,,y 

Mu.sselman, W. H 4,5 ott, P. V. G ^78 

Myerly, Lewis 394 Otto, Wm. W. . ...■.■.■.■■ ' 4(2 

Myers, A. k 341,'^ 12 Over, Sam'l ' ' ^07 

^Jy^""^'^. S 330 Oves, Sam'l .' .' .' ; [ f' 

Myers, Eph 390 Owen, Wilson • \tr 

Myers, Geo. B 370 Owen, Wm „q 

a^'^''''t"\^ +°5 Oyler, Wm. H .' .' .' ' ' iVo 

Myers, J. A 341 ■ • • 4i9 

Myers, L. R 300 Palmer, Lawson ,q- 

Myers, Lriah 411 Palmer, Sam'l . ... ' ' ' 206 

Myers, Wm.H 256 Palmer, Thos. J. . . ' ' ' ' ^47 

-_, ^ ^ Parke, Wm. E '^80 

f.^'!' -IE 204 Parker, Jno. F. . ' ' ' "^oo 

^.eff, Jacob ('37) 342 Parson, Geo '.'.''' iL 

Neff, Jacob ( 69) 290 , Parson, Jno. S. . . '.-7 

^eff, Isaac • 400 Parson, Wm. E ' ' ' 28^ 

^' : ;. ; ^^7 Patterson, Edm. 

Aeey, C. G 418 Patterson, Sanvl 

JNeelv, Chas. S. 



284 
86 



^-^^y-J-S 251 Pauley,! ^4, 

^•"'.'^^•■'.J- f; .369 Paxton, Wm. F 248 

iSeil Wm. J 414 Paxton, Wm.M. . . ... -,,8 

^.erdlinger, Max 408 Payne, L. L. . ' ' ' '^8 

Newcomer, F. S 327 Pavne, R. A .' ^^q 

Newcomer, H. W 364 Peal, Elijah . . ' ' ' ' i^.^ 

Nicodemus, J. C 409 Pearce, Nathaniel. Hi 

^.''V°Va ^-^^ Pedon,J.S '. '. 341 

N.ssley, C. A . 399 p^iffer, Jno ^lo 

N.tterrauer, C. 236 Peiffer, Lewis 410 

N.xdorf, Geo A 221 Pennington, Vates ' t.y 

Nixdorf Saml 342 Perea, Jo.se F. B: . ... '4 

Norns, J. C ----- . . . ^i 



Norris, Wm. L 3,^8 Peters, C. F 



Null, E. M 
Nuner, Jno. A 



77 

364 Peschau, F. W. E ^300 

392 

391 

68 



382 Peters, Geo. N. H 

384 Peters, Jacob 

^., , , Peters, Jerome .... X18 

Oberholtzer, Wm. H 411 Peter.s, Jno. F. . ;„ 

n. r^' u '^" • ■ • ■• 379 Pfahler, Albert M. ...'.'.'.. '.I16 

r""'* I^Tri ^^^^^^ Pfahler, M. Fred 214 

O mstead, Edw 342 pfleger, Geo ,66 

r-v'''\VTr^ 347 Philips, L.N ^47 

^^^^^I'^^-H 370 Phillips, Tno. B Itl 

f""'^,^"^ • -391 Philson,H.B V 

a'llJr. 381 Philson,Jno.A ^,8 

^"•'' ^-^ 342 Picking, Almon B 407 



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Picking, Harry C 317 

Picking, Saml. F 407 

Pierce, Jas. S 362 

Pierce, W. H 405 

Pierce, W. S 380 

Pile, G. M. 232 

Pilkington, F. B ■ .... 342 

Piper, Jas 366 

Piper, Jno 378 

Piper, Luther 408 

Pitchlynn, Thos 414 

Pitzer, Jacob 334, 342 

Plank, S. C 376 

Plitt, John K 227 

Plowman, Harry, jr 268 

Plowman, M. S 266 

Poffinberger, John W 300 

Porr, Wm. S. D 399 

Porter, Geo. U 415 

Porter, John M 402 

Posey, Mark . 227 

Potter, Levi 405 

Potter, G. H 342 

Potts, Geo. M 363 

Potts, John 342 

Powell", S. L .328 

Powers, C. W 390 

Pratt, W. S 410 

Prise, Frank H 404 

Pritchard, T. C 277 

Probst, Geo. C. ('55) -.357 

Probst, Geo. C. ('74) 377 

Probst, John F 354 

Probst, L. K 310 

Pusey, Frank S 416 

Raby, Jas. B 380 

Raby, Peter 227 

Radcliffe, Thos. S 347 

Radebaugh, Jno. M. ('43) 347 

Radebaiigh, Jno. M. ('70) 293 

Raker, Wm ". 395 

Rambo, Afeel 232 

Ramey, S. S. B 3S1 

Rambler, M. B 359 

Ramsberg, J ' 389 

Ramsey, R. J • 388 

Randolph, Jas 342 

Rank, David F 369 

Rath, J. B 259 

Rather, C. A 405 

Rathvon, Horace 346 

Rathvon, S. F 280 

Raver, Wm. R 413 

Raymond, C. C 403 

Raynor, Jno 408 

Rea, Geo. S 378 



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Rebert, D. M 417 

Rebman, J. J 400 

Reck, Henry 236 

Reck, Jno. B 342 

Reddig, C. J 380 

Reddig, Wm. E . . .412 

Reed, Ezra L 367 

Reed, Wm., jr • . 263 

Reeder, J. A 376 

Reese, Ed. F 392 

Reese, Geo. S 357 

Reese, Jno. W 368 

Reeser, Geo. F 342 

Regel, Jno 342 

Reidenaur, J. A 218 

Reifsnider, Chas. T 402 

Reily, Wm. McC 251 

Reimensnyder, J. B 268 

Reindollar, C. F 41 1 

Reindollar, Ed. E 376 

Reindollar, Jno 342 

Reindollar, S. E 412 

Reinewald, Chas 328 

Reischer, Ed. G 409 

Remsberg, M. C 324 

Remsberg, W. L 305 

Remsburg, J. L 415 

Renfrew, T. D 268 

Renold, Abr. S 330 

Renshaw, Wm. A 224 

Rentz, E. B 374 

Rentz, W. F 310 

Reymer, Michael D 364 

Reynolds, E. McD 349 

Reynolds, G. W. 342 

Reynolds, Jno. G 349 

Reynolds, Jno. H 371 

Rhoades, H. K 399 

Rhone, Jacob 28S 

Rhone, Jno. W 400 

Rhudy, Stephen 346 

Rice, LP 381 

Rice, J. M 263 

Rice, M. L 417 

Rice, Samuel C 397 

Richard, Asa 409 

Richard, Jas. W. . . . ■ 288 

Richards, PYank 278 

Richards, H. G 406 

Richards, L. W 406 

Richards, M. H 263 

Richardson, A. F 328 

Richardson, G. A 371 

Richardson, J. L 412 

Rickard, Jno. T. . 408 

Ricker, Wm. J 415 

Rickert, Wm. H 373 



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PAGE 

Riddle, D. S 244 

Rider, Daniel 416 

Rider, Henry 416 

Rider, Sol 416 

Ridgely, A. T 351 

Ridgely, Benj. R 348 

Riegel, Wm. A 328 

Riehle, Wm. B 351 

Riemensnyder, J. M 293 

Rife, Jacob 410 

Rightmeyer, Wm. M 280 

Rigney, J. T 334 

Riley, Andrew J 282 

Rinehart, Jacob 248 

Rinehart, Wm. G 359 

Ritter, Adam 342 

Ritter, F. G 384 

Ritter, H.J 408 

Ritter, W. F. M 374 

Ritz, Solomon 334 

Rizer, Geo. M 393 

Robinette, J. W 361 

Robins, J. B 380 

Robinson, CM 363 

Robinson, Jas. W 355 

Robinson, John S 356 

Robison, Thos. P 400 

Roche, Thos. H 394 

Roedel, Wm. D 231 

Rohrbach, L 365 

Ross, D. L 411 

Ross, J. T 245 

Roth, A. A . .373 

Roth, G. G 330 

Roth, H. W 268 

Roth, John H 379 

Roth, b. C 315 

Roth, Wm 394 

Rouse, S. J 356 

Rouzahn, Lewis 342 

Rouzer, D. R 414 

Rouzer, H. H 330 

Rouzer, Morris L 330 

Rowe, E. L 275 

Rowe, G. P 371 

Roy, T. V 381 

Royer, D. H 342 

Royer, F. B 385 

Rudesel, Tobias 342 

Rudolph, T. F 368 

Rugan, J 218 

Rugh, Walter 406 

Ruhl, Jere 394 

Ruhl, Levi 365 

Ruhl, Jno. H. . '. 381 

Rumple, Geo. H 401 

Rumple, Jno. W. 373 

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Rupp, CM • 411 

Rupp, Henry J 411 

Rupp,J. CF 315 

Russel, Geo. F 414 

Russel, Jno. S 415 

Russel, Sam'l 334 

Riiter, C R. A 359 

Ruthrauf, A. T 401 

Ruthrauf, J 385 

Ruthrauf, M. L 268 

Ruthrauf, Wm 200 

Ruthrauf, Wm. P 351 

Ruthrauff, Henry 342 

Sadtler, Benj 380 

Sadtler, Chas. A 373 

.Sadtler, H. B 376 

Sadtler, J. P. B 215 

Sadtler, S. P 284 

Saeger, Thos. W 282 

Sahm, J. T. L 272 

Sahm, M. O. T 305 

Sahm, M. K. T 300 

Sahm, Peter 334 

Sahm, T. H. T 370 

.Salazar, J. 1 414 

Sample, Jno. C 384 

Sanderson, Isaac 379 

Sandt, .Sam'l 347 

Sarbaugh, Jno. H 414 

Sarber, Jonathan 272 

Sattler, C. A 313 

Sauer, Jacob 390 

Sauerwein, P. G 215 

Sayford, Saml 334 

Sayford, S. M 407 

Saylor, R. W 417 

Schaefifer, Aug. D 272 

Schaeffer, Chas. H 264 

Schaefifer, G. F 256 

Schaefifer, G. W . . .346 

Schaeffer, Joel 385 

Schaeffer, Michael 350 

Schaefiier, R. H 285 

Schaeffer, Wm. C 282 

Schaefifer, Wm. G 385 

Schell, Wm. T 371 

Schelly, Jno 334 

Scherer, Jno. J 242 

Scherer, L. P 322 

Schick, Chas. W 414 

Schick, J. L., jr 330 

Schick, R. M 365 

Schick, Wm. K 413 

Schieldknecht, Ezra 245 

Schindel, J. D 278 

Schindel, Jas. C 322 



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Schindler, Peter A . 
Schlosser, P. G. . . 

Schmell, A 

Schmidt, Geo. B. . . 
Schmidt, Jno. F. . . 
Schmidt, Jno. H . . 
Schmucker, B. M. . 
Schmucker, C. G.. . 
Schmucker, Fred. A 
Schmucker, Geo . . 
Schmucker, Geo. W. S. 
Schmucker, Juo. G. . 
Schmucker, M. L. . 
Schmucker, S. R. . . 
Schmucker, Sam'l D. 
Schnebly, J. G. . . . 
Schwable, Geo. F. . 
Schock, Jacob . . . 
Schock, Jas. L. . . . 

Schock, J. L 

Schreckhise, Jas. M. 
Schreiner, Francis M 
Schultes-, Aug. . . 
Schwahn, Jno. M. 
Schwartz, B. F. . . 
Schwartz, Eli. . . 
Schwartz, H. W. . 
Schwartz, Jacob . 
Schwartz, Jno. W. 
Schwartz, Moses . 
Schweigart, M. . . 
Scott, Abr. O. . . 
Scott, Jas. S. . . . 
Scott, J. BLon. . . 
Scott, J. Mc. P. . 
Scott, R. M. . 1 . 
Scott, Wm. A. . . 
Seabrook, Clarence 
Seabrook, W. L. . 
Seawright, Jno. . 
Secrist, L. K. . . 
Seidel, Wm.' C. . 
Seidie, H.-H. . . 
Seifert, Henry . . 
Seigle, T. B. . . . 
Seip, T. L. . . . 
Seiss, J. A. . . . 
Sell, Ban'l . . . 
Sell, E. H. M.. . 
Seltzer, A. M. . . 
Seltzer, Geo. L. . 
Seltzer, J. C. . . . 
Sengstack, C. P. . 
Sentman, P. P. . 
Sewell, Jno. F. . 
Shadle, Jas. W. . 
Shaeffer, D.' K. . 



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-387 

330 
346 



403 
221 

3^5 
356 
334 
245 
385 
392 

392 

275 
385 
356 

393 
208 

330 
246 

354 
291 
326 

343 
210 

392 
357 
252 

387 
388 

353 
417 

313 

296 
320 
412 

382 

313 

352 
358 
378 
406 

359 
328 
278 
348 
356 
252 

343 
362 

343 
393 
414 

395 
324 
334, 343 



334 



PAGE 

Shaeffer, L. M 343 

Shafer, E. C 330 

Shaneberger, Elias 357 

Shank, Wm. S 411 

Shannon, O. E. , 41 e 

Shannon, Wm 416 

Sharp, Henry 313 

Sharp, Jos. C 413 

Sharps, Jno 358 

Sharretts, Ed. A 240 

Sharretts, G. E. W 392 

Sharretts, M. F. 394 

Sharretts, U. A 380 

Shaw, C. B 347 

Shaw, Robt 393 

Sheads, D. Emory 331 

Sheads, Robt 347 

Sheafer, J. H _ 343 

Sheffer, Adam 343 

Sheeder, B. R. M 383 

Sheeder, Phil 228 

Sheeleigh, M. .......... . 350 

Sheely, Aaron 362 

Sheely, D 414 

Sheely, W. C 322 

Sheets, J. W 411 

Sheimer, J. G 366 

Sheimer, N. G 375 

Sheimer, Sylvanus 222 

Sheimer, Wm 413 

Shell, Edw. Wm . 401 

Shellenberger, H 362 

Sherman, Wm 399 

Shiffler, Jno. H 411 

Shinier, Jas. E 413 

Shindel, A. Y 313 

Shindel, H. C 366 

Shindel, L. F. ...•••.... 381 

Shipman, Wm. A 311 

Shober, J. M 360 

Shoemaker, L. M. . . . , 328 

Showman, Alfa H • • • . 328 

•Showman, H 343 

Shrenk, Henry 401 

Shuey, J. L 392 

Shuey, J. W 248 

Shull, H. G • . ■ 382 

Shull, W. F 410 

Shultz, J. A. .... 366 

Shultz, W. F. . 387 

Shuman, A. B 200 

Sibber, Robt. L. ., 252 

Sidle, Jacob 384 

Sieber, L. L 302 

Siess, Jere. .....'. 401 

Sieker, Jno. H 405 

Sill, Chas. K 416 



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PAGE 

Sill, Geo 385 

Sill, Henry 343 

Sillix, H.J 402 

Sim, J. T 401 

Simmons, A. L 414 

Simpson, C. G 392 

Singmaster, J. A 302 

Slater, L. W 406 

Slater, S. E 328 

Slagle, Edgar 385 

Sleasman, J. H 413 

Sluntz.J. L 343 

Slentz, Thad. S • . . 397 

.Sloan, J. W 334 

Sloanaker, Jno 393 

Slothower, G. E 392 

.Small, J. N 399 

Smeltz, Henry A 296 

Smeltzer, Geo 387 

Smeltzer, Jos. P 224 

Smeltzer, M. J 373 

Smenner, J. E 415 

Smith, A. H 218 

Smith, A. J 324 

Smith, C. F 358 

Smith, C. S 417 

.Smith, Danl. B 363 

Smith, David 343 

Smith, Edgar F . 306 

Smith, Elhvood 413 

Smith, Geo. W. ('49) 357 

Smith, Geo. W. ('70) . 414 

Smith, H. C 419 

Smith, J. F., jr 343 

Smith, J. L 275 

Smith, jno. ('72) 378 

Smith, John ('74) 416 

Smith, Jno. C 348 

Smith, Jno. E ... 232 

Smith, M. 375 

Smith, .Saml. E 311 

.Smith, Wm. C 351 

Smith, Wm. H 198 

Smucker, S. M. 342 

Smyser, Edward G 346 

Smyser, Frank 380 

Snively, M 334 

Snyder, B. C 285 

Snyder, B. M 373 

Snyder, CM 351 

Snyder, F. W 385 

Snyder, G. H 354 

Snyder, Hez 395 

Snyder, H. G 331 

.Snyder, H. \V 377 

Snyder, Jacob H 414 

Snyder, J. B. F 348 



I PAGE 

Snyder, Jeremiah H 359 

Snyder, J. M 309 

j -Snyder, J. N 412 

j Snyder, Simon 351 

Snyder, Wm. H 411 

Snyder, Wm. R 302 

Sossano, R. E 418 

.Sohl, Sam'l 343 

I .Sondhaus, M 215 

I Sowers, G. H 391 

Spahr, F 331 

Spang, G. H 242 

Spangler, C. D 411 

Spangler, C. E. . . . • 417 

.Spangler, C. H 375 

Spangler, F. A. 418 

Spangler, Hez. H 419 

Spare, C. G 348 

Sparks, G. A 389 

Spitler, Sam'l 384 

.Sporleder, G 404 

Sprecher, D 358 

Sprecher, G. W 397 

Sprecher, Isaac 240 

Sprecher, S. 343 

Springer, Francis 334 

Stadelman, S. S 405 

Stahle, Chas. E 331 

Stahle, H. M 378 

Stahle, T. J 294 

Stahler, E.' A 381 

Stahler, H. 1 322 

.Stabler, W. E. . . . • 318 

Stably, G. D 296 

Staley, F. \V 306 

Stall, Sylvanus 301 

Stallsmith, C. H 404 

Stansbury. Wm. F 411 

Starr, Rei'oen 328 

Startzman, C 343 

Staudenmayer, L. R 358 

Stayer, J. S 417 

Stecher, T. A 240 

.Steck, Daniel 387 

Steck, A. R 322 

.Steck, M. G 400 

Steck, W. H 275 

Steele, J. W 359 

.Stein, C. C. . . . • • 376 

Stein, G. W 402 

Stelle, E. H 373 , 

.Sterner, Tobias 387 

Stevenson, J. M 343 

Stevenson, W. H 224 

Stevenson, A. R 200 

Stine, C.W 418 

Stine, M. H 313 



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PAGE 

Stine, Simon A 378 

Stock, CM 306 

Stocker, Jesse W 222 

Stoever, C. F. ('35) 201 

Stoever, C. G 344 

Stoever, M. L 204 

Stoever, Wm. C 28S 

Stocksleger, Amos 398 

Ston, J. L ■ • • . . 344 

Stonebraker, Jno. W 389 

Stonebraker, J. E 373 

Stonebraker, Oliver 344 

Stonebraker, T. F 406 

Stoneburner, J. J. 347 

Stork, C. A 396 

Storke, Theophilus 201 

Stouffer, A. 1 386 

Stoufter, Saml 368 

Stover, A. H 417 

Stover, M. F 417 

Strause, F. G. D 405 

Strauss, G. A 380 

Strickler, J. H 402 

Strieby, J. F 414 

Striewig, G. H 382 

StrocUich, H. B 410 

Stroll, David 237 

Stroud, Chas 394 

Stryker, I. H 322 

Stumbaugh,T. J 410 

Slump, Adam 316 

Suesserott, B. C 244 

Suesserott, C. A. . % 306 

Sullivan, J. T 405 

Suman, J. J 347 

Summers, D. W 390 

Summers, J 347 

Swan, J. M 386 

Swan, Matthew 344 

Swan, Orange . 331 

Swan, W. S 386 

Swain, P. H 404 

Swank, Moijell 417 

Swartz, W. P 320 

Swartz, Chas. K 383 

Swope, David 240 

Swope, Jas. A 410 

Swope, L. A 371 

Swope, S. Mc. C 301 

Tate, Chas. B 414 

Tate, P. J 390 

Tate, Theo. T 391 

Taylor, Alex. K 417 

Taylor, J. Z 373 

Tavlor, S. J 320 

Taylor, Thos. R 386 



PAGE 

Tetzer, C. A 358 

Thirwechter, M. S 385 

Thomas, A. Z . 376 

Thomas, I. N 377 

Thomas, J. F 402 

Thomas, E. H 417 

Thome, W. H 399 

Thompson, Abel 268 

Thompson, A. S , 40S 

Thompson, Thad. S 344 

Thrush, D. W 359 

Titus, Amos 413 

Titus, T. T 244 

Titus, G. E "... 306 

Titzel, J. R 248 

Tobey, Nathan D. ■ 402 

Tobias, Wm. A 402 

Tomlinson, B. W 414 

Tomlinson, J. A 291 

Tomlinson, Jno 360 

Tomlinson, M. L • . . 378 

Toot, H. S 403 

Trabert, G. H 372 

Tracy, E. H 320 

Traver, Allen 241 

Traver, Chester H. . , 303 

Treichler, C. G 272. 

Tressler, D. L 264 

Tressler, J. A 231 

Tressler, J. W 363 

Tressler, V. G 359 

Trexler, H. R 411 

Trion, Jno. S 398 

Trion, P. J. 356 

Tritle, Daniel J 246 

Tritle, D. P. . 399 

Tritle, F. C 392 

Tritle, Henry 344 

Tritle, Jno. C 393 

Trostle, C. E 377 

Troutman, Lewis 368 

Trowbridge, C. R . . 322 

Troxell, CM 373 

Troxell, F. W 41 1 

Troxell, M. F 318 

Truckenmiller, D. S 399 

Trump, C S 313 

Tryday, Wm 353 

Tryon, J. W 264 

Turner, C A 335 

Tustin, G. P 381 

Tustin, J. C 382 

Uhl, Henry 403 

Uhl. Christ 350 

Uhl, Wm 389 

Uhler, E 344 



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473 



I'AfiE 

Uhlcr, I. C 268 

Uhler, W. E 368 

Uhrick, Dan'l 388 

Uhrland, Kdw. F 414 

Ulery, CD 256 

Ulery, C. H 383 

Ulery, W. P^ 244 

Ulrich, Adam S 365 

Ulrich, I). A 344 

Ulricli, (;. J) 377 

L'lrich, Jiio 334 

Ulrich, Jos 344 

Ulrich, Will 392 

Unangst, E 246 

Unger, C. R 324 

Unger, Ed. I> 404 

Unger, G. E 303 

Unger, J. M. . : 409 

Unger, L 369 

Unger, U. U . 414 

Unger, W. I.. ('• 409 

Unruh, J. M 233 

Valentine, M. H 322 

Valentine, Milton 237 

Valentine, S. G 318 

Valentine, Sylvester 312 

Vancamjj, J. E 375 

Vancleve, J. R 331 

Vancleve, W. C 331 

Vandersioot, F. W 356 

Vandersloot, Jno 404 

Vandersioot, S. J 393 

Van Dyke, Hiram 416 

Van Iloff, A. II 344 

Vanmeter, J. ]> 376 

Van Orsdel, 1 388 

Van (Jrsdel, S. 390 

Vincel, \V. D 408 

Voglesong, G. I) 406 

Volk, Howard A 416 

Von Ilarten, A 344 

Wadsworth, Wm. A 208 

Waesche, G. W 354 

Waesche, Wm. H 392 

Wagenseller, U. F 398 

Wagonseller, I'. R 242 

Wagner, A. S 386 

Wagner, Harrison «... 366 

Wagner, Jno 297 

Wagner, R. S 347 

Wagner, Saml 344 

Wagner, W. H 356 

Waidlich, H. S 381 

Walker, C. S 256 

Walker, Dennis 360 

Walker, Ed. S 359 



I'ACE 

Walker, Lewis L 352 

Walker, Thos. II 389 

Wallace, J. W 357 

Wallis, II. R 411 

Walter, Alex. 15 401 

Walter, C:has. D 356 

Walter, G. M 322 

Walter, H. H 382 

Walter, Jesse • 386 

Walter, J. F 344 

Walter, Wm 350 

Walter, Wm. F 344 

Waltcrick, J. H 376 

Walters, Ed. A 412 

Waltersdorff, Aaron 417 

Wambaugh, W. C 331 

Wanipole, J. !•" 246 

Ward, Geo 370 

Ward, G. W 406 

Ward, J. H 406 

Warner, Adam M 374 

Warner, C. A 414 

Warner, J. M 403 

Warren, Chas. V 416 

Warren, Thad. S 261 

Wasser, Elias B 347, 351 

Waters, A. H 244 

Waters, Cyrus 204 

Waters, Jno 351 

Waters, J. Q 265 

Watkins, H. J 278 

Watson, D. W 370 

Watson, (',. V 398 

Weaver, C. J 331 

Weaver, D. M 415 

Weaver, F. H 303 

Weaver, G. J 256 

Weaver, G. P 402 

Weaver, Jacob 353 

Weaver, J. B 410 

Weaver, J. J 285 

Weaver, J. M 410 

Weaver, J. R . . .353 

Weaver, L. F 400 

Weaver, L. M 322 

Weaver, Philip 389 

Weaver, Rufiis B 273 

Weaver, Wm 211 

Weaver, W. W 322 

Weber, H. H 322 

Weddell, A. J 215 

Wedekind, A. C 225 

W^eicksel, Henry 389 

Weidle, J. B 265 

Weidensall, Robert 265 

Weidman, Jacob 253 

Weidman, Mason 273 



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PAGE 

V/eidman, W. M 252 

Weigle, D.W 413 

Weigle, E. D 309 

Weigle, G. T 405 

Weigle, J. A 412 

Weikart, Jno 344 

Weikert, S. A 297 

Weills, J. C. S 370 

Weills, W. M. L 370 

Weise, A. J 261 

Weiser, E. A 393 

Weiser, Reub 335 

Weldon, C. W. T, . 357 

Weldy, C. E 352 

Weldy, J. R 393 

Welfley, D. P. 360 

Welfley, Jno 356 

Welfley, R. H . . .380 

Welker, Jos 350 

Wells, S. C 233 

Welsh, E. S. 354 

Welty, C. W. E 403 

Welty, Jas. S 404 

Welty, Jno. B 371 

Welty, T. L 395 

Welty, T. S 400 

Wenner, G. U 368 

Wenner, J. G 358 

Wentz, Alex. C 317 

Wentz, G. W 394 

Wentz, Jacob 387 

Wert, Jno. H 269 

Wertz, J. F 365 

West, J. A 314 

Wetherall, W. E 361 

Whipp, C. E 331 

Whipp, G. P 418 

Whetstone, A. M 365 

White. A. F. 408 

White, D. M 408 

White, F. K 331 

White, Jas. H 363 

White, Jno 400 

White, Sam'l 344 

Wible, Geo. E 4" 

Wible, Jno. L. ('68). . 411 

Wible, J. L. ('75) 416 

Wible, K. K 324 

Wicklein, J. F 406 

Wiest, L. D 383 

Wieting, J. H 368 

Wile, H. B 314 

Wile, L. G 291 

Wiles, D. H 395 

Wiley, H. H 393 

Wiley, J. E 357 

Wilhelm, H. E 409 



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Willard, G. T 388 

Wilhelm, T. F 409 

Willard, H. F 379 

Willard, Jas 344 

Willard, Jas. P 208 

Willard, S. S 311 

Willeman, D. A 354 

Williams J. R 269 

Wilhamson, W. W 412 

Willoughby, J. D. 390 

Wills, David 241 

Wills, Tno 349 

Wills, W. W 387 

Wilson, D. G ■■.... 416 

Wilson, Isaac 387 

Wilson, Jas. H 393 

Wilson, J. L 361 

Wilson, S. H 393 

Windsor, Henry 385 

Winecoff, Jesse 344 

Wingard, J. V 383 

Wingert, P. H 418 

Wintrode, Jno. H 387 

Wirt, C. C 369 

Wirt, J. A ■. . . . 306 

Wirt, Nicholas 358 

Wirts, H. D 403 

Wirtz, D. L 406 

Wise, Chas. M 415 

Wisegarber, G. W. C 388 

Wissler, J. H 392 

Witherow, C 210 

Witherow, Jno 344 

Witherow, Wm. H 228 

Withers, H. D 320 

Witman, ' C. G 391 

Witmer, Chas 212 

Witmer, W. W 371 

Wolf, A. G 331 

Wolf, Christ 344 

Wolf, D. M 400 

Wolf, Ed. J 257 

Wolf, Frank B 261 

Wolf, Geo 386 

Wolf, G. R 344 

Wolf, Jno. A 356 

Wolf, Jos. A 349 

Wolf, J. W 317 

Wolf, Loufe 400 

Wolf, Simon S 368 

Wolfe, A. L 383 

Wolfe, E. A 383 

Wolfert, H. N 410 

Wolff, CM 297 

Wolff, J. B 306 

Wolff, L.B 319 

Wolford, Albert 388 



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Woods, J. A 406 

Woodward, Henry 375 

Worley, Dan'l 238 

Wortz, Henry J 369 

Wright, J. C 377 

Wynant, Jacob 351 

Yarger, H. L 324 

Yeager, Fred'k 414 

Yeager, C. K 382 

Yeakle, M. M 391 

Yearick, Wm. 347 

Yeiser, Alfred 368 

Yetter, Aaron 354 

Yingling, Daniel 405 

Yingling, Samuel 238 

Yost, Theo. J 303 

Young, Alex 388 

Young, CM 412, 414 

Young, D. B 411 

Young, D. M 401 

Young, E. C 345 

Young, Ed. E 389 

Young, I. B 412 

Young, Jesse F 410 

Young, J.J 314 

Young, J. M. ......'.. . 2^1 

Young, John A 399 

Young, M. L 309 

Young, S. A. . '' 403 

Young, W. B 395 

Young, Wm 386 

Younkin, A. C 361 



Yutzy, Jacob 311 

Zell, C. P 399 

Zell, G. A 361 

Zell, O. C 361 

Zerbe, Daniel 388 

Zerger, J. E 322 

Ziegenfuss, H. L 282 

Ziegenfuss, S. A 373 

Ziegle, T. A 354 

Ziegler, Andrew 389 

Ziegler, E. D 281 

Ziegler, Emanuel 411 

Ziegler, Geo .345 

Ziegler, Henry 212 

Ziegler, H. L 418 

Ziegler, H. ]M. . . . 410 

Ziegler, Jacob 335 

Zi.egler, J. S 409 

Ziegler, S. Van B 390 

Ziegler, Waybright 390 

Zimmer, J. N 301 

Zimmerman, Josiah 246 

Zimmerman, Jere 303 

Zimmerman, L. M 326 

Zimmerman, L. M 366 

Zimmerman. M. F 320 

Zimmerman, M. K 354 

Zirkle, Eph. P 384 

Zollinger, A. L. • • • 345 

Zouck, P. G 407 

Zweizig, B. D 253 



